{"id":1260,"date":"2012-08-08T21:48:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T01:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2012-08-08T21:48:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T01:48:04","slug":"alessandro-pessoli-in-lilliput-on-the-high-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/alessandro-pessoli-in-lilliput-on-the-high-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Alessandro Pessoli in &#8216;Lilliput&#8217; on The High Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1263\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/pessoli_highline_closeup2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1263\" title=\"Alessandro Pessoli, Old Singer with Blossoms, bronze, steel, wool, 2012.\" src=\"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/pessoli_highline_closeup2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alessandro Pessoli, Old Singer with Blossoms, bronze, steel, wool, 2012.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/pessoli_highline_closeup2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/pessoli_highline_closeup2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/pessoli_highline_closeup2.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alessandro Pessoli, Old Singer with Blossoms, bronze, steel, wool, 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alessandro Pessoli\u2019s \u2018Old Singer with Blossoms\u2019 on the High Line is half hidden amongst short trees and lush plantings, making this odd character all the more strange once you become aware of his presence.\u00a0 A balaclava in pretty, rainbow colors gives him a childlike or hippy appearance completely at odds with his cold steel body and bronze head.\u00a0 As a mechanical creature subject to ridicule (for that silly hat), he could be one of Marcel Duchamp\u2019s bachelors grown old.\u00a0 (On the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighline.org\/about\/public-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">High Line<\/a> as part of the group show \u2018Lilliput\u2019 through April 2013.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alessandro Pessoli\u2019s \u2018Old Singer with Blossoms\u2019 on the High Line is half hidden amongst short trees and lush plantings, making this odd character all the more strange once you become aware of his presence.\u00a0 A balaclava in pretty, rainbow colors gives him a childlike or hippy appearance completely at odds with his cold steel body &hellip; 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