Walk up 10th Avenue toward 30th Street and you may notice someone — or rather, something — gazing down at you. Look up and you will see “Brick House,” a towering bronze bust by the artist Simone Leigh and the first sculpture to be displayed on a plinth at the spur, a new section of the High Line.
At 16 feet tall, the figure is a black woman with cornrows and a dome-shaped torso that resembles a skirtlike house. It is by far the largest sculpture Ms. Leigh has created; even among the sea of skyscrapers and industrial-era brick buildings near the High Line, “Brick House” stands out. In an interview with The New York Times last summer, Ms. Leigh said she thought the commission “would be a great opportunity to have something about black beauty right in the middle of that environment.”
The spur will open to the public on June 5, but until then, park-goers can see “Brick House” from street level or nearby buildings. It will be on display until September 2020.
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