High Line Art: Past Projects [1]
PLAN YOUR VISIT
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Ryan McGinley, Blue Falling
April 1 – 30, 2013
HIGH LINE BILLBOARD, next to the High Line at West 18th Street and 10th Avenue
Ryan McGinley presents Blue Falling, a photograph depicting a person set against a vast blue background. As if floating in a sea or sky, the figure appears to hover effortlessly in the middle of the photograph. Read more [7].
[8]Allen Ruppersberg, You & Me
February 1 - 28, 2013
HIGH LINE BILLBOARD, West 18th Street at 10th Avenue
Conceptual artist Allen Ruppersberg presents a collection of colorful posters never before shown in this configuration or scale. Arranged side by side on a grid, the posters display the many combinations of the words “you” and “me” with verses and absurd linguistic associations that can be read in different orders, allowing for unexpected connections between words and ideas. Read more [9].
[10]Paola Pivi, Untitled (zebras)
Monday, December 3, 2012 – Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Edison ParkFast, West 18th Street at 10th Avenue
Italian artist Paola Pivi presents one of her most iconic images, two zebras portrayed on a snowy mountaintop, standing under a deep blue, cloudless sky. This odd tableau questions the viewer’s notion of what is real and what is fake. Read more [11].
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Thomas Bayrle, American Dream, 1970
Monday, October 1 – Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Edison ParkFast, West 18th Street at 10th Avenue
Thomas Bayrle investigates the power of images in the context of advertising and mass iconography. Bayrle will present American Dream, an illusionistic image of a classic Chrysler sedan. Read more [13].
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Elad Lassry, Women (065, 055)
On view Wednesday, August 1 - Friday, September 7, 2012
Elad Lassry presents an alluring image of two young women gazing out into a sea of green. Detached from any visual history or context, the image is both mesmerizing and elusive, familiar and remote. Read more [15].
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Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari for Toilet Paper, Untitled
On view Thursday, May 31 - Friday, June 29, 2012
Billboard next to the High Line at West 18th Street
The artists have conceived an image that at first perfectly blends in with the surrounding advertisements but when looked at carefully opens up to a variety of free associations. Read more. [17]
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David Shrigley, How are you feeling?
On View Thursday, April 5 to Monday, May 7, 2012
Billboard next to the High Line at West 18th Street
Shrigley presents an iconic work which stands as a reminder of our fears, insecurities, and paranoia, which are so familiar to our contemporary society. Read more. [19]
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ANNE COLLIER, DEVELOPING TRAY #2, 2009
February 1, 2012 - February 29, 2012
Installed on a billboard east of the High Line at West 18th Street
The second installation as part of the series HIGH LINE BILLBOARD features an enigmatic and engaging photograph by New York City artist, Anne Collier. Read more [21].
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JOHN BALDESSARI, THE FIRST $100,000 I EVER MADE
On View Friday, December 2 through Friday, December 30
Installed on a billboard east of the High Line at West 18th Street
A new, thought-provoking roadside attraction for 10th Avenue with a gigantic representation of a $100,000 bill.Read more. [23]
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LANDSCAPE WITH PATH
DARREN ALMOND, FULLMOON@THE [25] NORTH SEA
Monday, October 3 to Monday, October 31, 2011
Installed on a billboard east of the High Line at West 18th Street
The final work in Joel Sternfeld's Landscape with Path series showed an image of Huangshan mountain range shot in moonlight. Read More. [26]
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LANDSCAPE WITH PATH
ROBERT ADAMS, NEBRASKA STATE HIGHWAY 2, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA
August 1, 2011 - August 31,2011
Installed on a billboard east of the High Line at West 18th Street
Robert Adams' iconic photograph of the American West is the second work in Landscape with Path, a three-part installment of images selected by photographer Joel Sternfeld. Read more [28].
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LANDSCAPE WITH PATH
JOEL STERNFELD, A RAILROAD ARTIFACT, 30TH ST, MAY 2000
June 2 - 30, 2011
Billboard east of the High Line at West 18th Street
An iconic photograph by Joel Sternfeld presents the first work in Landscape with Path, a series of three commissioned banners for a billboard next to the High Line. Read more [30].
