With a Drone on the High Line, an Artist Re-emerges From Controversy
Sam Durant reveals his first large-scale sculpture in the public sphere since the “Scaffold” controversy in Minneapolis.
“Untitled (drone),” 2016-2021, a rendering of Sam Durant’s proposed drone sculpture for the High Line Plinth in Manhattan that will be installed atop a 25-foot-tall pole.Credit.Sam Durant and High Line Art
April 14, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ET
In May, a sleek white fiberglass sculpture in the shape of a Predator drone will be installed atop a 25-foot-tall pole and rotate in the wind on the High Line at 30th Street in New York. With a wingspan of 48 feet almost the actual size of the remote-controlled military aircraft but stripped of its cameras, weapons and landing gear the kinetic artwork could appear as a modernist bird hovering in the sky, reminiscent of the biomorphic sculptures of Constantin Brancusi or Barbara Hepworth.
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Alison Lewis
Alison Lewis ’14 talks to intern
Rachel Horowitz-Benoit ’21 about her career, Middlebury, and new books she’s excited about.
Rachel Horowitz-Benoit: When were you an intern at
NER and what was a highlight (or anything you remember doing) of your experience?
Alison Lewis: The highlight was always discussing fiction submissions trying out my own very nascent editorial opinions, and hearing Carolyn Kuebler’s shockingly wise and perceptive insights. There were two stories we read from the general submissions pile during my time at
NER that ended up getting published, and I remember the awe of feeling each of those stories open up for me as Carolyn talked about them.
Textile artists: the pioneers of a new material world
Textile artists: the pioneers of a new material world
These contemporary textile artists are weaving together the common threads and rich variety of fibre art in new ways
Anna Ray,
Weave. Courtesy of House On Mars Gallery. Photography: Anna Ray
Textile art has long been a vehicle for storytelling. Much like ceramic art, it has long trodden the foggy and hotly-contested line between art and craft. It comes dressed in many forms: fibre art, tapestry, weaving, embroidery, knitting, and often spreads beyond the borders of art into fashion, design, science and technology.