Tag Archives: DUMBO

Bookcase as portrait

By sarah | Published: October 26, 2010
I was part of an artist-curator-critic talk at Melville House publishers in Dumbo earlier this month. I suggested that the bookcase would make for a good portrait of the artist, whose work was hanging in the space. I wrote out a brief questionnaire, asking people which titles in the room (and they were very cool publications, ranging [...]
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The only artform left in Manhattan is Graffiti. street art, not ‘gallery’ art, rocks.

By sarah | Published: June 30, 2010
On my way into DUMBO, under a scaffold, in a mouldy corner, was this little bit of wall. Check out that mini-cairn of rocks on the ground, giving the image a 3-D, shrine-like feel. Nice. Perfect for place where it was sited. Dark. Not a place you’d want to linger; indeed, something I passed, feeling lost, but [...]
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