SuperPuesto

The Bronx Museum commissioned SuperPuesto, a temporary pavilion designed by artist Terence Gower to host series of educational and public programs.

On July 17, The Bronx Museum of the Arts will open its latest commission SuperPuesto – a public art installation in the form of a temporary pavilion created by Terence Gower in the garden of the Andrew Freedman Home.

The temporary structure is located across the street from the Bronx Museum, and will serve as a space for a series of educational and public programs in conjunction with the Museum’s special exhibition, “Beyond the Supersquare”.

Gower’s SuperPuesto is modeled after the iconic form of Marcel Breuer’s House in the Museum Garden, a commissioned structure exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art’s sculpture garden in 1949, and applies the sharp, clean forms of modernist architecture to the simple building technology of the puesto – the traditional market stalls used for informal trade found throughout Latin America. The slender, open wooden structure is comprised of a series of brightly colored vinyl panels and, like Breuer’s House in the Museum Garden, features a “butterfly” roof.

Terence Gower, SuperPuesto, The Bronx Museum of the Arts — Terence Gower, *SuperPuesto*, The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Designed to provide an immersive space for visitors to experience the themes of “Beyond the Supersquare”, SuperPuesto is be divided into three zones – entry platform, workshop area, and stage/cinema – that will be adapted for multiple uses. The flexible space provides the setting for diverse programs and events, from large performances – for which the structure will be used as a band shell – to screenings, for which a white vinyl sheet will be fitted to the front of the stage to form a projection screen. The space will also be used for readings and other educational programming.

from July 17 through November 16, 2014
Terence Gower
SuperPuesto
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY

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The Bronx Museum commissioned SuperPuesto, a temporary pavilion designed by artist Terence Gower to host series of educational and public programs.

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