BARBARA TAKENAGA- Forte (Quarropas)

Forte (Quarropas)  © Barbara Takenaga 2020 Metro-North Railroad White Plains Station, White Plains NY

commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts & Design

Materials: hand-glazed ceramic tile and tumbled Byzantine glass smalti

Photographs: Steven Bates


www.barbaratakenaga.com

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In 2020, Barbara Takenaga was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Fine Arts, and was commissioned by New York MTA Arts & Design to create a permanent installation of mosaic and laminated glass for the Metro-North Railroad White Plains Station.










Wikipedia: Barbara Takenaga

Barbara Takenaga, Forte, 2011


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