For the past several months, visitors of all ages to the High Line have been busily constructing and reconstructing an imaginary cityscape. Presented by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, the collectivity project, an installation of two tons of white LEGO® bricks, is part of the High Line’s open-air group exhibition, Panorama. Here are a few images that we captured:
Selecting the bricks
Encountering some frustration
Building with LEGO blocks
Fashioning the cityscape
A city-in-progress
The collectivity project continues daily 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM on the High Line at West 30th Street through Wednesday.
Photo credits: 1, 3 & 5 Dani Reyes Mozeson; 2 & 6 Tara Murray; 4 City-as-School intern Stefan Vargas
The following post is by Houda Lazrak, a contributor to StreetArtNYC and an M.A. candidate in Museum Studies at NYU:
Since 1994, YAAM, the Young African Art Market in Berlin, has served a myriad of purposes — from a home away from home for refugees to an open air gallery for graffiti and street artists. The following photos are of works I recently saw in this space that has evolved into a model of social and cultural integration:
The Berlin-based Weird Crew
Close-up
Berlin-based Sokar Uno
With German artist Juliah
Istanbul-based Gamze Yalcin and Brazilian artist Manoel Quitério
Mexican artist Paola Delfin
Note: Featured in the first image are Vhils, the Weird Crew and Alaniz
All photos by Houda Lazrak
Brimming with stylish graffiti, witty stencil art and a wonderfully eclectic mix of murals, Bristol has it all! Here is a small sampling of images that we captured earlier this month:
Bristol-based Sepr
Bristol native Nick Walker
Bristol’s legendary Banksy, “Well-Hung Lover”
Bristol-based Philth and UK artist N4T4
Bristol-based Jody Thomas
Bristol-based Epok
Bristol-based Soker
Photo credits: 1, 4-7 Tara Murray; 2 & 3 Lois Stavsky
This is Part II of street art and graffiti images — reflecting a wildly diverse range of aesthetic and cultural sensibilities — that we came upon in London last week:
Belgian artist Joachim and Bogota-based Stinkfish
Chilean artist Otto Schade
London-based Cityzen Kane, close-up from 3D installation in memory of his son
UK-based Phlegm, close-up
Irish artist Conor Harrington
The legendary Berlin Wall artist Thierry Noir
Brazilian artist Cranio and UK-based My Dog Sighs
Bristol-based Spzero76 and London-based Captain Kris at work in Shoreditch
Brazilian artist Bailon
Photo credits: 1 – 3, 5 – 8 Tara Murray; 4 & 9 Lois Stavsky
Drawing artists from across the globe, alongside its diverse mix of local artists, London’s walls reflect a wildly varied range of aesthetic sensibilities. Here’s a sampling of what we viewed last week:
London-based David Walker and Barcelona native Pez to the side
London-based Stik in front of long-running mural
French artist Vinie
Argentinian artist Martin Ron
Chilean artists Jekse & Cines
Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz and Argentinean artist Elian
Dutch duo TelmoMiel
Note: Part II to follow
Photo credits: 1 – 3 Tara Murray; 4 – 7 Lois Stavsky
Coinciding with On Our Hands, his solo exhibit of mixed media paintings opening tomorrow evening at Chelsea’s Jacob Lewis Gallery, Shepard Fairey is bringing his distinct aesthetic to two Mana Contemporary spaces in Jersey City. The following photos were captured earlier this week by Audrey Connolly aka byte girl at the Mana Ice House, 581 Monmouth Street:
At work with spray can in hand
On a brief, contemplative break
And at work with his crew
The mural in its final stages — representing Shepard Fairey’s aesthetic vision fusing Russian Constructivism, Chinese Communist propaganda and Americana
All photos by bytegirl
This is the tenth in an occasional series of posts featuring the range of faces in different media that have surfaced in NYC public spaces:
New Zealand-based Owen Dippie in Bushwick, Brooklyn
UK-based multimedia artist Ryan Gander on the High Line
Alice Mizrachi, captured at work this past June in the East Village
How & Nosm and Tristan Eaton in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
German artist Hendrik Beikirch aka ECB in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Bogota-based Australian artist Crisp in Brooklyn
Chris Soria and Joel Bergner aka Joel Artista in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Hong Kong-based Caratoes in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Photo credits: 1, 4 & 5 Lois Stavsky; 2 & 8 Dani Reyes Mozeson; 3, 6 & 7 Tara Murray
On our brief visit to Dublin, Ireland, we discovered a vibrant street art and graffiti scene teeming with infectious images. Here are a few more:
Cork, Ireland native Fin DAC, whose aesthetic we first came upon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Dublin-based James Earley, close-up
Dublin-based Fink
Irish illustrator and painter Dan Leo
South African native MARCAMIX aka bryite1one
Belfast-based Friz
Irish graffiti artists Koce and Vents
Photo credits: 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8 Tara Murray; 3, 5 & 7 Lois Stavsky
Conceived and facilitated by N Carlos J — noted artist, community revitalizer and founder of Brooklyn Is the Future — Writing on the Walls is a Brownsville-based mural arts initiative. Inspired to launch this project for his father, a Brownsville native who was diagnosed with cancer last year, N. Carlos’s Jay has engaged over a dozen artists in transforming his dad’s former stomping grounds into a vibrant outdoor canvas.
Another close-up from Werc and El Nino de las Pinturas
Eelco, close-up
BK Foxx based on photo by Bytegirl
Lexi Bella
Fumero
N Carlos J
Note: This blog will be on vacation through mid-September. You can follow us on Instagram and on our Facebook page. Part II of Writing on the Walls to be featured on our return.
Photo credits: 1, 4 & 6 Tara Murray; 2, 3, 5 & 7 Lois Stavsky
