Unique Chance: Help Install Huge Sculpture

The Neuberger Museum seeks members of the local community to help assemble artist Liza Lou’s monumental sculpture Color Field before it opens to the public Nov. 7.

It’s a rare opportunity to experience the installation process as well as work with a leading contemporary artist, officials said.

Color Field will cover the entire floor of the Neuberger Museum of Art’s largest gallery. This sculpture, comprised of hundreds of wires covered with millions of beads, was meticulously prepared by a team of artisans in Durban, South Africa, and will be carefully sited at the Neuberger with community help and the Museum’s own volunteers, trained by and working directly with the artist.

Volunteer work sessions are scheduled to take place Oct. 19 - 28, and Lou will be working with them Oct. 19 - 23 (however, she will not be on site Oct. 26 - 28).

People can sign up by clicking this link for morning or afternoon work sessions.

Liza Lou has engaged with diverse communities from around the world to create her art. At the Neuberger, she is interested in having people on campus and from the local community take part in the process so that the work itself becomes a communal experience.

Working on this installation requires physical dexterity and patience; adults 16 and over are welcome to participate. As described by the artist, “It can be very Zen/meditative.”

Those wishing to volunteer should call the museum at 914-251-6100 or visit www.neuberger.org

PHOTO: Lisa Lou, Color Field (detail), 2013/2015, glass beads, stainless steel, and Perspex, courtesy of the artist, Photo credit: Pablo Mason