

Client: MTA Arts for Transit
Location: New York, NY, United States
Completion date: 1998
Artwork budget: $500,000
Project Team
Client
Ellen Driscoll
MTA Arts for Transit
Industry Resource
Franz Mayer of Munich
Industry Resource
Julie Nathanson
Industry Resource
Benzer Glass
Industry Resource
Paul King Foundry
Overview
20 mosaic and glass works located in Grand Central Terminal North, the mosaic, bronze, and glass reliefs in As Above, So Below pay homage to the heritage of the Main Concourse by taking the viewer on a round-the-world journey to the night sky above five different continents. The work’s tableaux recount myths of the continents and their civilizations, the heavens, and the underworld. Looked at one by one, these scenes bring to life ancient tales of the birth of the world, the sun’s daily transit, the stars in their courses, and the fates and fortunes of mortals and deities.