She stands only five feet tall, but her artwork is monumental. Thirty-four-year old Orly Genger has fashioned 1.4 million feet of lobster-fishing rope into three surging and ebbing sculptures on three separate lawns in Madison Square Park. I passed them by chance earlier this week in an area of town I only occasionally visit, and I was mesmerized. The installation continues through September 8 in NYC and will then travel to the deCordova Sculpture Park in Massachusetts.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Deemed “The People’s Picasso” back home in Salvador, Brazil, Bel Borba has been transforming his country’s visual landscape for 35 years. For the past month, he has been here in New York City creating artwork — with Burt Sun and André Costantini — from recycled and found materials in different locations throughout the city. This past weekend, these pieces were brought together for a final installation in Times Square. Here are some images captured yesterday:
Bel Borba is also the subject of a documentary, Bel Borba Aqui, on view through tomorrow at the Film Forum on West Houston Street.
Photos by Tara Murray
Huge fans of Jaye Moon’s beguiling Lego installations that surface throughout NYC, we are delighted that two new ones have made their way to Chelsea streets this past week.
“Jerry” alludes to influential NYC-based art critic, Jerry Saltz:
And one more variation of the artist’s signature houses constructed from Lego and Plexiglas:
Images courtesy of the artist
