The Museum of the City of New York and Museo del Barrio teamed up to host four consecutive Wednesday evenings of fun at Uptown Bounce. Enjoy music and dancing with New York DJs (including dance lessons), enjoy gallery talks, tours, art workshops, summer drinks, and local food. The event is free which includes access to… Continue reading Uptown Bounce
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Travel The World On A City Sidewalk
Besides traveling the world of art in museums you can do the same walking the streets of New York. Not an art expert but some of these pieces look as if they could hold their own in a museum exhibition.
Looking Up
Tom Friedman – Looking Up, 2015. Stainless steel, 33.3 feet sculpture. Texture cast from crushed aluminum foil and pie tins, fabulous! As seen on Park Avenue and E53rd Street, New York. NYC Parks Department, The Fund For Park Avenue, Stephen Friedman Gallery & Luhring Augustine Gallery.
Oculus
Oculus – World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York. It is approximately 800,000 square feet, designed by internationally acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava, will be the third largest transportation center in New York City, rivaling Grand Central Station in size. Still under construction, it should be finished sometime this year. It is located across from the… Continue reading Oculus
Voodo Fe’
New York artist that uses recycled materials in his work. He is also a designer and graphic artist that does work for major brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, NBA, NFL among others. Featured work: Bullets and Hearts. Bullets, champagne corks and tops, wine corks, newspaper and house paint.
Buddhas
Standing Crowned and Jeweled Buddha, Burma, Pagan period, ca. 13th-early 14th century. Wood with lacquer and gilt. Standing Crowned and Jeweled Buddha, Burma, Pagan period 12th-13th century. Wood with traces of red lacquer, gesso and gold leaf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Smile
Mr. Brainwash – Smile, 2015 stencil and mixed media on canvas. Taglialatella Gallery, New York.
Miya Ando
Miya Ando is a descendant of Bizen sword makers and spent her childhood among Buddhist priests. She combines traditional Japanese techniques with modern ones transforming sheets of metal into abstract paintings suffused with color. Ando applied heat, sandpaper, grinders and acid to the metal canvases to produce the light-reflecting gradients. Her Hamon paintings refers to… Continue reading Miya Ando
