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L to R: 1-4: “Dreamers and Voyagers Come to Detroit,” 1987. Installation views, Renaissance Center Station, Detroit, MI, 1987 | 5: Students laying tiles on the floor, Renaissance Center station, Detroit, MI, 1987 | 6-7: Production and silkscreening of tiles, Franco Pecchioli SRL, Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy | 8-9: Notes and sketches on modules’ designs and colors, 1986 | 10: Bullock, Lorinda. “A creator starts over. Renaissance indeed: tile art reborn.” Detroit Free Press, 17 November 2004 | 11-13: “Path Games,” 2004. Installation views, Renaissance Center Station, Detroit, MI, 2004 | 14: Drawing of modules for “Path Games." All artworks, sketches, and notes by George Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Woodman Family Foundation Archive.
George Woodman. “Dreamers and Voyagers Come to Detroit,” 1987. Installation view, Renaissance Center Station, Detroit, MI, 1987 © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Woodman Family Foundation Archive.
George Woodman's tile installations at Detroit People Mover's Renaissance Center station, Detroit, Michigan, 1987/2004. FROM THE ARCHIVES
In 1987, three years after his first ceramic tile public commission for Buffalo Metro Rail, New York, George Woodman realized an installation for the Detroit People Mover’s Renaissance Center station. A firm believer in public art, he sought to create a work that does more than simply impress at first glance but rather brings life to being in the station for commuters using the system daily.
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