Orange Cube Immersive Sculpture Unveiled Outside Of Uptown Museum

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — An orange cube immersive sculpture was unveiled outside of a Washington Heights museum this week.

Marta Chilindron's "Orange Cube 48" was installed on the museum's lower-terrace on Broadway between 155th and 156th streets.

“My focus has always been on questioning the accuracy of our perception, our interpretation of reality,” Marta Chilindron said in a news release. “I try to capture the flux state of the world by making works that have no fixed shape."

"At first glance Orange Cube looks nothing like its title, but it suggests to the viewer to fold it with
their minds-eye into a cube, as you would a puzzle," she added.

The Orange Cub sculpture is made out of 66 square panels, each measuring 48 by 48 inches, of translucent twi-wall polycarbonate.

The work transforms the space into a maze that one can walk through.

Chilindron, the artist, was born in Argentina in 1951, raised in Montevideo, Uruguay, and has lived in New York since 1959. She currently lives in Upper Manhattan.

Chilindron was the 2023 winner of the HSM&L and the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance open call for artists to create a summer outdoor installation at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library terrace.

“We are very excited to welcome Marta Chilindron’s work to the neighborhood, serving as an inspiring, public art piece in the heart of the community where she resides,” said Guillaume Kientz, Director & CEO of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, in a news release. “Chilindron is the first winner of our open call for a summer outdoor installation on our terrace."

You can find out more about the Hispanic Museum & Library on its website.