The ingenious InstaFame Phantom Art, conceived and curated by Nic 707, continues to bring old school writers — along with newer ones from NYC and beyond — back to the trains. Here are a few images captured on recent rides:
Paulie Nassar and the legendary TAKI 183 — with background by Nic 707
TAKI 183 with background by Nic 707
Photo credits: 1 & 7, City-as-School intern Tyler Flores; 2 – 6, Lois Stavsky; 8, Nic 707
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With new murals outside and an array of artworks inside, Be Electric Studios on 1298 Willoughby Avenue is the site of a new exhibit featuring over 20 street muralists. Here are a few images captured hours before it opened last night.
Chris & Veng RWK and Nicole Salgar & Chuck Berrett
Nicholai Khan at work, Fumero, Raquel Echanique, Chris & Veng RWK and Nicole Salgar & Chuck Berrett
Magda Love at work
And Esteban del Valle adding some finishing touches to his indoor mural
Curated by Kevin Michael, the exhibit continues through Monday, 12 – 11pm.
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson
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A pop-up exhibit — celebrating the release of WK‘s fourth book WK/ACT4 (DRAGO) and the launch of his partnership with KLINIK — opened on Tuesday evening at The Garage in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. A huge range of work — from mixed-media installations to huge murals — is featured. Here’s a sampling:
Close-up from huge mural featuring locations and images of WK‘s works in NYC public spaces
And the book
The exhibit continues until Wednesday at 22 Little West 12th Street. It remains open from 12 – 6pm.
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson
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Based in France, Kurar crafts visually and conceptually engaging stencils. Often incorporating graffiti elements, they frequently take on such contentious subjects as politics and consumerism. Here are a few more images from his exhibit – on view through October 21 at Chelsea’s Artemisia Gallery.
Dirty Money
Liberty of 21st Century, close-up
Heritage
Wide view of select artworks on exhibit
Sharing the space at 617 West 27th Street with Kurar is an exhibit of alluring new artworks by Indie 184, presented by Azart Gallery.
Photos of Kurar’s artworks by Dani Reyes Mozeson
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Continuing through Saturday at Chelsea’s Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, José Parlá’s solo exhibition, “In Medias Res,” features a range of exquisitely richly-layered, abstract works focusing on the artist’s personal interactions with particular places. Here is a small sampling:
The Ghetto (on right) and San Lazaro y Genios
Hot Gowanus
Bowery and Houston
The Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery is located at 505 West 24th Street in Chelsea. On its exterior you will find the following collab between José Parlá and JR captured last fall.
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson
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UR New York has fashioned an amazing array of works in a range of media for their newest exhibit, Product of UR Environment, that opened this past Thursday evening. On view at Pop International Galleries at 473 West Broadway in SoHo, Mike Baca’s (aka 2Esae) and Fernando Romero’s (aka Ski) pieces on a range of surfaces — from spray cans to found objects to canvases — brilliantly reflect NYC’s distinct grit and the passion that it rouses. Here are a few more:
New York Side Hustle
Brooklyn Boro
Intersection
Close-up from one of a series of fenced-in artworks with paste-ups, stickers, tags and more
And spray cans with a message
Pop International Galleries SoHo location is open Mon to Sat 10am – 7pm and Sun 11am – 6pm.
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson
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For the past few days, we New Yorkers have been treated to a Hot Mess, the wildly expressive aesthetic of Montreal-based Stikki Peaches. Brought to us by Station 16, a Hot Mess, Stikki Peaches‘s first international exhibit, found a transitory home here at 345 Broome Street. Here are a few more images:
One of many skulls
And a somewhat wider view of the transformed Broome Street space
For some insight into it all, you can check out Yoav Litvin‘s interview with Stikki Peaches here.
Photos of artworks by Dani Reyes Mozeson
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Currently on view at Dorian Grey Gallery in the East Village is Strada Veloce, an intriguing exhibit largely fusing the divergent — seemingly contradictory — cultures of luxury autos and expressive graffiti. Here are a few more works (Cope2 pictured above):
Luxury car customizer and furniture designer Joe MAC Lapadula of Martino Auto Concepts
Nick Walker‘s iconic vandal
A luxurious sofa featuring graffiti by Meres One
And — in the window — a reproduction of a Ferrari painted by the legendary John “Crash” Matos
This exhibit continues through next Sunday at 437 East 9th Street between 1st Ave and Ave A. The gallery is open today — Sunday — from 12pm-6pm and Tuesday through Saturday from 12pm-7pm.
Photos 1, 2 and 3 by Dani Reyes Mozeson; photo 4 by City-as-School intern Robert Verdejo; photo 5 by City-as-School intern Tyler Dean Flores and final photo by Lois Stavsky.
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Celebrating the launch of the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Scholastic is hosting a pop-up art studio, titled Art.Write.Now.POP-UP!, in its Scholastic Headquarters Window at 557 Broadway in SoHo. Harrison Love, an award-winning artist, is creating live art daily from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. through Friday. We stopped by yesterday afternoon and had the opportunity to pose a few questions to Harrison.
How did you team up with Scholastic?
In 2004, when I was a senior in high school in Connecticut, some artwork that I had created was submitted to a contest sponsored by Scholastic. I then received an invitation to a Scholastic event where I received five awards.
What was that like?
It was amazing! It gave me the encouragement I needed to continue to be creative and to establish a career as a visual artist. Scholastic also continues to give me a sense of community. And as so many of us artists tend to be loners, this is something that we need.
What is it like for you — 10 years later — to be painting in such a public space as a window in SoHo on a street as busy as Broadway?
It is very interesting. I like it! It gives me an opportunity to communicate with people without talking!
Have you ever painted in public before?
Not quite like this! But I’ve done live painting in a few cities including San Francisco.
What inspired you to create these particular pieces that you are working on now?
They are prints for an upcoming book that is based on my travels to the Peruvian Amazon.
What’s ahead?
One of my artworks was recently acquired by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). I’m looking forward to getting my art out in many more settings both here and in my travels abroad.
Note: Triangle mirrors, prisms, mylar and glass structures fabricated by Colin Bowring, the Art Science Wizard.
Interview conducted by City-as-School intern Tyler Dean Flores; photos 1 and 3 by Tyler Dean Flores, 2 and 4 courtesy of the artist. Educators and students interested in the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards can register here.
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A motley crew of characters, conceived by Argentine American artist Ramiro Davaro, can be found not only on the streets of Brooklyn, but — for the next few days — his Manimal Friends remains on exhibit at Williamsburg’s Cotton Candy Machine. Here are some more of his characters that have surfaced on the streets:
For Juicy Art Fest
On Scholes and Waterbury, 2013
Close-up, on Waterbury and Meserole, 2014
Outside the Cotton Candy Machine
And inside the Cotton Candy Machine — one of many, Pen and Ink, Acrylic Paint on Paper
Also on sale at the Cotton Candy Machine are signed copies of Ramiro’s colorfully illustrated new book Manimal Friends. Located at 235 South 1st Street (between Roebling and Havemeyer), Cotton Candy Machine is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 8pm.
Photos 1, 3, 5 and 6 by Dani Reyes Mozeson; 2 and 4 by Lois Stavsky
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