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WillyB, still a destination for outsider art. In this case the orange pixelated character is a artwork by the French (collective?) called "Space Invader" (for obvious reasons). This Wednesday's Photo.
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Showing posts with label street art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label street art. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Photo Wedns: 6/24/09: A Space Invader lands in WillyB
WillyB, still a destination for outsider art. In this case the orange pixelated character is a artwork by the French (collective?) called "Space Invader" (for obvious reasons). This Wednesday's Photo.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
PhotoWedns 5/27/09 Green, Road killed.
So delighted and intrigued by this.
For those who want to hunt it yourselves, I came across it in WillyB, near the new developments going on by the waterfront (forgive me I NEVER remember which street is which in Williamsburg)
The piece is instantly engaging, entertaining and inspired these questions in my mind:
Who's the artist(s)?
What's the mechanics involved in installing?
What's the message? Simple whimsy, typical WillyB irony, a statement about green-spaces killed by development? (it's place on the boundary wall of a construction site) or meant to be all of the above.
Overall exactly what art in general and street art in particular should be in my measure; instigation and interaction with the street and world beyond.
Happy Wednesday
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
PhotoWedns 3/4/09 Vandelism or Art?
I noticed this piece of graffiti a week ago on Fulton St. and near Clinton Av.
self-expression outside Auteur Du Monde on Fulton and Clinton in Clinton Hill
A wider view
So assuming the doer of this spray painted imagery did not have permission of the building owner this would be an act of vandalism. Which for some (especially photo ready politicians) is still the blight of our city, which btw our tax dollars pay to remove. Personally I like the way it looks mainly because the spray painting person seems to have chosen a color that matched the orange of the brick wall intentionally. The effect, to my eyes, creates a transition between the wild glyph shapes into the ordered brick pattern of the building. But I'm a painter and an artist, so what do I know.
Recently there was a story on Gothamist about three teens and a twenty-year old who went to town on Central Park's Bethesda Terrace. Here's a look:
Graffiti on the Bethesda Terrace arcade walls (Photograph by Jen Chung/Gothamist)
Commenters to the site took issue because Gothamist makes frequent postings about "street artists" who in the opinion of the commenters are vandals themselves.
My opinion was conflict and disgust. Because my imagination and life experience tells me it's possible that the group were not simple irreverent jerks, that they could have looked at the art of Bethesda Terrace and wondered why their creations shouldn't be displayed as prominently. They painted the word "sueños" (dreams), hearts and their tag, albeit sloppily. Who knows they could have deep aspirations or they could have been high. I'm a radical liberal, what do I know.
At the same time, I followed the restoration of the Bethesda Terrace and it took years, millions of dollars, and resulted in a truly beautiful FREE space for ALL in the city to share. So I do think in the case of this group (they were apprehended in the act) that they should get a jail sentence that will take effect if they don't work on the restoration crew that has to undo what they did.
But I've seen vandals create art and artists vandalize. When is it art and when is it vandalism? What do you think?
self-expression outside Auteur Du Monde on Fulton and Clinton in Clinton Hill
A wider view
So assuming the doer of this spray painted imagery did not have permission of the building owner this would be an act of vandalism. Which for some (especially photo ready politicians) is still the blight of our city, which btw our tax dollars pay to remove. Personally I like the way it looks mainly because the spray painting person seems to have chosen a color that matched the orange of the brick wall intentionally. The effect, to my eyes, creates a transition between the wild glyph shapes into the ordered brick pattern of the building. But I'm a painter and an artist, so what do I know.
Recently there was a story on Gothamist about three teens and a twenty-year old who went to town on Central Park's Bethesda Terrace. Here's a look:
Graffiti on the Bethesda Terrace arcade walls (Photograph by Jen Chung/Gothamist)
Commenters to the site took issue because Gothamist makes frequent postings about "street artists" who in the opinion of the commenters are vandals themselves.
My opinion was conflict and disgust. Because my imagination and life experience tells me it's possible that the group were not simple irreverent jerks, that they could have looked at the art of Bethesda Terrace and wondered why their creations shouldn't be displayed as prominently. They painted the word "sueños" (dreams), hearts and their tag, albeit sloppily. Who knows they could have deep aspirations or they could have been high. I'm a radical liberal, what do I know.
At the same time, I followed the restoration of the Bethesda Terrace and it took years, millions of dollars, and resulted in a truly beautiful FREE space for ALL in the city to share. So I do think in the case of this group (they were apprehended in the act) that they should get a jail sentence that will take effect if they don't work on the restoration crew that has to undo what they did.
But I've seen vandals create art and artists vandalize. When is it art and when is it vandalism? What do you think?
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