High Line Plinths

High Line Art just installed a temporary exhibition of 12 shortlisted proposals for the third and fourth High Line Plinth commissions. Their models are on the High Line right now in the Coach Passage at 30th Street. The works are from artists Iván Argote, Nina Beier, Margarita Cabrera, Nick Cave, Banu Cennetoğlu, Rafa Esparza, Teresita Fernández, Kapwani Kiwanga, Lu Pingyuan, Pamela Rosenkranz, Mary Sibande, and Andra Ursuţa. Each one ranges in material, from adobe brick soil to dichroic glass panes and evoke themes like climate change, decolonization, and civil rights, these proposals present 12 artists’ visions for monumental public art for the 21st century. Only two designs will be selected to create the full-scale third and fourth High Line Plinth commissions to be installed in 2022 and 2024, respectively. Simone Leigh’s Brick House, the first Plinth commission, is currently on view until spring 2021. Each sculpture will be on view for 18 months. The shortlisted models will be on view through April.