Since Hurricane Katrina, refuse and squalor have inspired a popular aesthetic in the art world. There’s a laissez-faire decadence in a work like Peter Garfied’s “One: Number 31, 1950” (2008) sculpture at Pierogi Brooklyn (below).
These artworks of devastation all seem to reference (even if unwittingly) Jeff Wall’s stunning and prescient photograph from 1978, “The Destroyed [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Canadian · New York · art · art criticism · photography
Someone at The Strand bookstore by Union Square has a sense of humor about the Americana section.
I particularly like the image of George Washington coronating Abraham Lincoln–though I think it looks like they’re kind of cuddling….awwww.
Tags: American · photography · pop culture
Via Shoot! the Blog…I came across this amazing installation in Australia by Nike Savvas…WOW!
Here are more images.
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That hidden gem in Bushwick, Pocket Utopia, is mounting what sounds like an amazing show called “Visionary Crosswalks” by Graham Coreil-Allen.
Via ArtCal:
Pocket Utopia … to present it’s second neighborhood public art project: Visionary Crosswalks by artist Graham Coreil-Allen. Presented in-situ, Visionary Crosswalks will be a series of interactive crosswalk installations throughout Bushwick.
Graham Coreil-Allen will create [...]
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