Madrigal (2024), a vibrantly patterned outdoor sculpture by Sanford Biggers, is the Percent-for-Art commission for the Institute’s new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building (Building W18) designed by Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates (SANAA).
The sculpture’s exuberant, colorful geometry and bold tessellation are drawn from Biggers’s Codex series (2009-ongoing), in which the artist transforms antique quilts into striking new mixed-media paintings and sculptural compositions that complicate the histories they bear.
This video provides a behind the scenes look at the creation and fabrication of "Madrigal" with commentary by artist Sanford Biggers.
