Committed to the transformative power of art, the members of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative create works that reflect a strong political and social consciousness. Currently on exhibit at Munch Gallery at 245 Broome Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side is Sowing the Seeds of Love, the first Justseeds group exhibition in New York City. Over 20 Justseeds members have created new pieces specifically for this exhibit that continues through December 23. Many of these artists have also participated in public art projects. Here is a sampling of what is on view at Munch Gallery:
Chris Stain, Occupy
Roger Peet, Great Auks
Colin Matthes, Personal Continuous Evacuation Dwelling
Meredith Stern, Mutual Aid
Josh MacPhee, Even the Worms Must Produce
Photos by Lenny Collado, Sara Mozeson & Lois Stavsky
Iranian artists Icy and Sot have been busy. In addition to gracing the exterior of the First Street trailer last weekend for the Centre-Fuge Art Project, they have been leaving their mark on the streets of Manhattan’s fashionable SoHo neighborhood and transforming walls at Brooklyn’s Nu Hotel into vibrant canvasses.
In SoHo
John Lennon
And opening tonight — NUANCE presented by the Couch Sessions and the Nu Hotel, 85 Smith Street in Brooklyn
Photos by Lenny Collado
Artists from across the globe, along with some of our favorite local artists, have been busy this past month gracing Brooklyn’s most elegant, evolving canvas – Bushwick Five Points. Here are some pieces that have recently surfaced:
Brooklyn-based artists See One and Hellbent
Hellbent, close-up
Italian artist Pixel Pancho
Italian artist Never2501
Cuban artist Shie Moreno
Australian artist Reka
Photos by Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky
This is the fourth in a series of ongoing posts featuring the diverse range of stylish trucks and vans that strike NYC streets:
Noxer and 3ess in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Gano in Manhattan
Wen One in Manhattan
Deceve of Smart Crew
Sebs in Bushwick, Brooklyn
ND’A and See One in Bushwick, Brooklyn
See One close-up
Stem in Manhattan
Photos of Noxer & 3ess and ND’A close-up by Lois Stavsky; Gano, Wen One, NDA & See One by Dani Mozeson; Deceve by Lenny Collado; Sebs by City-as-School intern Damien Kelly and Stem by Sara Mozeson
This past weekend, Sofia Maldonado, one of our favorite artists, collaborated with the Bronx Museum’s Teen Council alumni and Jerry Otero’s Cre8tive YouTH*ink to fashion a mural celebrating the Bronx Museum’s 40th anniversary and its free admission policy. The elegant mural can be seen on the exterior of the Andrew Freedman Home at 1125 Grand Concourse. Here are some more images:
Photos by Lenny Collado with special thanks to Sofia Maldonado, Jerry Otero aka Mista OH, Robin Cembalest of ARTnews and Miriam D. Tabb & Hannie Chia of the Bronx Museum.
This is the third in a series of ongoing posts featuring the diverse range of stylish trucks and vans that strike NYC streets:
Cycle parked in Bushwick
Karate147 in Manhattan
KR.ONE in Queens
Meres at 5Pointz in Long Island City, Queens
Nutso of Smart Crew in Manhattan
Optimo Primo in Manhattan
TMNK, Paul Richard & more on van parked in the Meatpacking District
Wane whizzing through downtown Manhattan
Photos of Cycle and Meres by Lois Stavsky; photos of Karate147, Nutso, Paul Richard & TMNK and Wane by Lenny Collado; photo of KR.ONE courtesy of the artist
Punctuating some of NYC’s dreariest industrial blocks in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx is an array of vibrant graffiti walls. Here’s a sampling of these bold outdoor canvasses in a South Bronx district that attracts not only local writers, but also visitors to Tats Cru’s headquarters from across the globe:
West Coast-based Jurne, close-up
More after the jump!
Some wonderful walls have recently surfaced in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Here is a sampling:
Belgian artist Roa
More after the jump!
This is the third in an occasional series of images of girls — and women — who grace New York City’s walls:
Nick Walker in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District
More after the jump!
