On 24th Street in New York, Moroccan artist Meriem Bennani is exhibiting her first sculpture “Windy” until May 2023, co-commissioned by High Line Art and Audemars Piguet Contemporary.
“Windy” is a spinning tornado-shaped sculpture made of black foam and inspired by the artist’s experience and his life in New York. 2.70 m high, it is made up of around 200 foam discs stacked on top of each other. Bennani’s project also marks the first time that High Line Art and Audemars Piguet Contemporary have co-curated and commissioned a public sculpture. Its curators worked closely with the Moroccan artist and High Line Art’s team of expert makers to bring this ambitious work to life.
Born in Morocco and residing in New York, Meriem Bennani is best known for her video works that tell stories about human behavior and our experiences online and offline. His work is rich in references to reality TV, cartoons, documentary films and social networks, often approached with humor and a touch of the absurd. Windy presents a new direction in the artistic practice of Meriem Bennani by transposing her practice in the field of animated films into a kinetic sculpture reminiscent of the movement represented in her video works.
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