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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
Monday, December 14th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
The Vintage Tea Party was a success! Enjoy some photos courtesy Laura Yan. See more of Laura’s photos here and check out MetroMix’s gallery by Sam Horine.
Saturday, December 12th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
Beautiful abstractions, like the one above, are revealed everyday in subway stations when ads are torn down. We would like to see more of these come in as submissions for a new feature called “Weekend Abstractions.” Thanks to Halston for the first one!
Friday, December 11th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
In our mini-interview, Jordana Zeldin talks about the duality of this subversion.
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Friday, December 11th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
An unusual tour guide company called Levys’ Unique New York is holding a vintage tea party this Sunday. The group is meeting at the Second Avenue station in late-19th century garb to board one of the MTA’s Nostalgia Trains and ride it into queens and back. The Subway Art Blog will be there to document the festivities. In case you are interested in breaking out your top hat and getting your crumpet on with us, here is all the info:
Vintage Tea Party Take Two!
Time: Sunday, December 13th, 2pm
Place: Queens-bound V train platform at Lower East Side – Second Ave. Station, last car
Cost: Free, but it is suggested that attendees bring tea and snacks to share
Wednesday, December 09th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
What do Abby Rockefeller, Jean Nouvel, Yoshio Taniguchi, Gabriel Kreuther and Klaus Biesenbach have in common? They all are major personalities that were involved in the MoMa in various ways. Beyond that, they are collectively the subject of the project pictured above, called “MoMa Pukes White.” The project includes portraits of each of the aforementioned personalities posted over several framed ads on the wall of an escalator, appropriately located in the 53rd St. and 5th Ave. station on the E and V lines. The portraits juxtaposed over the lotto ads have an interesting effect. Check out all the upchucking goodness in this video or in the photos after the jump. Thanks to Peaches for the submission! more »
Wednesday, December 09th, 2009 | Author: Jowy Romano
Jowy interviews street artist Posterchild about, among other projects, his New York Sunsets—a series of installations utilizing the video billboards on subway entrances.
Check out Posterchild’s site, Blade Diary to see the rest of his work.
