Using Old Materials to Put a New Face on a Museum

 

The Museum of Arts and Design’s first exhibitions at 2 Columbus Circle, “Second Lives” (including Jean Shin’s “Sound Wave,” above), “Permanently Mad” and “Elegant Armor,” open Saturday. The shows, Roberta Smith writes, reflect an institution “wild with delight” at having a building of its own. "Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary" 2 Columbus Circle, NYC. September 27, 2008 - February 15, 2009 Major Solo exhibition" 'Jean Shin: Common Threads"