Hrag Vartanian

My writing desk is on N11th and for the last few weeks I’ve really been enjoying the Dan Witz on my street. It was from his new Ugly New Buildings series and it was perfectly suited to hang beside an industrial seeming door.
Today, as Veken and I walked by we toyed with the idea of [...]

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On thursday, Veken and I headed over to Washington, DC for the day and came across a Hurricane Katrina protest/installation-on-wheels/billboard parked in front of the Capitol. I couldn’t resist exploring the provocative looking trailer with large tape lettering on all sides.

I approached the trailer door and asked if it was a performance or something and [...]

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It was only a matter of time before hipster lit (hip-lit?) hit the bookstands with full force. Rayo Casablanca’s 6 Sick Hipsters is the latest entry to the genre and check out a review I came across (italics mine):
The premise of Casablanca’s 6 Sick Hipsters is enticing: someone is murdering those atrocious denizens of Williamsburg, [...]

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Always unconventional, Armenian American artist Onnig Kardash, staged a protest/performance on April 24, 1969 in front of the St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood. The action seemed to underscore the need for love in the face of hate.
April 24 is the traditional day to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide, Kardash’s [...]

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Sure Williamsburg is the ultimate artopolis but who knew that artist Jason Eisner would feel free to install his art show from the “Knucklehead Blues” show at English Kills last December throughout the hood. It’s the lastest blurring of the boundaries between gallery and street.
Eisner’s wooden wall sculpture is bolted/nailed to a construction site at [...]

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