EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style.
New York —
For the next year and a half, visitors to the ultra-modern Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s far west side will be met by an icon of the ancient world. The fifth commission for the plinth on the High Line elevated park is an homage to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the pair of 6th-century colossi in central Afghanistan that the Taliban blew up in 2001.
The new sculpture is by the Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen and is titled after the nickname locals in the Bamiyan Valley gave to the larger of the two Buddhas, “Salsal,” which translates to “the light shines…