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While outdoor art is a year-round feature of New York City life, summer is definitely the time of year when public art projects (everything from a giant dog balancing a taxi on its nose to an an art bus serving free hot dogs at Brooklyn Bridge Park) pop up with greater frequency.
Photograph: Alexandre Ayer
The latest example is a suite of seven monumental sculptures situated on the Garment District pedestrian plazas on Broadway between 36th and 39th Streets. "Rebirth," as the show is called, comes courtesy of Taiwanese artist Kang Muxiang, who created his work out of reclaimed elevator cables from Taipei 101, a super-tall tower in Taiwan's capital city. From 2004 to 2010, the building was officially the world's tallest until the title was taken away by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. But it retains the honor of being the tallest and largest green building in the world, which may explain the whole recycled elevator cable deal. In any case, Kang has coiled the cables into "embryonic" forms that give new meaning to "fetal position."
Sponsored by The Garment District Alliance, "Rebirth" will be on view until September 15.