High Line Art Wants the Public’s Opinion on 62 Artist Proposals for Its Plinth Commission
High Line Art is soliciting public feedback on 62 proposals for its Plinth commissions scheduled for 2029 and 2030, with comments open until September 8. The Plinth is located above 30th Street and 10th Avenue in New York, and the proposals include concepts such as a giant teddy bear, a full-scale brownstone replica covered in clothing, and a pair of legs painted with color dots. Participating artists include Nina Chanel Abney, Kelly Akashi, Kevin Beasley, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Anthea Hamilton, Michael Rakowitz, and Anicka Yi, among others, with nominees selected by nine international curators including Diana Campbell Betancourt, Amanda Carneiro, Emma Enderby, Ekow Eshun, and Stefanie Hessler. The Plinth program began in 2016, with early commissions by Simone Leigh and Sam Durant shown in 2019 and 2021; later public-comment rounds helped select works by Pamela Rosenkranz and Iván Argote, and led to Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s “The Light That Shines Through the Universe,” a Bamiyan Buddha-inspired sculpture currently on view. Public enthusiasm has been notable, including a Change.org petition launched about six months ago urging Argote’s “Dinosaur,” a giant pigeon sculpture, to become permanent.
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