Hrag Vartanian

While ArtCal got my best-of-the-best photo essay from my tour of DUMBO’s Art Under the Bridge festival there are oodles more images for the image hungry on my Flickrstream.
Among the 226 newly-posted pics are:

some good work by Maya Attoun (also this one);
the bizarre popcorn sculpture that was part of Ricardo Alzati’s sprawling installation;
images of Alessandro [...]

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I guess tourists really respond well to clear signage.

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At Wooster & Grand
Can’t say it’s one of Banksy’s best. It is more billboard for his brand than social critique if you ask me.
via JakeDobkin (does that guy ever sleep?)

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It’s been an active week as I added my two cents to PBS’ Art21 as a guest blogger and here’s what I accomplished online:
Monday: They introduce me and then I grab the mike.
Tuesday: I decide to clean out my closet (and trade up) at the very enjoyable “Have a Painting? Leave a Painting. Need a [...]

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Who knew tattoos could be useful. I have two and I never thought about making it something with a utilitarian purpose! Damn I’m an idiot. Check out the wrist tat by muralist Erik of Bushwick (yes, I’ve just coined him a medieval sounding name) it’s rather awesome (via BushwickBK).

Complete Flickrset here.

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