A flaming tree has emerged on Manhattan’s High Line Plinth at the intersection of Tenth Avenue and 30th Street. Created by Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz, the pink and red sculpture is sure to become an Instagram hit – the fiery colors of the steel and polymer sculpture against a blue sky are particularly lovely.
But for the biggest news, in my opinion – New Yorkers can rejoice that Sam Durant’s terrible drone sculpture finally departed from the High Line. Durant never seems to take responsibility for material anyone finds offensive; I’ve interviewed him twice about projects that were “problematic”, as they say, and both times he shied away from his responsibilities – frankly, as a journalist, I’m going to assume he doesn’t. form. In this case, he hoisted a drone there in what was a masterclass in insensitivity to a multicultural city, in which many of us have family members living in places where fear of drones is a everyday phenomenon. But move on…
In Rosenkranz’s new 25-foot-tall work, the metaphors may be leaden and clichéd, but at least they look appealing in many directions – you can even clearly see the tree ablaze with color (the artist specifically characterizes it as “pink and red”) from the viewing platform on the High Line at 17th Street.
So let’s just ignore that the work is light on “content” because it’s nice and warm outside and the photos will be great.
Old Tree by Pamela Rosenkranz continues at High Line Base (30th Street and Tenth Avenue, Hudson Yards, Manhattan) until September 2024.
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