With a wide range of playful and provocative performances and installations, the 8th annual Art in Odd Places Festival is turning Manhattan’s 14th Street into NYC’s most uncoventional open-air gallery. Here is a small sampling of what we saw:
Katrina De Wees, Forsenga
Michael Paul Britto, the Suspect War
Tomashi Jackson, High Tide (Red Handed)
Anabella Lenzu, Ilusiones de Percantas (Women’s Dreams)
Lizzie Scott, Styrene Lounge
See Me Tell Me, Graffiti Fashion Show
Rory Golden, No Reenactments without Prior Permission
Featuring over 100 artists’ projects from Avenue C to the East River, this year’s AiOP continues to reclaim public space along 14th Street through October 15th.
Photos by Lenny Collado, Dani Mozeson, Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky
The East Village was the place to be this past weekend as the Centre-Fuge Public Art Project was at it again — transforming a once-abandoned trailer into a masterpiece of urban art. Here are some images from Cycle 5 captured over the weekend on East First Street off First Avenue:
Brooklyn-based ND’A at work
Completed piece with OverUnder
NYC’s prolific Chris and Veng, RWK at work
Close-up
Iranian brothers Icy & Sot at work
Close-up from completed piece
Baltimore-native Billy Mode
The legendary Cost and Brooklyn-based Enx at work
Completed piece
Brooklyn-based Jose-Aurelio Baez & Ponce, Puerto Rico native Noidone at work
NYC native See One
Photos by Lenny Collado, Tara Murray and City-as-School intern Hallie Lederer
This is the second in a series of ongoing posts featuring the diverse range of stylish trucks and vans that strike NYC streets:
The masterful Curve in Manhattan
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This is the first in a series of the wide array of art — from first-rate stickers to iconic installations — that can be seen on and from the Williamsburg Bridge:
Swamp Donkey aka Swampy as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge
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Icy and Sot, two brothers from Iran, have gained international recognition for their expressive stencil art. Gracing public spaces in their native city of Tabriz, as well as in Tehran, their stencils reflect everyday realities and fantasies. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Icy and Sot during their visit to NYC.
What brought you to NYC?
We have a solo exhibit coming up next week. We wanted to be present at the show, and we are excited to be able to paint walls in NYC. We’ve shown in Italy, France, the Netherlands, Brazil, Australia and Finland, but this is our first solo exhibit outside of Iran that we will be attending.
What are your impressions – so far – of NYC?
It’s an exciting city, and it’s been great meeting so many different artists and people. We never could have imagined a place with so much street art. And so many people have been so kind to us. We especially love Brooklyn — where we are now staying — as there are so many great walls. We are thrilled to paint here.
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Some wonderful walls have recently surfaced in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Here is a sampling:
Belgian artist Roa
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Two sumptuous walls surfaced in downtown Manhattan earlier this week. DALeast graced the exterior of Rag and Bone with his distinct vision, and his wife, the legendary South African street artist Faith47, graced a huge wall on East 2nd Street, part of Fourth Arts Block’s public art program with MaNY.
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Within the last year, New York City’s High Line — a huge public park atop an elevated rail structure — has evolved into one of the city’s most intriguing open-air galleries. Stretching from Manhattan’s Meatpacking District to Midtown, it features views of an eclectic range of both commissioned and unsanctioned pieces. Here are a few images recently captured:
NYC-based artist Jordan Betten
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