‘Ruckus Manhattan,’ a legendary sculptural rendition of New York City’s iconic sites created in 1975 by Red Grooms, Mimi Gross and collaborators known as the Ruckus Construction Co., is so huge that it is only occasionally shown. Now, the artists’ version of the Staten Island Ferry has surfaced in the Brooklyn Museum’s main, ground floor gallery along with the group’s recreation of a Times Square adult bookstore and a small selection of supporting artwork by other artists reflecting on the city. Surrounded on the four walls of the museum’s large exhibition space by a mural of the harbor, a visit to ‘Dame of the Narrows’ is the next best thing to actually getting out on the water. (On view at the Brooklyn Museum through Nov 2nd).
