Doug and Mike Starn
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Doug and Mike Starn are American artists and identical twin brothers who produce their works of art as a team.
The Starn brothers grew up in New Jersey and attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
, graduating in 1984. They continued to live in Boston until 1989, when they moved to New York. The brothers at one point had their studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn
. Their current studio space is in Beacon, New York
.
Authority (New York City) for the South Ferry Subway Terminal
(an approximately 9 feet high x 300 feet long
multimedia installation)
The Starn brothers grew up in New Jersey and attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is an undergraduate and graduate college located in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the visual arts. It is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in partnership with Tufts University...
, graduating in 1984. They continued to live in Boston until 1989, when they moved to New York. The brothers at one point had their studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6. It is also the location where the transatlantic liner, the , docks in New York City.- History :...
. Their current studio space is in Beacon, New York
Beacon, New York
Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 census placed the city total population at 15,541. Beacon is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport,...
.
Major works
- 2011 – Big Bambú, Official Collateral Exhibition to the 54th Venice Biennale
- 2010 – Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big BambúBig BambúBig Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop is a piece of installation art by identical twin artists Doug and Mike Starn.Big Bambú had its first installation in the artists' studio in Beacon, New York. In the summer of 2010 it was the featured exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof GardenMetropolitan Museum of Art Roof GardenThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden is a rooftop terrace, art venue and restaurant open in the warm weather months at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Roof Garden offers "breathtaking" views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. The garden is the gift of philanthropists...
, New York, NY. - 2009 – See it split, see it change, Permanent installation commissioned by the Arts for Transit program of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (New York City) for the South Ferry Subway Terminal
South Ferry – Whitehall Street (New York City Subway)
South Ferry – Whitehall Street is a New York City Subway station complex in the Manhattan neighborhood of Battery Park, shared by the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line...
(an approximately 9 feet high x 300 feet long
multimedia installation)