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DEMETRIUS OLIVER, JUPITER
September 7, 2010 - October 6, 2010
Billboard east of the High Line at West 18th Street
Demetrius Oliver's work for the High Line folds together elements relating to photography, performance, astronomy, physics, and music in a photographic banner and related programming. Read more. [32]
HIGH LINE CHANNEL
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[34]Guido van der Werve, Nummer negen, the day I didn’t turn with the world
March 11 - May 6, 2013
Daily beginning at 5:00 PM
HIGH LINE CHANNEL 14, on the High Line at the 14th Street Passage
Dutch artist Guido van der Werve presents a 9-minute video consisting of time-lapse photography taken over a 24-hour period at the North Pole. Depicting a large, barren landscape of icecaps and blue sky, the video immortalizes the artist slowly turning in the opposite direction of the earth’s rotation. Read more [35].
Cinthia Marcelle, Selected Works
Friday, September 14 – Sunday, December 2, 2012, 5 – 11 PM daily
HIGH LINE CHANNEL 14, 14th Street Passage, on the High Line at West 14th Street
Artist Cinthia Marcelle presents a selection of videos that challenge our notions of conventional behavior by introducing humorous coincidences and connections. Read more [36].
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John Cage, One11 and 103
Thursday, August 2 - Thursday, September 13, 2012
Daily, 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm
HIGH LINE CHANNEL 14, West 14th Street Passage on the High Line
High Line Art and Electronic Arts Intermix celebrate the John Cage Centennial with a special outdoor presentation of Cage's film and sound composition One11 and 103 (1992) at the High Line. Read more [38].
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Sturtevant, Warhol Empire State
On View Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - Tuesday, May 15, 2012
UPDATE: Extended through Thursday, May 31, 2012
Exterior Wall next to the High Line at West 22nd Street
In Warhol Empire State, Sturtevant remakes Warhol’s original work to push the limits of resemblance and representation. Read more. [40]
[41]
Eyeballing
A film program curated by Lisa Oppenheim and Mike Sperlinger
Featuring films by Rosalind Nashashibi, Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler, and Karl Kels
On View Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - Tuesday, April 10, 2012
On the High Line at West 22nd Street
This film program includes three films that are connected through a shared perspective of the Manhattan streetscape. Read more. [42]
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JENNIFER WEST, SELECTED RECENT WORKS
January 25, 2012 - March 5, 2012
On the High Line at West 22nd Street
The second installment on HIGH LINE CHANNEL will feature a selection of vibrant experimental films by Jennifer West. Read more [44].
Download a schedule of Jennifer West's screenings. [45]
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GORDON MATTA-CLARK, CITY SLIVERS, 1976
November 29, 2011- January 24, 2012
On the High Line at West 22nd Street
HIGH LINE CHANNEL is a new, outdoor program featuring daily screenings of silent art films and videos. Gordon Matta-Clark’s City Slivers launches the CHANNEL, in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Read More. [47]
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Various Artists, Lilliput
On View Thursday, April 19, 2012 to Monday, April 1, 2013
Throughout the High Line
The first group exhibition at the High Line, Lilliput features miniature sculptures installed in unusual and unexpected places. Read more. [49]
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Thomas Houseago, Lying Figure
Friday, May 18, 2012 – Thursday, March 14, 2013
On the High Line at Little West 12th Street
Thomas Houseago's monumental bronze sculpture contrasts the small-scale sculptures of Lilliput, introducing the park's own Gulliver. Read more. [51]
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Richard Artschwager, blps
Thursday, October 25, 2012 – Sunday, February 3, 2013
Various locations on and around the High Line
High Line Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art present a series of blps by artist Richard Artschwager. These public interventions consist of black or white lozenge-shaped marks that draw attention to overlooked spaces. Read more [53].
DOCUMENT THE BLPS AND WIN! [54]
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Charles Mary Kubricht, Alive-Nesses: Proposal for Adaptation
September 24, 2011 - November 2012
High Line at the Rail Yards
High Line storage containers are camouflaged with a paint scheme used to disguise World War I warships from the enemy. Read More. [56]
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SARAH SZE, STILL LIFE WITH LANDSCAPE (MODEL FOR A HABITAT)
June 8, 2011 - June 6, 2012
On the High Line, between West 20th and West 21st Streets
Sarah Sze presents a an elaborate architectural sculpture that allows park visitors to physically enter and pass through the space it outlines, while also attracting birds, butterflies, and insects with perches, feeding spots, and birdbaths. Read more [58].
