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See All 12 Works Shortlisted for High Line Plinth Commissions

By Sam Gaskin
New York
26 November 2020

Models of the proposed artworks will be exhibited on the High Line from January 2021.

Teresita Fernández, Maelstrom. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Twelve artists' proposals have been shortlisted for the third and fourth High Line Plinth commissions. Models of the shortlisted artworks will be exhibited on the High Line in January 2021 before the winners are exhibited in 2022 and 2024.

Chosen from some 80 longlisted proposals, the shortlisted artists come from Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, and Turkey, as well as the United States. They are: Iván Argote, Nina Beier, Margarita Cabrera, Nick Cave, Banu Cennetoğlu, Rafa Esparza, Teresita Fernández, Kapwani Kiwanga, Lu Pingyuan, Pamela Rosenkranz, Mary Sibande, and Andra Ursuţa.

Renders of all 12 shortlisted works are included in this article.

The inaugural Plinth commission, Simone Leigh's Brick House, is on view until spring 2021. The second commission has not yet been announced. Each Plinth commission remains on view for 18 months.

Iván Argote, Dinosaur. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Nina Beier, Women & Children. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Margarita Cabrera, UPLIFT New York. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Nick Cave, A·mal·gam. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Banu Cennetoğlu, right? Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Rafa Esparza, KT Hyperspace. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Kapwani Kiwanga, On growth. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Lu Pingyuan, Tree. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Pamela Rosenkranz, Old Tree. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Mary Sibande, Old wars are out and a new reason of humanity is in. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

Andra Ursuţa, Broken Obelisk. Courtesy the artist and High Line.

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Nick Cave is an American artist known for his 'Soundsuits': full-body sculptural forms characterised by their use of everyday and discarded materials that include synthetic fur, buttons, sequins, beads, crystals, figurines, and doilies. Through his

Nina Beier's multimedia installations, performative sculptures, and static assemblages incorporate everyday objects into theatrical still lifes that examine the cultural symbolism embedded in them. Beier often manipulates her subject's materiality

Andra Ursuţa's sculptures and installations, made from a wide variety of materials and found objects, oscillate between the evocative and the vulgar, invoking the individual and collective fears and desires that underpin contemporary society. The

See All 12 Works Shortlisted for High Line Plinth Commissions

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