> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Folly on the Roof of the Met - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/folly-on-the-roof-of-the-met/ - Published: 2014-05-07T01:02:29.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:17:03.000Z - Description: The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently opened the second in a series of commissions for its rooftop garden overlooking Central Park. - Author: Michael Groth - Tags: Art, Dan Graham, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo Essays, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:03 (2014, 2015, part 1) ![MGROTH_20140428_007](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_007.jpg) Detail of Dan Graham & Gunter Vögt, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently opened the second in a series of commissions for its rooftop garden overlooking Central Park. The new installation, “Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout,” is a collaboration between artist Dan Graham and landscape architect Gunther Vögt. It consists of a large S-curve metal and reflective glass wall flanked by two vine-covered trellises. The kempt lawn surrounding the structure slopes gradually upwards to meet its marble foundation. Graham refers to this structure as a pavilion, the historical precedent of small, decorative architectural structures frequently used in traditional European garden design. It is perhaps more accurate to place this piece in the vein of the architectural [folly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly?ref=hyperallergic.com), as this captures its spontaneous and playful character. The use of such banal elements as residential hedges and semi-reflective glass — which could have been plucked out of any number of modern high-rises — lends a familiarity and invites exploration. The interplays of reflection and opacity, organic matter and modernist grid, human scale and the ever-present New York skyline create a multifaceted and personal experience for the viewer. ![Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout, Installation View](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_001.jpg) ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout,’ installation view facing North ![MGROTH_20140428_003](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_003.jpg) Graham discusses the work. ![MGROTH_20140428_002](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_002.jpg) ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout,’ installation view facing South ![MGROTH_20140428_004](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_004.jpg) Detail, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_005](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_005.jpg) Detail, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_006](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_006.jpg) Detail, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_008](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_008.jpg) Detail, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_009](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_009.jpg) Detail ![MGROTH_20140428_010](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_010.jpg) Detail, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_012](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_012.jpg) Detail, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_011](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_011.jpg) Installation view, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout’ ![MGROTH_20140428_013](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_013.jpg) Model for “Double Exposure” proposal (1995) ![MGROTH_20140428_014](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_014.jpg) “Triangular Solid with Circular Cut-Outs, Variation K” (2011–14) ![MGROTH_20140428_015](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/05/mgroth_20140428_015.jpg) “Triangular Solid with Circular Cut-Outs, Variation K” (2011–14) [The Roof Garden Commission: Dan Graham with Gunther Vögt](http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2014/roof-garden-dan-graham?ref=hyperallergic.com) *continues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through November 2.*