The artist William Wilhelmi made these ceramic pieces.
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The bust, called Odore di Femmina - Russian White, contrasts its delicate representation of pretty blooms with their sharp ceramic edges, which, as the artist explains in the adjacent text panel, creates a floral version of the femme fatale.
At the 96th Street station, Ms. Sze, a Chelsea artist who recently completed a sculpture for the High Line, will use ceramic tiles to play with travelers' sense of light, space and perspective.