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Photo by Timothy Schenck, courtesy of Friends of the High Line

Baseera Khan, Painful Arc II (Shoulder-High)

June 3, 2023 to May 31, 2024
The High Line, Manhattan

Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.

Description:

To create Painful Arc II (Shoulder-High), Khan interviewed High Line staff members and photographed the numerous shipping boxes of supplies that circulate within the complex ecosystem of the park. Khan’s inscriptions on the archway include packaging labels and handwritten notes jotted down by staff members onto incoming cardboard boxes. This reimagined public monument paints a portrait of the park and the people who maintain it every day, as well as the people far away who manufacture the goods shipped to our door. While historically archways have been inscribed with the names and symbols of nobles and leaders, this archway is a monument to the ecosystem of labor and people around the world who make the High Line possible.

This exhibition is presented by Friends of the High Line.