figurative art

Faces on NYC Public Spaces: Sue Works w/Aesop One, Zimer, Cody James, Onel, Kosuke James, Ashley Hodder & Huetek

February 27, 2025

The face featured above — a segment of a larger mural — was painted by New Jersey-based veteran writer Raul Rubio aka Sue Works in collaboration with style master Aesop One this past summer at Boone Avenue Walls in the Bronx. Several more images of faces recently captured on NYC public spaces follow:

Queens-native Zimer does Alicia Keys outside the Ridge Hotel on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

NYC-based contemporary artist Cody James at BedStuy Walls Mural Festival in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Queens-based Mexican writer, muralist and tattooist El Onel at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens

Japan-born, NYC-based self-taught graphic artist Kosuke James at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens

Pittsburgh-based artist Ashley Hodder does artist Wavy Wednesday at Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens

Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Huetek. in Ridgewood, Queens

Photo credits: 1 Tara Murray 2-7 Lois Stavsky

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LeCrue Eyebrows: “Thoughts Moving Forward” Continues Through August 25 at Van Der Plas Gallery on the Lower East Side

August 16, 2024

Marked by a distinctly endearing visual language, LeCrue Eyebrows‘ artworks exude both soulfulness and strength. His solo exhibition “Thoughts Moving Forward” — continuing through August 25th at Van Der Plas Gallery — showcases a wide array of his works, each with its own narrative. Featured above is She Nodded In Affirmation — fashioned this year with acrylic on canvas. Several more images — all captured by photographer and Street Art NYC contributor Ana Candelaria — follow:

With Seeds, 2024, Acrylic on canvas

The House We Make, 2024, Acrylic on canvas

It’s in the Tea, 2024, Acrylic on canvas

All That You Rule (R) and Day by Day (L), 2024, Acrylic on canvas

Wide view of select gallery space

Located at 156 Orchard Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Van Der Plas Gallery is open Mon-Sun: 11am-6pm.

Photos: Ana Candelaria

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