Flavorwire » Rockefeller Center http://flavorwire.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Best of Christmas Tree Photography http://flavorwire.com/53779/best-christmas-tree-photography-photos-rockefeller-center http://flavorwire.com/53779/best-christmas-tree-photography-photos-rockefeller-center#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:36:16 +0000 Sara Distin http://flavorwire.com/?p=53779 In honor of this evening’s lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, we’ve pulled together a few favorite photographs of the various incarnations of coniferous trees, the emblem of the holiday season.

In the mix: out in the desert, Mike Sinclair and Stephen Antonopoulos capture the glory of the beginning and the bitter end of the tree’s journey from farm lot to disposal. In Tim Barber’s photograph a truck and tree make a great getaway, gliding off stealthily in the fog. A tiny tree is lost in a bright, white sterile room, as photographed by Joseph O. Holmes. And Daniel Cheek, Emily Shur, Trent Parke, and Brent Clark make light of suburban holiday situations.

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Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2000, Mike Sinclair

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Untitled image by Tim Barber

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Untitled image by Daniel Cheek

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Carson City, Nevada by Emily Shur

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The Christmas Tree Bucket by Trent Parke

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Christmas tree in white room by Joseph O. Holmes

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From the series Mojave by Stephen Antonopoulos

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Above and below from Season’s Greetings by Brent Clark

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The Indian-born, London-based artist represented Britain at the 1990 Venice Biennale and took home the 1991 Turner Prize with his monochromatic, pigment-covered, abstract forms. Since then, he’s carved mysterious cavities in stone, made massive wax installations, and fabricated shiny concave disks — like the enormous Sky Mirror in New York’s Rockefeller Center — that dynamically reflect their surroundings.

Visit the artist’s website, check out his current shows at London’s Royal Academy of Arts and New York’s Guggenheim Museum, read an interview with Kapoor and Richard Serra, and buy his new Phaidon monograph.

Anish Kapoor, Yellow, 1999, installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, Fiberglass and pigment, 6 x 6 x 3m, Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery, London, Photography: Dave Morgan

Anish Kapoor, Yellow, 1999, installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, Fiberglass and pigment, 6 x 6 x 3m, Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery, London, Photography: Dave Morgan

As if to Celebrate I Discovered a Mountain Blooming with Red Flowers, 1981, Wood, cement, polystyrene, and pigment 97 x 76.2 x 160cm, Tate Installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, Photography: Dave Morgan

Anish Kapoor, As if to Celebrate I Discovered a Mountain Blooming with Red Flowers, 1981, Wood, cement, polystyrene, and pigment, 97 x 76.2 x 160cm, Tate Installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, Photography: Dave Morgan

Anish Kapoor, Shooting into the Corner, 2008-09, installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009 Mixed media, dimensions variable, MAK, Vienna, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Photography: Dave Morgan

Anish Kapoor, Shooting into the Corner, 2008-09, installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, Mixed media, dimensions variable, MAK, Vienna, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Photography: Dave Morgan

Anish Kapoor, Svayambh, 2007, Wax and oil-based paint, Dimensions variable, Photo: Cecile Clos, Nantes Installation: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

Anish Kapoor, Svayambh, 2007, Wax and oil-based paint, Dimensions variable, Photo: Cecile Clos, Nantes Installation: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

CLOUD GATE, 2004, stainless steel, 1006 x 2012 x 1280 cm, installation view, Millennium Park, Chicago, Photo: Peter J Schulz, Courtesy City of Chicago, From Anish Kapoor, by David Anfam, essays by Johanna Burton and Richard Flood, interview by Donna de Salvo, published by Phaidon Press, 2009, $95.00, www.phaidon.com

Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate, 2004, stainless steel, 1006 x 2012 x 1280 cm, installation view, Millennium Park, Chicago, Photo: Peter J Schulz, Courtesy City of Chicago, From the book Anish Kapoor by David Anfam, essays by Johanna Burton and Richard Flood, interview by Donna de Salvo, published by Phaidon Press, 2009, $95.00, www.phaidon.com

SKY MIRROR, 2006, stainless steel, diameter 1067 cm, installation view, Rockefeller Center, New York, Photo: Seong Kwong, Courtesy of The Public Art Fund, New York

Anish Kapoor, Sky Mirror, 2006, stainless steel, diameter 1067cm, installation view, Rockefeller Center, New York, Photo: Seong Kwong, Courtesy of The Public Art Fund, New York, From the book Anish Kapoor, by David Anfam, essays by Johanna Burton and Richard Flood, interview by Donna de Salvo, published by Phaidon Press, 2009, $95.00, www.phaidon.com

UNTITLED, 2008, alabaster, 96 × 70 × 29 cm, installation view, Chiesa di San Giusto and Pinoteca Civica, Volterra, Italy, Photo: Attilio Maranzano

Anish Kapoor, Untitled, 2008, alabaster, 96 × 70 × 29cm, installation view, Chiesa di San Giusto and Pinoteca Civica, Volterra, Italy, Photo: Attilio Maranzano, From the book Anish Kapoor by David Anfam, essays by Johanna Burton and Richard Flood, interview by Donna de Salvo, published by Phaidon Press, 2009, $95.00, www.phaidon.com

DISMEMBERMENT, SITE I, 2003–09, PVC and steel, 25 × 25 x 84m, installation view, The Farm, Kaipara Bay, New Zealand, Photo: Jos Wheeler

Anish Kapoor, Dismemberment Site I, 2003–09, PVC and steel, 25 × 25 x 84m, installation view, The Farm, Kaipara Bay, New Zealand, Photo: Jos Wheeler, From the book Anish Kapoor by David Anfam, essays by Johanna Burton and Richard Flood, interview by Donna de Salvo, published by Phaidon Press, 2009, $95.00, www.phaidon.com

Anish Kapoor, Memory, 2008 Cor-Ten steel, 14.5 x 9 x 4.5m, Commissioned by Deutsche Bank in consultation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Installation view: Anish Kapoor: Memory, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, November 30, 2008–February 1, 2009 Artwork © Anish Kapoor, Photo: Mathias Schormann © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Anish Kapoor, Memory, 2008, Cor-Ten steel, 14.5 x 9 x 4.5m, Commissioned by Deutsche Bank in consultation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Installation view: Anish Kapoor: Memory, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, November 30, 2008–February 1, 2009, Artwork © Anish Kapoor, Photo: Mathias Schormann © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

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