Whether working in their studios or on the streets, NYC artists — like so many artists throughout the globe — continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The image featured above was fashioned by the superbly talented New York City/Bangkok-based artist Gongkan. Several more images created by NYC-based artists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic follow:
Sara Erenthal, Masked Feelings, Unmasked
Michael Alan, Uplifting the World
Adrian Wilson, A virtual urban intervention
Early Riser, Strong but Scared — with Jason Naylor on upper right
Ed Heck, Keeping Safe…Apart
Photo credits: 1-4 courtesy of the artists; 5-7 Ana Candelaria
Note: Be sure to check out WashYourHands.art, a fabulous Online Exclusive Group Exhibition — presented by Woodward Gallery — in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Since September 26, 57 Great Jones Street — the former home and studio of Al Diaz collaborator, Jean-Michel Basquiat — has been the site of Same Old Gallery, a multimedia exhibit showcasing Al Diaz ‘s masterful wordplay and inventive aesthetic. Curated by Adrian Wilson and Brian Shevlin, it features a diverse array of new work by Al Diaz, in addition to historic photos and memorabilia from back in the day when the SAMO© tag that he and Jean-Michel Basquiat had conceived was the talk of the town. Several photos I captured while visiting the space follow:
Mixed media with stencil art
Another contemplation on the brevity of it all
Mixed media musings
With a message for these times
The 1978 Village Voice article that reveals SAMO©’s identity
And this weekend marks the launch of Al Diaz‘s book with a signing and talk
Photos 1-6: Lois Stavsky
