Garin Baker’s “idea for the mural chimes powerfully with what’s happening in America today,” writes Matthias Anderson, “the (usually) healthy revisiting of iconic historic images in order to better appreciate their complexities.”
When I describe the invitation I received from Ogilvy & Mather to create a sculpture for the lobby of their worldwide headquarters two words come to mind — authenticity & serendipity. It was 2009 and the global advertising agency was moving their worldwide headquarters to 636 Eleventh Avenue on the far west side of midtown…