We returned this week to one of our favorite East Village spots — East First Street off First Avenue — where a once-abandoned trailer now boasts a range of crisp, expressive images. With Cycle 7 now complete, this is what we captured:
Matthew Denton Burrows
Hellbent
Joe Iurato
Joseph Meloy and Nicholai Khan
Yuki
The current installation will remain through May. Submissions for Cycle 8 are due by April 1 and can be submitted to Centrefuge@gmail.com, Images of Cycle 7 in progress can be seen here.
Photos by Dani Mozeson & Tara Murray
East First Street near First Avenue in the East Village/Lower East Side is the place to be this week as the Centre-fuge Public Art Project begins its second year of transforming a once-abandoned trailer into a showcase of urban art. These images of works-in-progress were captured yesterday:
NYC native Joseph Meloy at work on his distinct post-graffiti style that he labels Vandal Expressionism
Queens-based Nicholai Khan fashions a school bus as tribute to NYC’s striking school bus drivers
Brooklyn-based Hellbent with his enchanting geometric rhythms
Peeking into Hellbents’s black book
Graphic artist Matthew Denton Burrows conceives an intriguing character
Hellbent and Matthew Denton Burrows side by side
Japanese painter and muralist Yuki brings her graceful aesthetic to the scene
The wonderfully talented Joe Iurato will be on board tomorrow. StreetArtNYC will feature images of the completed trailer next week.
The Centre-Fuge Public Art Project was conceived in 2011 by First Street residents Pebbles Russell and Jonathan Neville in memory of their friend, Mike Hamm.
Photos by Tara Murray
