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force field; Art impresario, bodacious blonde, and muse to many, Yvonne Force Villareal is a mother of invention.(performance art)(Critical Essay)

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| July 01, 2004 | MacSweeney, Eve | COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Eve Macsweeney

Another day, another commute; summer's heating up; the weekend's coming. . . . Adding to the whir of thoughts in riders' minds as they step off their trains at Grand Central this month will be a new sensation. Loud (visually). Soft (tactilely). Shocking (mentally). After the tasteful renovations of Manhattan's landmark station in the last few years comes a new addition: acres and acres of gaudy floral carpet stretching the length and breadth of Vanderbilt Hall.

The woman who brings you this field of dreams, 18,000 square feet of va-va-voom floor covering that is actually an artwork by Rudolf Stingel, is Yvonne Force Villareal, an ...

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