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Kids on Walls — Part IX: Ernest Zacharevic with Martha Cooper, Icy & Sot, Priscila De Carvalho, Joe Iurato with Logan Hicks and Anthony Lister

February 3, 2016

This is the ninth in a series of occasional posts featuring images of children that have surfaced on NYC public spaces:

Also by Ernest Zacharevic with Martha Cooper, huge segment of mural at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center — with the Bushwick Collective

Icy & Sot in Bushwick

Priscila De Carvalho in Bushwick

Joe Iurato and Logan Hicks, as seen at the Bushwick Collective awhile back.

Anthony Lister with the the Bushwick Collective

Photo Credits: 1, 2 & 4 Tara Murray; 3, 5 & 6 Lois Stavsky

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Girls on NYC Walls, Part XVIII: Swoon, JR, Gabriel Pitcher, Panmela Castro with Opni, Ramiro Davaro and Anthony Lister

January 26, 2016

This is the 17th in an occasional series of posts featuring images of girls — and women — who grace NYC public spaces:

Swoon in Red Hook

JR in the East Village

Gabriel Pitcher in Bushwick

Panmela Castro with Opni in the Bronx

Ramiro Davaro with JMZ Walls in Bushwick

Anthony Lister in Bushwick

Close-up of Lister’s ballerina

Photo credits: 1 & 2 Tara Murray; 3-5 Lois Stavsky, and 6 & 7 Dani Reyes Mozeson

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Searching for Public Art in Riverside Park on a Snowy Sunday Afternoon: Sukyung Kim, Kate Jansyn, Paola Morales, Lee Apt and Ken Shih

January 25, 2016

On a mission to find public art in my Manhattan neighborhood, I hit Riverside Park yesterday afternoon. Here’s a sampling of what I found walking among the snow drifts — overlooking the Hudson River — from 72nd Street down to 59th Street:

Sukyung Kim, Flow 1 – Cascade

Kate Jansyn, Fragment of an Angel

Paola Morales, Thrive

Lee Apt, Jubilation

Jubiliation, in its entirety from another angle

Ken Shih, Can Love Pervade Space? close-up of huge installation

Accidental art

Note: Images 1-6 — of the Model to Monument Program (M2M) — represent a collaboration between the Art Students League of New York and New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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Curious Characters on NYC Streets, Part VIII: Mike Lee, Werc, Elle with the London Police, Buff Monster, Binho and Esteban del Valle

January 23, 2016

This is the eighth in a series of occasional posts featuring some of the curious characters that surface on NYC streets:

Mike Lee in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Werc, close-up in Long Island City

Elle and the London Police on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

Buff Monster at the Bushwick Collective

Binho in Long Island City

Esteban del Valle at Welling Court in Astoria, Queens

Photo credits: 1, 3 & 5 Dani Reyes Mozeson; 2, 4 & 6 Lois Stavsky

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In Hialeah’s New Arts District with: Juan Travieso, Nicole Salgar, Reinier Gamboa, Ernesto Maranje and Diana Contreras aka Didi Rok

January 21, 2016

A vibrant art scene has begun to emerge in Miami’s largely industrial Hialeah neighborhood. What follows are a few more murals — all painted by Miami-based artists — that greeted me there on my recent visit:

Nicole Salgar

Reinier Gamboa

Ernesto Maranje

Miami-based Diana Contreras aka Didi Rok

First image was painted by Juan Travieso

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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At Wynwood Walls, Part II: DALeast, Cryptik, Faith47, Gaia, Crash and Ernest Zacharevic

January 20, 2016

What follows are a few more images representative of the wonderfully diverse range of murals gracing Wynwood Walls:

Chinese-born DALeast

West Coast-based Cryptik

South African artist Faith47

Baltimore-based Gaia

Bronx-based John Matos aka Crash

Lithuanian born Ernest Zacharevic

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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At Wynwood Walls with PichiAvo, Inti, Alexis Diaz, el Seed, Case Maclaim and Logan Hicks

January 18, 2016

Since its inception in 2009, Wynwood Walls has served as a rotating canvas for a stunning array of street art and graffiti murals painted by outstanding artists from across the globe. Here is a sampling of what I captured last week:

Another segment from huge mural painted by Valencia, Spain natives Pichi & Avo

Chilean artist Inti

Puerto Rico-based Alexis Diaz

French-Tunisian artist El Seed

German artist Case Maclaim, close-up

NYC-based Logan Hicks, close-up

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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The Bushwick Collective x Mana Urban Arts Project at Wynwood’s RC Cola Factory with Rimx, Jimmy C, Shok1, Giz, Lady Aiko, Mr. June, Hoxxoh and Christina Angelina

January 16, 2016

In collaboration with the Mana Urban Arts Project, the Bushwick Collective transformed Wynwood’s former RC Cola Factory into a Mecca of first-rate street art and graffiti. During Miami Art Week, celebrated artists from across the globe painted alongside local Miami and NYC-based artists. Here are a few more images from among the dozens of murals I saw last week while visiting Wynwood:

London-based James Cochran aka Jimmy C

London-based Shok1

NYC-based Giz RIS

NYC-based Lady Aiko

Dutch artist David Louf aka Mr June

Miami-based Hoxxoh

West Coast-based Christina Angelina

First image is a close-up from a huge mural by David Sepulveda aka Rimx

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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At Wynwood’s Space 52 Mural Project with: Tristan Eaton, Esao Andrews, Hauser, Drew Merritt, David Flores, Cyrcle and Askew One

January 14, 2016

A stylistically diverse series of portraits of musicians — ranging from Beethoven to David Bowie, RIP — can be found on NW 22nd and 1st Avenue in Wynwood. Curated by Tristan Eaton for Space 52, this mural project was presented by B&A during Art Basel Miami. Here are a few more of the beautifully executed portraits:

West Coast-based Esao Andrews does Bob Dylan