ellipse
NYU Langone Hospitals
Citicorp Building, New York, NY
installation completed 2023
ellipse is located on six floors in patient waiting areas and corridor spaces that face a large open atrium of the Citicorp Building at 53rd and Lexington in New York, NY. This custom glass wall drawing was commissioned by NYU Langone Hospitals. Working with former Curator Katherine Meehan, a focus on symbolism was brought to the new women’s health center in this newly renovated facility. A large six-story oval is incorporated into the rhythmic patterns in the glass and appears to pass from floor to floor within each of the 9 by 60-foot mirrored glass wall drawings.
The oval, derived from the Latin word ovum, has come to represent rebirth, fertility and is a sign of immortality, uniqueness and zest for life. It seems a fitting concept to represent the woman, the female and those who identify with female in all its many meanings.
