Public Art In New York: Pick Your Favorite! (PHOTOS)

Last week the art world was agog over Duke Riley's Queens Museum naval battle entitled "Those About to Die Salute You."

Was Riley's work the greatest piece of public art in recent memory? A refresher on some of the great public art that's graced New York streets:

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Vote and Share Choose Your Top 5 That's... interesting? Love it! Now Make Your Own Top 5 And Share with Your Friends RANK: AVERAGE:  OUT OF 10 "The Gates" were created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park in 2005. It featured 7,500 frames with their hanging orange-tinted fabric, creating what the artists billed as "a visual golden river'' along 23 miles of footpaths in the park.

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Comments

[Artos]

Some of these exhibits were "interesting' but I would be hard pressed to call them art. At least not art in the Traditional sense.

[JShep]

I certainly hope by "public art" you mean that the taxpayers didn't fund any of this stuff ,which may be eye-catching, but could hardly be considered artistic.

[quintazz]

Public art does not necessarily mean outdoor art - IMHO, the best public art in NYC are the sculptures in the subway station at 14th & 8th by Tom Otterness, check out http://www.tomostudio.com/exhibitions_subway.html