Tabula at Battery Park City

Artist: Michelle Stuart

Architects: Cooper, Robertson & Partners; Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects

Commissioner: City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program

Collection: The Battery Conservancy

Date: Installed, 1990

Located in the entrance lobby of Stuyvesant High School, Tabula consists of thirty panels of differently colored and stratified pieces of etched marble. The panels are etched with drawings that refer to systems of knowledge, including botany, astronomy, mathematics, language, and exploration. The marble used comes from quarries in Brazil, India, Spain, Africa, Italy, and the United States, creating a "dialogue of matter." Said Stuart, "Tabula is about quest."