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JULIANNE SWARTZ, DIGITAL EMPATHY
June 8, 2011 - June 1, 2012
Located within the water fountains, elevators, and public bathrooms on the High Line
Julianne Swartz presents a sound piece that greets visitors with messages of empathy and love in the park's bathrooms, water fountains, and elevators. Read more [60].
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KIM BECK, SPACE AVAILABLE
March 4, 2011 - January, 2012
Rooftops along Washington Street, between Gansevoort Streets and West 13th Streets
Kim Beck presents three sculptures resembling the skeletal framework behind advertising billboards. Read more. [62]
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SUE DE BEER, HAUNT ROOM
Friday, October 28 to Sunday, December 4, 2011
14th Street Passage
An interactive structure with audio tones outside of the range of human hearing. Read More. [64]
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FRANCIS CAPE, THE OTHER END OF THE LINE
October 22 - November 21, 2010
Gansevoort Plaza
Francis Cape's The Other End of the Line brought to the High Line a domestic mobile home from Sullivan County, NY. Its interior featured works by 13 artists based in upstate New York. Read more. [66]
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STEPHEN VITIELLO, A BELL FOR EVERY MINUTE
June 23, 2010 - June 20, 2011
14th Street Passage
Artist Stephen Vitiello presents a multi-channel sound installation for which he has recorded bells all over New York City and beyond. Read more. [68]
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RICHARD GALPIN, VIEWING STATION
May 7, 2010 - May 1, 2011
East side of the High Line between West 17th Street and West 18th Street
Richard Galpin has created a 'viewing station' through which park visitors experience an altered, abstracted view from the High Line. Read more. [70]
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VALERIE HEGARTY, AUTUMN ON THE HUDSON VALLEY WITH BRANCHES
November 11, 2009 - November 2, 2010
Fence at West 20th Street
For the High Line, Valerie Hegarty created a work that imagines a nineteenth century Hudson River School landscape painting that has been left outdoors, exposed to the elements. Read More. [72]
HIGH LINE ART PERFORMANCES
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Jennifer West, One Mile Film
Special Screening, Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
On the High Line under The Standard, New York
Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer West invited the public to walk on, touch, dance, and alter a one-mile-long celluloid filmstrip adhered to the entire length of the High Line’s pathway for one day in September 2012. Since the performance, West has turned the altered filmstrip into a video, which will be screened on the High Line. Read more [74].
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Jennifer West, One Mile Parkour Film
Performance: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Performance along the entire High Line, between Gansevoort and West 30th Streets
Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer West will invite the public to walk on, touch, dance, and alter a one-mile-long celluloid filmstrip adhered to the entire length of the High Line’s pathway for one day. After the performance, West will turn the altered filmstrip into a video, which will be screened on the High Line. Read more [76].
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Simone Forti, Huddle
Performance Thursday, May 24, 2012, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
On the High Line in various locations
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Channa Horwitz, Poem/Opera, The Divided Person
Performance Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM
On the High Line under The Standard, New York, at Little West 12th
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Alison Knowles, Make a Salad
Performance Sunday, April 22, 2012, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
On the High Line at West 16th Street
Knowles will re-stage her iconic Fluxus event score Make a Salad to launch HIGH LINE ART PERFORMANCES. Read more. [82]
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KIM BECK, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sky Above the High Line
Messages from advertising billboards are marked in the sky, building on the concept of the artist’s rooftop sculptures along the High Line. Read More. [84]
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TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY, ROOF PIECE
June 9 - 11, 2011
Rooftops surrounding the southern end of the High Line, between West 13th and Gansevoort Streets
A recreation of Trisha's Brown's seminal 1971 dance work performed by 10 dancers on rooftops. Read more [86].
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SPECIALS
2009
Specials is a collaboration between artists Lisa Sigal and Paul Ramírez Jonas. For this ongoing, roving art project, the artists have constructed a mobile unit composed of vendor carts and a 10 x 4 foot wall. On one side of the wall, they hang artwork by a wide range of artists; on the flip side, they serve homemade tacos, free of charge. Read more. [88]