New Shots from Brooklyn

Lowride on Wythe - Brooklyn, NY - May 2010

Mr. Graceful - Brooklyn, NY - May 2010

Roa Permission Bunny - Brooklyn, NY - May 2010

Single-family homes - Brooklyn, NY - May 2010

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the Artist is Present: On the Streets

I was squatting on Broadway under the elevated tracks that make me think of chicago taking the picture above.

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the Artist is Present: Sitting with Marina Abramović

 Sitting with Marina (webcam shot by Dimitri Chrysanthopoulos) - New York, NY - May 2010
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Wellington Court Mural Project

Wellington Court Mural Project is underway in Astoria. Residents got sick of making calls to the city about removing the ever-steady tags covering big neighborhood warehouses. Then Ad Hoc stepped in with all the right resources. Now, the community is evolving into a public art destination in Queens. Nice.

Cern - Queens, New York - May 2010

Flower Guy, Swoon/Gaia, Royce Bannan - Queens, New York - May 2010

Chris Stain - Queens, New York - May 2010

Wellington Court - Queens, New York - May 2010

Wellington Ct - Queens, New York - May 2010

Gaia - Queens, New York - May 2010

M-City - Queens, New York - May 2010

Dan Witz - Queens, New York - May 2010

Ron English - Queens, New York - May 2010

  -- Making a very clever move, this guy jockey'd the project kick-off with nearby paste-ups.

Wellington Court Jockey - Queens, New York - May 2010

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the Artist is Present: Waiting on Marina Abramović

A beautiful morning in Manhattan came down on me when exiting the F at Rockerfeller Center today. I grabbed some coffee and sat on a sunny bench wishing I still smoked cigarettes. My head kept repeating the mantra "I am going to sit with Marina Amrabović today. I am going to sit with Marina Amrabović today." 

By taking the break I was playing a serious game of chicken with the line ahead of me, but saw no need to rush into something that's primary effort is about pressence. A ten minute limit was set, but as a practice i would have to wait out the whole ten minutes before crossing 6th Ave to get to the museum. 

I've never been to the MOMA in New York. The one in San Francisco, The Whiteney, The Guggenheim, yes. But the MOMA was always either closed or too expensive to just wonder into, so I had some anxiety about getting in which proved to be reasonable. There was the use of my roommates membership card and who knew where the entrance was. But i held my head up and looked confident. Chose a door to open and

After leading thrity or so people down the hallway to the MOMA offices entrance and standing in line at the gift shop check-out to redeem my membership ticket (all the while giggling that the MOMA actually has you enter and exit through the gift shop). I eventually walked out of the gift shop and into the museum to notice it's husstle. So many people were already there and walked in with an easy flash of the card. I walked up the stairs and turned to the ____ ____ audotorium  and there it was. accessible and big and real. I found a security gaurd who kindly showed me the end of the line and suggested asking to make sure i was in the right place.  

Her hair was braided and over the front of her left shoulder. She was in white from her neck to her wrists and ended in a deep puddle on the floor.

Here's some links to videos and interviews i've been hounding up since getting home:
- Marina Abramović presents at the Manchester International Festival, The Gardian 
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Booka Shade comes to Brooklyn on Examiner.com

Read my post Booka Shade comes to Brooklyn on their new album, More!, and the May 25th show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. 
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New shots up on Flickr

Look at these and lots more on my flickr page. There's also shots of Swoon and other artists' sculptures curated by Urban Art Projects for their May exhibition in East River Park. 

The middle photo is by German duo Various and Gould. They rule color and collage different body parts together for their small paste-ups.  This March, the pair had a show at Brooklynite Gallery called Make it Fit with Specter.

NEKST on Bowery  -  Manhattan, NY  -  May 2010

Various & Gould  -  Brooklyn, NY  -  May 2010

Marilyn Mouths  -  Brooklyn, NY  -  May 2010

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