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Alan Sonfist
Time Landscape: Greenwich Village, New York
1978
indigenous plant life, soil, rock samples
8,000 square feet
Greenwich Village, New York
© Alan Sonfist

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In the mid-sixties, Alan Sonfist conceived a plan to return areas ofcities across the world to a more balanced ecosystem. Called Time Landscapes,these urban parks celebrate the unspoiled landscape existing before humanintervention. The artist believes that nature deserves to be ecologicallyrestored and commemorated. Rather than taming or controlling nature, Sonfistcreates art works that draw attention to ways that humans can help withits restoration. In 1978 in conjunction with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, city planners, and community boards, he created Time Landscape: Greenwich Village, New York, located between Houston and Bleecker streets in Manhattan, New York.








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