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This Week in Instagram

Jowy Romano — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:42:43 +0000

@sirsnuzalot

@jillyballistic

@breakthings

@mparedes1111

@drago2d

Many more after the jump!

@drago2d

@tmnk

@jowy

@jesussaves_nyc

@daweiner

@discobryso

@roycer700

@mosttoughestvandals

Be He-Man

Jowy Romano — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:16:14 +0000

Thanks to Pat Molloy for the photo!

Underground Poetry – Slowly

Jowy Romano — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:11:42 +0000

By Anonymous

Occupy Subway Art 2

Jowy Romano — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:49:05 +0000

All photos by Jowy Romano

This Week in Instagram

Jowy Romano — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:25:20 +0000

With the sudden explosion of users on Instagram, I’ve decided to start a new feature called “This Week in Instagram”. The idea is to spotlight some of the awesome subway art getting posted there. If you dabble with the ‘gram, take this opportunity to discover/follow some super cool artists and photographers!

@avisu

@jillyballistic

@whutevur

@jowy

Many more after the jump!

@sabeth718

@jowy

@seemetellme

@jowy

@skuf_ykk

@jowy

Guest City: London – Watercolor by Ambika Jhunjhunwala

Jowy Romano — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:05:25 +0000

Check out Ambika’s blog.

Fun with Wet Paint Signs – Dry Rapper Edition

Jowy Romano — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:50:13 +0000

A mix of some of our favorite wet paint sign anagrams.

Photo by Brayden Olsen

Flashback Friday: Reginald Marsh

Jowy Romano — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:57:45 +0000

Reginald Marsh, Why Not Use the “L”?, 1930

Introducing Subpixel

Jowy Romano — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:21:34 +0000

The folks over at F.A.T. have developed a new tool in the fight against irksome, uninteresting subway advertisements. Meet Sub Pixel, a custom slicing tool made from laser-cut acrylic, rubber bands and nine razor blades.

From fffff.at:

In two quick swipes, it transforms a small patch of subway advertisement from a “one-way, unending flow of shit” into an 8×8 grid of pixel stickers, ready for two-way interaction with the public.

Keep an eye out for ads with a single pixel removed to indicate that it’s been ‘prepared’ by a Sub Pixel!

F.A.T. or Free Art & Technology is a group “dedicated to enriching the public domain through the research and development of creative technologies”. Many of their posts include D.I.Y. instructions and Sub Pixel is no exception; you can download the files required for laser cutting your own right on the site.

The Artist’s Commute – Peter Bulow

Jowy Romano — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:27:33 +0000

Sketching people on the subway shouldn’t be a foreign idea to readers of Subway Art Blog. Artist and psychiatrist Peter Bulow takes this concept to the next level. Dr. Bulow makes clay sculptures based on people he sees on his commute.

In an interview with NY1, he describes his experiences sculpting on the subway:

It’s thrilling. I feel like I’m connecting with people somehow, but also really calm within myself,” says Bulow. “It takes a lot of concentration. You have to get their expression, it has to be beautiful, it has to look like them. It has to be three-dimensional all the way around, has to be a composition. You have to do all that in a minute or five minutes or whatever you have. It’s like riding a roller coaster. You have something forever, of a person you once saw.

To date, Dr. Bulow has created over 400 of these mini portraits. A small selection of these works are being shown at Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan through June 30th.

Images via JavierSoriano.com