The Brooklyn Bridge's pioneering use of steel cables and a suspended roadway are repeatedly referenced in the design of artist Mark Gibian's work. Within the west mezzanine a web of cables recalls the graceful forms of the bridge, while overhead a 30-square foot structure, suspended beneath a skylight, frames the cable work. At the turnstiles, three panels that also use cables serve as a functional barrier. For the artist, the "lacy" curves of the panels "echo the beauty of the bridge's cross-hatched cables and the feeling of flight as it springs across the East River." The energy of “Cable Crossing” suggests "the controlled power of the subway and its network of metal and concrete that undergirds the city. I wanted to explore movement, using soft curves with hard materials," Gibian says.

Mark Gibian’s form of self-expression involves creating both monumental site-specific commissions and smaller works, in two and three dimensions. The work is abstract, yet organic and evocative. He fabricates his own work to control the process: heating, bending, cutting, hammering and grinding hard and industrial materials to transform them into curvy soft and suggestive forms. He has created public artworks in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Hudson River Park, NY and Anchorage, Alaska, and has exhibited in The US and abroad. Gibian’s artwork can be found in private and public collections.