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Public artists
Mags Harries and Lajos Héder are artists working collaboratively to create
public art across the United States from their studio.
[1]
Career
A married couple, they formed Harries/Héder Collaborative in 1990 and have worked together on major public art commissions
[2] since then. Based in
Cambridge, Massachusetts , they have completed over thirty public projects with budgets up to $6 million.[
citation needed ] They designed Acoustic Weir in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[3]
Biographies
Mags Harries (born 1945),
[4] a Welsh sculptor born in
Wales , attended
Leicester College of Art before immigrating to the United States to study at
Southern Illinois University .[
citation needed ] She teaches at the
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on
sculpture ,
installation , and
public art .
[5] Her 1976 work Asaroton was installed in
Boston .
[6] She created the
Glove Cycle installation at a Boston
subway station in 1984.
[7]
[8] Two of her untitled 1972 prints are held by
Harvard Art Museums ,
[4] and a 1975 charcoal on paper work Theater is held by
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .
[9]
Lajos Héder , an artist born in
Hungary , studied
architecture and
urban planning at
Harvard University .[
citation needed ] Before forming Harries/Héder Collaborative, he worked on community projects, urban design, site planning, architecture, and construction.
[10] He was the principal author of the US Department of Transportation's Aesthetics in Transportation (1980).
[11]
They have two daughters, writer/director
Sian Heder
[12] and author/artist Thyra Heder.
[13]
Selected works
Wall Cycle to Ocotillo (1992), Phoenix, Arizona
Miramar Park ,
Florida (2000)
[14]
City at the Falls ,
Commonwealth Convention Center ,
Louisville, Kentucky (2000) design team artists[
citation needed ]
Drawn Water , Cambridge Water Department,
Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001) design team artist
[15]
WaterWorks at Arizona Falls ,
Arizona Falls ,
Phoenix, Arizona (2003) design team artists
[16]
The Benefit of Mr. Kite , San Diego Port Authority,
San Diego, California (2003)[
citation needed ]
Connections , [Central Connecticut State University],
New Britain, Connecticut (2005)[
citation needed ]
Arbors and Ghost Trees , Baseline Road,
Phoenix, Arizona (2005) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects[
citation needed ]
Terra Fugit , Miramar Park,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2006) design team artists
[17]
The Big Question , Des Moines Science Museum,
Des Moines, Iowa (2007)[
citation needed ]
Concord River Greenway Trail Master Plan,
Lowell, Massachusetts (2007)[
citation needed ]
A MoonTide Garden , International Ferry Terminal,
Portland, Maine (2007)[
citation needed ]
Solar Light Raft, Havana Square,
Stapleton, Colorado (2008)[
citation needed ]
Sun Flowers, an Electric Garden , Mueller Development,
Austin, Texas (2009)
[18]
History Colorado Center,
Denver, Colorado (2009)[
citation needed ]
Zanjero's Line ,
Highline Canal ,
Phoenix, Arizona (2010) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects[
citation needed ]
Terpsichore for Kansas City , Arts District Parking Garage,
Kansas City, Missouri (2011) with David Moulton, Roberta Vacca, Bobby Watson[
citation needed ]
Xixi Umbrellas , Xixi Wetland Park,
Hangzhou, China (2012) Westlake International Invitational Sculpture Exhibition[
citation needed ]
Meeting Place , The Downtown Greenway,
Greensboro, North Carolina (2014)
[1]
References
^
a
b
"Mags Harries & Lajos Héder at 4Culture artist registry" . 17 September 2010.
Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2020 .
^ Cohen, Michele; Michael Bloomberg; Stan Ries (2009). Public Art for Public Schools . Monacelli Press. p. 194.
ISBN
978-1-58093-215-8 .
^ Sinclair, Jill (2009). Fresh Pond: The History of a Cambridge Landscape .
MIT Press . p. 152.
ISBN
978-0-262-19591-1 .
^
a
b
"From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21946)" . harvardartmuseums.org . Retrieved 3 April 2022 .
"From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21947)" . harvardartmuseums.org . Retrieved 3 April 2022 .
^ King, Elaine A. (2 July 2019).
"Latitude to Comment and Play: A Conversation with Mags Harries and Lajos Héder" . Sculpture . Retrieved 5 August 2021 .
^ Tanga, Martina (2 January 2018). "Burnishing History: Mags Harries' 1976 Asaroton". Public Art Dialogue . 8 (1): 50–71.
doi :
10.1080/21502552.2018.1430293 .
S2CID
194991938 .
^ Boorstin, Robert O.
Take the Red Line ... Please. Artists on the Line at the Carpenter Center through March 9 .
The Harvard Crimson . February 26, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
^
Glove Cycle
Archived 2012-04-22 at the
Wayback Machine . Mags Harries & Lajos Héder. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
^
"Theater" . collections.mfa.org . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 3 April 2022 .
^
"Mags Harries | School of the Museum of Fine Arts | Tufts University" . smfa.tufts.edu . Retrieved 5 August 2021 .
^ Héder, Lajos (1980).
Aesthetics in Transportation: Guidelines for Incorporating Design, Art and Architecture Into Transportation Facilities . U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Environment and Safety. Retrieved 3 April 2022 .
^ Meek, Tom (26 July 2016).
"Sian Heder's 'Tallulah' Pulls From 'Surreal Experiences With Bad Moms' " . WBUR .
Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016 .
^
"Thyra Heder" . Thyra Heder .
Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016 .
^
"Making art for everyone from Phoenix to Wales to their own hometown, Cambridge-based public artists Mags Harries and Lajos Heder are changing the landscape one project at a time" .
Boston Globe . 7 May 2000.
Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010 .
^ Sherman, Mary (4 November 2001).
"Cambridge's 'Water' works as accessible, playful piece" .
Boston Herald . Retrieved 6 January 2010 .
^
"2 turn Arizona Falls site into artistic link to past" . Arizona Republic . Phoenix, Arizona. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Guanche, Chris (26 October 2008).
"Public art displayed in Miramar City gets new art pieces at library and cultural center" .
South Florida Sun-Sentinel .
Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010 .
^ Phillips, Hannah (7 June 2017).
"A History of Mueller SunFlowers in 60 Seconds" . Culture Trip . Retrieved 5 August 2021 .
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