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Mad. Sq. Art to present first-ever public art commission by acclaimed Dutch artist Jacco Olivier

NEW YORK, NY.- Mad. Sq. Art announces an outdoor exhibition of six painterly animations by acclaimed Dutch artist Jacco Olivier as the final presentation of its 2011 season. Mad. Sq. Art celebrates the artist’s first public art commission in New York City, which will feature both new, site-specific and existing works displayed throughout the Park. Olivier’s series of stop-motion animations will brighten New York’s winter landscape with moving images exemplary of the artist’s characteristically rich color palette and lavishly textured style. The exhibition will remain on view daily in Madison Square Park from December 15, 2011 through March 12, 2012. Beginning with a single image, Olivier introduces subtle alterations with each additional layer through his process of over-painting. After he paints and re-paints his images, Olivier photographs each stage of the process as stop-motion animation until an original no longer e