Art in the Parks

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City Ecology gives shape and texture to the colorful stories, dynamic relationships, and complex patterns of connection that she observes within New York City and amongst its residents. Sui Park constructs the sculptures out of cable ties, an inexpensive and mass-produced industrial material, which she weaves together into seemingly organic, biomorphic bodies. Installed in clusters in Bella Abzug Park, these groupings are reflective of the countless communities and hubs of activity that define urban life and lend New York City in particular its resilience and beauty.

This exhibition is presented by the Hudson Yards Hells Kitchen Alliance.

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Appearances operates with the goal of bringing awareness to the majesty and fragility of our environment. The concept first began as a public art installation in Provincetown, Massachusetts, open to any form of art that made a connection to nature. As demonstrated by the success of the Provincetown model of Appearances, this experience is an educational and visually stimulating opportunity for New York citizens and visitors. Appearances provides a platform for art that brings people physically into nature and/or in proximity to sites of historical significance.

Artists featured in this exhibition include Elizabeth Akamatsu, Katharina Chichester, M.J. Levy Dickson, Rosy Keyser, Dorothy Palanza, Billy Sherry, and Wolf.

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Von Bonin brings her ongoing work WHAT IF THEY BARK? (2022) to the High Line, installing a group of anthropomorphic fish sculptures above the park’s iconic 10th Avenue Square. Assembled like a military band ensemble, the fish wear theatrical costumes, play musical instruments, and hold checkered missiles. This humorous composition recalls the statue arrangement of ancient Greek temples, but instead of gods and heroes here the artist places sea creatures on land interacting with one another and doing human activities such as playing music. The figures adorn the top of the railing of the Sunken Overlook as if playing a concert for visitors resting on the seating steps below, adding a playful element to the striking view up 10th Avenue.

This exhibition is presented by Friends of the High Line.

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This court artwork is inspired by contrast, celebrating a space that brings people together through a shared passion.

This exhibition is presented by Les Deux, Kongstad Studio, and Project Backboard.

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Joined an Avalanche, Never to be Alone Again examines how humans have accelerated a global environmental crisis, collapsing starkly different time scales projecting an imminent future while unearthing centuries of geological cycles. Harvesting materials from the city’s infrastructure, Irijalba manifests a sprawling geotechnical core sample sculpture and salvaged fencing from the FDR Drive. An additional artwork, a 1:1 scale low-tide wave made of 100% recycled asphalt, was also on view as part of this exhibition from October 4, 2023 to November 15, 2023.

This exhibition is presented by NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) as part of DCLA’s Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) Program.

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Working across media, Helen Draves explores the passage of time and its physical and metaphorical impact on memory. In this sculpture, Draves continues these themes in an empathetic reflection on the Covid-19 pandemic. Inspired by a childhood memory of folding paper cranes, which have long been recognized as symbols of hope and healing, Draves created a collection of ceramic birds that when arranged together form the shape of a medical mask. The sculpture also includes medical masks cast in resin, which are transcribed with open-sourced messages intended to express the hope, loss, and memories of those affected by the pandemic, to serve as a reminder of the power of art to facilitate healing, foster connections, and inspire hope.

The Works in Public (WiP) program, formerly known as Model to Monument, is a professional development program that was begun in 2010 in partnership with NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program.

This exhibition is presented by the Art Students League of New York and the Riverside Park Conservancy.

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Palli uses material to question his daily processes and how they engage with his identity. Expanding beyond the personal, Palli’s sculpture presents an opportunity for audiences to engage with the narratives of local versus foreign and the sense of belonging within the United States. Our Gates is a celebration of New York City and its diverse communities, utilizing interlocking arches to both welcome visitors into the community and to encourage them to pass through into a symbolic space of participation, experimentation, and intrepid opportunity.

The Works in Public (WiP) program, formerly known as Model to Monument, is a professional development program that was begun in 2010 in partnership with NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program.

This exhibition is presented by the Art Students League of New York and the Riverside Park Conservancy.

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Susan Markowitz Meredith’s LIFE DANCE features three intertwining three-dimensional forms, representing the concept of mutual arising. Drawing inspiration from intertwining spiral forms found in nature, the three central shoots rise from a common source and engage with each other. Each shoot carries a progression of transparent step-like forms that serve as metaphors for an intangible growth process–suggesting that individual experiences are not isolated, and that society grows and flourishes by embracing our differences and recognizing our interconnections.

The Works in Public (WiP) program, formerly known as Model to Monument, is a professional development program that was begun in 2010 in partnership with NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program.

This exhibition is presented by the Art Students League of New York and the Riverside Park Conservancy.

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A sculptor and digital artist, Kahn utilizes technology—in its successes and failures—to analyze the complexity and poetics of capturing the human body in the digital age. Working from a 3D scan of musician and artist tiger west, Portrait of t. brings the digital, private realm into the public through a glitched body scan cast in bronze. In conversation with the veteran and war monuments already extant at Riverside Park, Kahn highlights the importance of celebrating anonymous lives in the public sphere.

The Works in Public (WiP) program, formerly known as Model to Monument, is a professional development program that was begun in 2010 in partnership with NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program.

This exhibition is presented by the Art Students League of New York and the Riverside Park Conservancy.

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Undercurrent, a massive steel sculpture by celebrated Chinese artist Zheng Lu was created especially for this site and relates to the United Nations recent climate action initiatives. Zheng’s deep reverence for nature is often reflected in his work. Part of his acclaimed Water in Dripping series, Undercurrent emphasizes the significance of water as a medium symbolic of change, self-reflection and the passage of time, as well as a symbol of temperate planet earth, where the presence of water—a rapidly diminishing resource—permits life.

This exhibition is presented by Sundaram Tagore Gallery.