Category Archives: Brooklyn
Banner day in Bushwick. Land where galleries and street art Rocks.
The location: Sugar gallery at 449 Troutman Street, in Bushwick. The artist: Jacqueline Lou Skaggs.
The medium: “Oil on Penny.”
they appeared, framed like little portholes, in the midst of pristine, circular mats, edged with distressed gilt frames on ‘moongold’ leaf.
The setting: a salon-style gallery (namely, a private loft, generously opened to the Public) from 1–6PM on [...]
Stuart Nicholson, Man of Our Time
..was memorialized yesterday by many many loved ones in his home/gallery on Van Brunt Street. It is an understatement to say that he is sorely missed.
This is a detail of some of the work he was doing just before he passed away. Seems he picked up a piece of this wire while he was diagnosed [...]
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Street Art, (dis)course: Discuss
As a writer, I’ve long been dedicated to Fine Art (painting, sculpture, installation, video) and perhaps, always will be. But I also think that this art—what’s commonly known as Graffiti Art or Street Art—deserves to be talked of in the language of high art, indoor art. (Hey: do you think I’m the person to do [...]
Also posted in Red Hook, Street Art Tagged Aby Warburg, art discourse, Graffiti, rudy gernreich, street art, street crimes 5 Comments
Street Art: the discourse, as begun by Susan Farrell; continued by…?
Some of you may be aware of Susan Farrell, an academic out of the West Coast (U. of Oregon) who has been a champion of street art. If not, you should be!
She’s well spoken and sincere; ready to be clear about what she knows about her subject—and what she doesn’t. Her enthusiasm for her subject—Graffiti, [...]
Also posted in Street Art Tagged graffiti on vehicles, street art, street crimes, Susan Farrell, truck hunters, TruckHunterz 2 Comments
Street crimes? Street art. & bathroom @ The Verb.
Scene and heard around town this week.
and…(art often moves around)…
and then you go to use the facilities, and you’re there, too:
C more at Street Crimes, the definitive site: www.graffiti.org
And check out the awesome Truckhunters.com (image below courtesy of):
Post Temple Destruction; Post Living Temple Rubbing; movin’ on.
One person seemed to ‘get’ what I’m doing with my NineDays project — probably better than I did.
A rabbi friend of mine (Avram Tov). He called it my personal “minhag“* which I thought was the best compliment, ever.
So this year’s been good.
Thanks to everyone who participated, and encouraged, and even just watched as I tried [...]
The Nine Days is helped by lovely camp counselors, and listed on Ritualwell.org
Here’s some of the lovely young people who helped me do rubbings in Kensigton yesterday, on Av 2.
Thank you Muskie and Devorah Leah. I hope to add your rubbings to the image wall soon!
Also: ritualwell.org, a site where people can go to get alternative/insights to commemorating and celebrating Jewish life rituals and holidays has given [...]
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Street art is the Best art: Atlantic Avenue Report
Maybe you’ve noticed that I’ve been writing about my visits to Brooklyn artist’s studios lately—both the art inside the those studios, and the walk I took to get there.
Now, I am solidifying my obsession with “gettingtoart” into a new conclusion: there is no place worth getting to; You’re already there.
Yes, its The Street Art Report [...]
Also posted in DIY Art, Street Art Tagged Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn artists, homeless art, street art 1 Comment
Meanwhile, at P.S.1 (nobody wants to play?); I thought Greater New York was supposed to be…ballsy.