Adam & Eve & Charles & Christopher

a pair of larger than lifesize figures in  polished steel, an older white couple, the man standing, the woman seated to his left, on a landing outside a glass skyscraper lobby, where a large abstract mosaic of a loopy black and brown painting hangs above the security desk. the sculpture is adam and eve by charles ray; the mosaic is by christopher wool. a woman using crutches stands at the top of the step about to descend from the building lobby entrance level to the sculpture level. nyc in the winter evening of january 2026
installation view, Charles Ray, Adam & Eve, 2023, two blocks of milled stainless steel; Christopher Wool, Crosstown Traffic, 2023, stone & glass mosaic

Every other time I’ve been by the blinds were down, blocking the Christopher Wool mosaic from view. I’m glad Wool made the effort to make a mosaic; it’s very well executed. Both the Wool and the Charles Ray are good, but also feel particularly unimpactful. Maybe it’s just me, and the moment.