Category Archives: Street Art
Street, observed, March.
Tree in sweater (trunk in scarf). Knitting intervention.
Walls are adequate compensation for closed LES galleries on a Sunday.
Truck-fitti, always a fave.
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Large-Format Street Art in L.I.C.
Check out my friend Pablo’s (and his friend, Dan’s) massive printout and pasteup project from this weekend in Long Island City, Queens:
-fitti (Alternative to Alternative Street Art)
Truck-fitti:
(I love that ray-artist. I just saw another “ray” today on a rollshutter in Bushwick.)
Sidewalk-fitti (seen in Ridgewood):
And, my extra-favorite:
Curb-fitti! Call them Street Interventions in the Narrowest-possible Space!
Gotta bend down to see that one—and not get run over in the process.
And, you’ve gotta look sideways to see this one: Lintel-fitti:
Also posted in Brooklyn, Bushwick Art Scene, DIY Art, Lower East Side Galleries Tagged Bushwick Art, Graffiti, Lower East Side Art, Ridgewood Art, street art Leave a comment
best Homeless Artist
My friend the homeless artist is back on Atlantic Avenue.
I don’t know why I should regard my conversations with him any differently than I would my conversations with any other (read: MFA-educated, “bona-fide”) artist.
Last week, he was on my street corner. I was clearly glad to see him, and he, me. He seemed very agitated, [...]
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street library, 08.29.10
Any street librarians out there? MLS degree preferred, but not required.
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 [...]
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 Brooklyn, Red Hook 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 Brooklyn 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):
Friends, LES