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PHOTO GALLERY: PEOPLE MEET CHRIS COLUMBUS 60 FEET IN THE AIR, MAKE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE

September 23, 2012 | 10:55 AM - Updated on September 24, 2012 | 8:31 AM
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The new exhibit in Columbus Circle of “Columbus’ Living Room” by Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi allows people to climb to the top of a 60-foot column and enter a room built around the 120-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus. There are cushy sofas, and magazines and newspapers on the tables, inviting people to kick back and relax. Even the wallpaper in the room has some funny touches, as you can see below. The whole scene makes for some amusing and engaging images.

Here are a few of the photos we’ve received from the first few days of the exhibition. If you go and snap some photos you like, send us some and we’ll add them to the gallery! Here’s more on the exhibit and how to get tickets, which are free. “Actually the idea is fun, but be prepared to stand around and wait because the limit the number of people who can get in at the same time,” reader Ivan Farkas told us.


By Ivan Farkas.


By George Guerrero, looking South.


By Ivan Farkas.


Americana wallpaper in Columbus’ room, by George Guerrero. Michael Jackson! Elvis! Hot dogs!


By Ivan Farkas.


By George Guerrero, from the bottom of the scaffolding.


By George Guerrero, looking East.


Tatzu Nishi at his exhibit on opening day. By George Guerrero. See more of George’s photos in a gallery below or on flickr.

[flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157631584031016″]

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