Category Archives: Street Art

Friends, LES

Strange Mother’s Day bouquet on Lower East Side. Hangin’. This nabe still rocks.
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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:
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-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:
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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):
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