I passed by Denise Carbonell's former spot on Stanton Street last week and came upon this exhibit in what is now the NY Studio Gallery. I was mesmerized by everything about it -- from its title, "Can't Live the Commonest Way On Six Bits a Day" to its subdued palette. 'so glad to discover Charlotta Janssen's images inspired by American photographs of poor and working-class Americans captured around the time of the Great Depression.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
East Village Postal Sticker Art
While walking through the East Village yesterday, I discovered some stickers I hadn't seen anywhere else in town. In addition to the usual suspects such as Faust and Jesus Saves, there were stickers such as "Full Bleed" (center) that were new to me. My son, Dani, had told me that there are some hot stickers on St. Marks Place. He's right.
Monday, October 26, 2009
East Village Sidewalk Art
This caught my eye as was walking through the East Village earlier today. It reminds me of some of my creative writing lessons!
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Door on Rivington Street
When I first started documenting street art -- about two years ago -- this door on Rivington Street was one of the first sites I noticed. It was graced with a stunning Swoon piece. Since, it has gone through many reincarnations. This is the latest.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
L'Atlas @ gallery nine5
I had received an email early last week from L'Atlas that he was in town for a solo exhibit @ gallery nine5 on Spring Street. I had seen his work this past summer in Paris. Though I never got to meet him, I went with my intern to the exhibit on Friday. 'found it quite mesmerizing. But I would have loved to see some of his work on the surrounding streets. The exhibit continues through Nov. 6th @ 24 Spring Street. 'would have loved, too, to take some photos of it, but that was against the gallery's policy. (A policy -- I think -- all galleries should rethink these days.)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Pasted Poems on SoHo Walls
Cool to see some poems pasted onto the walls of my city -- even when they're pasted onto street art. Gee -- my two favorite art forms converge.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Jerusalem Graffiti -- From Awhile Ago!
While going through old family pics from the 80's and 90's, I came across the photo. Interesting -- since I wasn't documenting graffiti at the time and did not pay all that attention to the surrounding walls.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Panel Discussion: "The Invisibles"
I attended a wonderful panel discussion yesterday at The Greene Space in SoHo. Titled "The Invisibles," it is described as "a discussion with four creators who travel among the unseen." 'so cool that Cekis was included. He spoke about his graffiti as "urban intervention" in his native Santiago, Chile and here in NYC. A brief slide show was presented of his work, as well. Pictured speaking in this photo is Anthony Papa, an artist, writer and advocate against the war on drugs. Art literally saved his life, as while in prison, he "painted his way to freedom."
Black Book Tags
All of these tags are from one of Nelson Seda's black books. Thanks, Moriah, for helping me with the scanning. And thanks, Nelson, for lending me the book. Too much fun!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Black Book Tags
'so much fun to discover at last night's opening of "Staying Alive" one of Nelson's black books -- filled up exclusively with tags. I am increasingly fascinated by the range of styles and skills.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
D*Face @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery
I'm so glad I made it to this exhibit before it ends on Friday. I love the way London-based D*Face plays with images culled from popular culture, comic books and ads. Brilliant, provocative and fun!
Monday, October 5, 2009
from Keith Haring New York
While on the LES last week, I checked out the exhibit, "Keith Haring New York" at the Woodward Gallery. I found it far more interesting from a socio-cultural perspective than from an aesthetic one. This particular piece is from an LES door salvaged by Clayton Patterson. It is from a building in which both he and Keith Haring lived in the 80's. Notice the "Radiant Baby!"
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