Mags Harries and Lajos Héder Public artists
Mags Harries and Lajos Héder are artists working collaboratively to create public art across the United States from their studio.[ 1]
Career
A married couple, they formed Harries/Héder Collaborative in 1990 and have worked together on major public art commissions[ 2] Cambridge, Massachusetts , they have completed over thirty public projects with budgets up to $6 million.[citation needed They designed Acoustic Weir in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[ 3]
Biographies
Mags Harries (born 1945),[ 4] Wales , attended Leicester College of Art before immigrating to the United States to study at Southern Illinois University .[citation needed She teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on sculpture , installation , and public art .[ 5] Asaroton was installed in Boston .[ 6] Glove Cycle installation at a Boston subway station in 1984.[ 7] [ 8] Harvard Art Museums ,[ 4] Theater is held by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .[ 9]
Lajos Héder , an artist born in Hungary , studied architecture and urban planning at Harvard University .[citation needed Before forming Harries/Héder Collaborative, he worked on community projects, urban design, site planning, architecture, and construction.[ 10] Aesthetics in Transportation (1980).[ 11]
They have two daughters, writer/director Sian Heder [ 12] [ 13]
Selected works
Wall Cycle to Ocotillo Miramar Park , Florida (2000)[ 14] City at the Falls , Commonwealth Convention Center , Louisville, Kentucky (2000) design team artists[citation needed Drawn Water , Cambridge Water Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001) design team artist[ 15] WaterWorks at Arizona Falls Arizona Falls , Phoenix, Arizona (2003) design team artists[ 16] The Benefit of Mr. Kite , San Diego Port Authority, San Diego, California (2003)[citation needed Connections , [Central Connecticut State University], New Britain, Connecticut (2005)[citation needed Arbors and Ghost Trees , Baseline Road, Phoenix, Arizona (2005) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects[citation needed Terra Fugit , Miramar Park, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2006) design team artists[ 17] The Big Question , Des Moines Science Museum, Des Moines, Iowa (2007)[citation needed Concord River Greenway Trail Master Plan, Lowell, Massachusetts (2007)[citation needed
A MoonTide Garden , International Ferry Terminal, Portland, Maine (2007)[citation needed Solar Light Raft, Havana Square, Stapleton, Colorado (2008)[citation needed
Sun Flowers, an Electric Garden , Mueller Development, Austin, Texas (2009)[ 18] History Colorado Center, Denver, Colorado (2009)[citation needed
Zanjero's Line , Highline Canal , Phoenix, Arizona (2010) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects[citation needed Terpsichore for Kansas City , Arts District Parking Garage, Kansas City, Missouri (2011) with David Moulton, Roberta Vacca, Bobby Watson[citation needed Xixi Umbrellas , Xixi Wetland Park, Hangzhou, China (2012) Westlake International Invitational Sculpture Exhibition[citation needed Meeting Place , The Downtown Greenway, Greensboro, North Carolina (2014)[ 1]
References
^ a b "Mags Harries & Lajos Héder at 4Culture artist registry" . 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2020 .^ Cohen, Michele; Michael Bloomberg; Stan Ries (2009). Public Art for Public Schools . Monacelli Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-58093-215-8 ^ Sinclair, Jill (2009). Fresh Pond: The History of a Cambridge Landscape . MIT Press . p. 152. ISBN 978-0-262-19591-1 ^ a b "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21946)" . harvardartmuseums.org . Retrieved 3 April 2022 ."From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21947)" . harvardartmuseums.org . Retrieved 3 April 2022 .^ King, Elaine A. (2 July 2019). "Latitude to Comment and Play: A Conversation with Mags Harries and Lajos Héder" . Sculpture . Retrieved 5 August 2021 . ^ Tanga, Martina (2 January 2018). "Burnishing History: Mags Harries' 1976 Asaroton". Public Art Dialogue . 8 (1): 50– 71. doi :10.1080/21502552.2018.1430293 . S2CID 194991938 . ^ Boorstin, Robert O. Take the Red Line ... Please. Artists on the Line at the Carpenter Center through March 9 . The Harvard Crimson
^ Glove Cycle Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine . Mags Harries & Lajos Héder. Retrieved May 22, 2012.^ "Theater" . collections.mfa.org . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 3 April 2022 .^ "Mags Harries | School of the Museum of Fine Arts | Tufts University" . smfa.tufts.edu . Retrieved 5 August 2021 .^ Héder, Lajos (1980). Aesthetics in Transportation: Guidelines for Incorporating Design, Art and Architecture Into Transportation Facilities . Retrieved 3 April 2022 . ^ Meek, Tom (26 July 2016). "Sian Heder's 'Tallulah' Pulls From 'Surreal Experiences With Bad Moms' . WBUR . Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016 . ^ "Thyra Heder" . Thyra Heder . Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016 .^ "Making art for everyone from Phoenix to Wales to their own hometown, Cambridge-based public artists Mags Harries and Lajos Heder are changing the landscape one project at a time" . Boston Globe Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010 .^ Sherman, Mary (4 November 2001). "Cambridge's 'Water' works as accessible, playful piece" . Boston Herald . Retrieved 6 January 2010 . [dead link ] ^ "2 turn Arizona Falls site into artistic link to past" . Arizona Republic . Phoenix, Arizona. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com .^ Guanche, Chris (26 October 2008). "Public art displayed in Miramar City gets new art pieces at library and cultural center" . South Florida Sun-Sentinel the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010 . ^ Phillips, Hannah (7 June 2017). "A History of Mueller SunFlowers in 60 Seconds" . Culture Trip . Retrieved 5 August 2021 .
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