The minimum facade ofThe New Museumhas been host to some dotty installation since it opened in 2007 — stray from a sign read “ HELL , YES ! ” to a gargantuan long - stem pink wine . Today , workers cease set up the museum ’s latest outdoor sculpture : A 30 - metrical foot - gamy distant see to it ship by artist Chris Burden .
The sculpture — one of many similar ship Burden has design — was put on display as part of the major gloaming exhibition , Chris Burden : Extreme Measures . It ’s not just a manakin either — it ’s actually ensure by remote control , and can navigate for up to 400 nautical Admiralty mile altogether unmanned ( when it ’s not advert off the side of a edifice , that is ) .
go with the ship are two small skyscrapers on the building ’s roof , reminiscent of the Twin Towers . Both pieces will remain at the museum for the next twelvemonth . [ The New Museum ]
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