Alfredo Jaar

When the Music Stops

Alfredo Jaar (b. 1956, Santiago, Chile) lives and works in New York, New York, United States. When the Music Stops shows the surreal image of a cloud trapped in a cell. The artist often uses clouds to represent freedom and impermanence.

Support

Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by Shelley Fox Aarons, Jennifer Allan Soros, Elizabeth Belfer, Suzanne Deal Booth, Fairfax Dorn, Andy and Christine Hall, Hermine Riegerl Heller, J. Tomilson Hill, The Holly Peterson Foundation, Annie Hubbard, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Donald R. Mullen, Jr., Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Doug Oliver, Mario J. Palumbo, Jr., Susan Scherr, Susan Viniar, and Anonymous.