Sarah Sze’s sculpture might teeter into anarchy—if it wasn’t so much fun
“Everything’s in here!” says a young boy, peering into “Corner Plot,” Sarah Sze’s latest work, a miniature wedge of an apartment building protruding provocatively from the pavement at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street. Another small critic is less enthusiastic. “That’s junk,” she says instantly.
Of course, it all depends how you look at it, which is exactly what the artist wants. Even the title of the piece, “Corner Plot,” created under the auspices of New York’s Public Art Fund, has multiple meanings, from prime real estate to cemetery selection. “‘Location, location, location,’ might have been another title,” Sze quips.