Art Production Fund (APF) is a

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organization under section

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of the

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that presents

public art Public art is art in any Media (arts), media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and phy ...

throughout the United States. It was founded in 2000 by Yvonne Force Villareal and Doreen Remen. it is directed by Casey Fremont.

Public projects

This is a select list of public art projects by APF. *

Fatimah Tuggar Fatimah Tuggar (born 15 August 1967) is a interdisciplinary artist born in Nigeria and based in the United States. Tuggar uses collage and digital technology to create works that investigates dominant and linear narratives of gender, race, and tec ...

, "Changing Space," New York, New York, 2002 *

Elmgreen & Dragset Michael Elmgreen (born 1961; Copenhagen, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (born 1969; Trondheim, Norway) have worked together as an artist duo since 1995. Their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design. Elmgreen & Dragset liv ...

, “Prada Marfa,” Valentine,

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, 2005–ongoing * Rudolf Stingel, "Plan B,"

Grand Central Station Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus ...

, New York City, 2004 *

Tim Noble and Sue Webster Timothy Noble (born 1966) and Susan Webster (born 1967), are British artists who work as a collaborative duo. They are associated with the Post-YBAs, post-YBA generation of artists. Early lives and careers Noble and Webster attended fine art ...

, "Electric Fountain,"

Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a large complex consisting of 19 commerce, commercial buildings covering between 48th Street (Manhattan), 48th Street and 51st Street (Manhattan), 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 14 original Art Deco ...

, New York City, 2008 * David Brooks,

Josephine Meckseper Josephine Meckseper (born 1964) is a German artist, active mainly in New York City. Her large-scale installations and films have been exhibited in various international biennials and museum shows worldwide. Life and education Meckseper studied ...

Kiki Smith Kiki Smith (born January 18, 1954) is a West German-born American artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. Her figurative work of the late 1980s and early 1990s confronted subjects such as AIDS and gender, whil ...

, "The Last Lot," New York City, 2011–2012 *

FriendsWithYou FriendsWithYou (FWY) is an art collaboration founded in 2002 and based in Los Angeles, California. History FriendsWithYou was founded in Miami, Florida by Samuel Albert Borkson (b.1979, Plantation, Florida) and Arturo Sandoval III (born 1976, ...

, "Light Cave," New York City, 2014 *

Ugo Rondinone Ugo Rondinone (born November 30, 1964) is a Swiss-born artist widely recognized for his mastery of several different media—most prominently sculpture, drawing and painting, but also photography, architecture, video and sound installation— ...

, “Seven Magic Mountains,” Las Vegas, 2016–ongoing *

Jeff Koons Jeffrey Lynn Koons (; born January 21, 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror- finish su ...

, “Seated Ballerina,” Rockefeller Center, New York City, 2017 * Zoe Buckman, “CHAMP,” LA, 2018–ongoing * Raul de Nieves, “When I Look In To Your Eyes I See the Sun,” Miami, 2018–2019 *

Lucy Sparrow Lucy Sparrow (born 8 July 1986) is a contemporary artist originating from Bath, England. She works at the intersection of contemporary art and craft setting the agenda for textiles within the urban art scene. She works mainly with felt and wool ...

, “Lucy’s Delicatessen on 6th,” Rockefeller Center, New York City, 2019 *

Nancy Baker Cahill Nancy Baker Cahill (born 1970) is an American New media art, new media artist based in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.Selvin, Claire"Who Will Shape the Art World in 2021?: ARTnews Presents 'The Deciders', Nancy Davis Cahill,"''ARTnews'', D ...

, “Liberty Bell”, Selma, Alabama; Charleston, South Carolina; Washington D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rockaway, New York; Boston, Massachusetts, 2020

References

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External links

Art Production Fund website
Arts organizations based in New York City Arts organizations established in 2000