11. Dorothy Iannone’s ‘I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door’ on The High Line

Photo by Timothy Schecnk courtesy High Line Art

The very controversial artist, Dorothy Iannone, has something to say, and High Line Art has received her message with the debut of her large-scale mural installation at 22nd Street on the High Line. The piece, which pays homage to “freedom promised by immigration to America,” features three colorful Statues of Liberty, with the words “I Life My Lamp Beside the Golden Door” running between them. The excerpt is taken from Emma Lazarus’s poem, “The New Colossus,” engraved on a bronze plaque mounted inside the Statue of Liberty.

Dorothy Iannone’s “I Life My Lamp Beside the Golden Door” is on view through to March 2019 at 22nd Street. Read more about the installation here.