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Well, it's a piece by Louise Nevelson. It's entitled "Voyager" and it dates from 1978.
It's sort of tucked up under the trees in kind of a courtyard that's a very nice, intimate
space, but it's not very visible from the street. It's a new kind of steel for the time;
it's called "corten steel". And it's painted black, which is kind of a signature for her.
She felt black was not the absence of color but was all color. One of the most wonderful
ways to have art integrated into our life is to have it in public spaces, so you don't
necessarily have to make the effort to go into a museum or into a gallery, it's simply
there, it's simply always there. It's a very beloved work of art, and that's really the
hope for public art; it's really integrated into the whole experience of life.