May 2, 2012

Leslie Sardiñas: Watching You!

What: The Times Square Alliance, with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Cuban Artist Fund are pleased to announce a public video art installation by Cuban artist Leslie Sardiñas. The exhibition will include a video art installation on the billboards of Times Square as well as a selection of drawings by the artist.

Watching You! is a 30-second animation of a pair of eyes looking down onto Times Square. Created from over 600 drawings made by the artist himself, Watching You! marks the first time that the artist is exhibiting animated works in the public realm. The artist cleverly inverts the relationship of the observer to that of the observed. Sardiñas pays tribute to the enigmatic character Cheshire from Alice in Wonderland, whose eyes hypnotize and enchant the viewers.

When: May 4 - 7, 2012
Where: Times Square Visitor Center: 1560 Broadway between 46th and 47th Streets