2024-11-15T21:45:06-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150025080/ai-weiwei-s-massive-public-exhibition-set-for-october-receives-opposition-from-the-washington-square-park-association Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-08-29T14:41:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/zy/zyd3mr9yuroh1cyi.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Chinese artist <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/345/ai-weiwei" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ai Weiwei</a>'s newest project, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149999918/ai-weiwei-to-install-over-100-fences-around-new-york-one-of-his-largest-public-works-to-date" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Good Fences Make Good Neighbors," is set to open in October of 2017</a>. The famous provocateur was commissioned by the Public Art Fund, in celebration of its 40th birthday, to build one of his largest public works ever. In total, the project will included ten major fence-themed installations as well as smaller works spread throughout Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.&nbsp;</p> <p>One of the bigger pieces for the massive citywide art exhibition was set to land under the Washington Square Park Arch; however, the Washington Square Association released a statement on Friday asking the Public Art Fund to withdraw its plans to house this particular piece under the Arch.&nbsp;</p> <p>The neighborhood association's objections to the installation as <a href="http://www.washingtonsquarenyc.org/journal/2017/8/25/wsa-statement-against-the-ai-weiwei-installation-under-the-washington-square-park-arch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stated in their letter</a> signed by President Trevor Sumner are as follows:</p> <ul><li><em>The installation will make impossible the erection, under the arch, of our holiday tree that traditionally goes up the weekend after Thanksgiving, and stays u...</em></li></ul>