Design
Is There Room on the High Line For Monumental Art?
Starting in 2018, the elevated park’s piazza-like Plinth will host a series of large—and possibly politically charged—public art pieces.
Late last week 12 sculptures appeared on Manhattan’s High Line, some surreal, others funny, and a few that could get the anxiety-juice flowing in your veins. There’s a voluptuous single breast, a huge chameleon zapping out its tongue, an elephant hanging upside-down from a crane, and a Predator drone casting ominous shadows on the ground.
These are actually small-scale mock-ups of what may stand in full form in the High Line’s newest addition, the Spur, when it opens in 2018. Specifically, these works will occupy a space at West 30th Street and 10th Avenue called the Plinth, which will be devoted to public art exhibits that change over 18-month periods.