The Audubon Mural Project, a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler & ____ Gallery, continues to enhance Hamilton Heights — the late John James Audubon’s upper Manhattan neighborhood — with a range of public artworks featuring images of of climate-endangered birds. Since I’d last documented this project, dozens of new murals have surfaced. The image pictured above features a pinyon jay, painted by Vermont native Mary Lacy. Several more follow:
Brooklyn-based Frank Parga, Gyrfalcon
Bronx-native Andre Trenier, Black-Billed Magpie
Kristy McCarthy aka DGale and Pelumi Khadijat Adegawa, Glossy Ibis
London-based ATM, Townsend’s Warbler
Brooklyn-based George Boorujy, Yellow-Throated Warbler
Tel Aviv-based Klone, Brewer’s Blackbird
If you are an artist and you would like to participate in this project, you can e-mail amp@gitlerand.com. And to find out how to help sponsor a mural, check here.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Pictured above is Argentine artist Felipe Pantone, painted for this year’s Mural Festival. Here are several more murals we captured on our visit to Montreal last week:
UK-based D*Face, 2016
Montreal-based Xavier Raymond aka X-Ray, 2016
Australian artist Reka, 2013
Toronto native Troy Lovegates aka Other, 2013
Tel Aviv-based Klone, 2016
Belgian artist Roa, 2013
Note: LOST PARADISE, a solo exhibit featuring the work of Xavier Raymond aka X-Ray will be on display at Montreal’s Station 16 Gallery from August 18th to September 10th.
Photo credits: 1, 6 & 7 Tara Murray; 2-5 Lois Stavsky
Hailed in a range of media from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
On view through June 20th at Garis & Hahn at 263 Bowery is Topography of a Daydream, a solo exhibition of works by the Tel-Aviv based artist Klone. A huge fan of Klone’s distinct aesthetic since I first saw his works on the streets of Tel Aviv several years ago, I was captivated by his new drawings, sculptures, animations and site-specific murals featured in his first solo exhibit in NYC.
With his mythical creatures, Klone explores his childhood memories of emigration from the Ukraine to Tel Aviv, taking us along with him on his journey.
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me, Ink on paper
Close-up
Installation, various media
Ways to Hide, Paper, metal, wire and paint
Newly painted in Red Hook, Brooklyn
In Tel Aviv, as seen this past fall
Photos credits: 1 & 4 City-As-School intern Diana Davidova; 3, 5, 6 & 9 Dani Reyes Mozeson; 7 & 8 Lois Stavsky
