December 2011
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PAONE at Avenue U
Some graff I caught on the Q line.
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Guest City: Beantown - MBTA Dispatcher Decks the...
A transit employee was responsible for this awesome prank on the red line in Boston. Unfortunately, the MTBA had said they were going to reprimand the employee. Have some holiday spirit MBTA! Check out this article on The Globe for more info.
Thanks to @Trabant on Twitter for sharing!
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Home for the Holidays
This week is your last chance to check out Home for the Holidays, the inaugural exhibition of downtown’s Klughaus Gallery. With a focus on graffiti and identity, the group show features some well-established writers like FAUST and KATSU. Check out the official site for the full roster and visiting info. The show closes on the 31st, so don’t wait!
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Christmas Eve at Broadway Junction
This is the amazing sight that I saw on my way home for the holidays while waiting for the Canarsie-bound L train.
Merry Christmas!
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Subway Themed Wares at the Union Square Holiday...
Have any last-minute holiday shopping to do? Vendors at the Union Square Holiday Market have all sorts of merchandise for the subway lover in your life. Click on an image to go to that vendor’s website.
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Seen at Fountain Art Fair Miami 2011
I caught this piece at Fountain Miami referencing the MTA’s infamous fear campaign. I didn’t catch the artist’s name. Please leave a comment if you know!
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Art Basel Miami 2011- Underbelly Miami Gallery...
In case you couldn’t make it out to Miami, here is a walkthrough of the entire Underbelly show!
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Art Basel Miami 2011 - Cope2's Rise to the...
NYC graffiti king COPE2 also showed paintings during Art Basel in Miami at his solo show called “Rise to the Occasion.” In many ways his work was similar to UR New York’s—a mix of collage, painting and tagging. COPE also references the subway in his work with subway cars and wet paint signs.
Check out COPE’s site for more!
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Seanna Sharpe Performs High Above the JMZ
Aerialist Seanna Sharpe 285 Feet Over The Williamsburg Bridge from Ronen V on Vimeo.
This past summer, aerialist Seanna Sharpe performed and acrobatics show illegally on the Willamsburg Bridge, swinging high above the JMZ line for passers by. Check out this video about the whole shebang!
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Miami Art Basel 2011 - John Gagliano, "Sold My...
While roaming the streets of Wynwood in Miami, I found some fun subway art in a very unlikely place: an ice cream truck. One gallery took the less expensive route by selling art out of the back of this vehicle (seen below).
John Gagliano is the artist behind this very epic painting called “Sold My Soul for a G Train.” If only waiting for the G were actually this interesting.
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Fun with Wet Paint Signs: Miami Edition
It appears as though some awesome person brought NYC subway wet paint signs to Miami to create some fun anagrams. The number of New Yorkers and New York inspired art here is uncanny!
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Miami Art Basel 2011 - Leandro Erlich, "Global...
I found this awesome video piece by Leandro Erlich on the showroom floor at Art Basel. The video is a loop of views outside subway car windows from all over the world. Each clip is stitched together to look like one seamless trip. Even cooler is that the LCD TV is made to look like the window of a subway car, completing the experience.
Check out Leandro’s official site.
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Miami Art Basel 2011 - Breaking and Entering
Graffiti writers 2ESAE and SKI of UR New York showed new work at their own show called “Breaking and Entering” in Wynwood, Miami this weekend.
In one series that was being displayed, the artists appropriated traffic signs and other city signage as their canvases. One of these works, called “Good Ole Days,” utilized a sign from the M train. Another series in the show was...
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Miami Art Basel 2011 - Photos from Underbelly...
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Last night was the Underbelly Project’s book prerelease party at the group’s exhibition in Miami. Several Underbelly artists where on hand to sign early special edition copies of We Own The Night, a compendium of...
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Fletcher Crossman - "Train Car"
Fletcher Crossman is an England-born painter who now resides in New York City. He has done some wonderful work depicting the transit system such as Train Car above. Check out his site if you like what you see!
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