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Miami Art Basel 2011 – Photos from Underbelly Miami

Saturday, December 03rd, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

Outside the gallery in Wynwood, Miami

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 photos and stories involving the original underground gallery in New York City. The special edition comes with a laser etched wooden book case and nine unreleased photographic prints.

Underbelly Miami is a must-see for street art fans who flocked into town for Art Basel. For those of you who could not make it, check back soon for a video walkthrough of the show and a book review!

Logan Hicks

Unmarked

Lady Aiko

Skewville

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Outer Borough: Portraits of New York City

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

Join us this Friday at the 17 Frost gallery to check out the latest by Cassius Fouler. From quarter-waters to redbirds, the artist’s paintings capture New York City from a perspective few artists have successfully: the Outer Boroughs.

Do not miss this one!

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Nina Boesch’s MetroCard Exhibition

Monday, June 27th, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

Nina Boesch creates some of the most detailed, boldest MetroCard art I have seen. She is showing her work today through August 5th at Minibar in Brooklyn. Join us for the opening reception tonight!

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Os Gemeos’ Mini MOCA Subway Car

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

Street art duo Os Gemeos were tasked with painting the ticket booth for MOCA’s Art in the Streets exhibition a couple weeks ago. After painting the booth, they decided to take their mission a step further and build a miniature subway car sculpture to place on top of it.

Martha Cooper of 12ozProphet and Subway Art fame documented the construction of this piece on her blog.

Well known subway writer REAS painted one side of it.

And famed graffiti writer and Subway Art veteran Blade was also on hand to paint a piece on the other side of the car.

All photos by Martha Cooper. Check out the rest of her photos from MOCA on 12ozProphet.

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Photos from Single Fare 2

Thursday, March 17th, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

Single Fare opened earlier tonight and drew a huge crowd at the reception. The total number of works displayed clocked in at over 2000 this time around. Many artists that contributed last year did so again this year and of course, there were many newcomers. There were even a few pieces by Subway Art Blog featured artists such as Thomas McKean.

Here is a gallery of some of my favorite works from my first trip to the exhibition. These photos do not even scratch the surface. Go check out the gallery for yourself while you can!

Please note: some of the images might not be appropriate for younger audiences.

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Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again

Monday, March 14th, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

Single Fare 2 submissions by Alyssa Monks

Subway Art Blog is pleased to announce that there will be a second “Single Fare” MetroCard art exhibition opening this Thursday. Last year, Single Fare started off with a bang, including over 700 mini artworks by artists from around the world. This year should be no different. The founders Jean-Pierre Roy and Michael Kagan suspect the number of works might hit the thousands and are collaborating with Sloan Fine Art this time around which made it possible to add more exhibition days and gallery hours.

The beauty of this show is that it is as democratizing as the subway itself. They will be exhibiting all works submitted, and each will be sold (if the artist wishes to sell) for the same amount of money–just like the MetroCards bearing the art.

Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 17th, from 5 to 9 pm
Exhibition: Friday, March 18 through Saturday, March 26, 2011
Gallery Hours: Noon to 6pm (Closed Monday & Tuesday)

Sloan Fine Art
128 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002

Official Single Fare Website

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No Pants 2k11

Monday, January 10th, 2011 | Author: Jowy Romano

NYC got a much needed pick-me-up yesterday with the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride, organized by our friends at Improv Everywhere. Several groups of pantless pranksters rode various subway lines and converged at Union Square Park.

The Pro-Pants Alliance was back once again to administer free pants tests, distribute pamphlets and even give out pairs of pants in hopes of converting the pantless to the warm side.

There was a blast of energy running through the city last night. A bit of goofy fun is just what we needed after going stir crazy these past few weeks with the snow and cold weather.

The Xylopholks jammed out underground amidst the chaos.

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Ami Underground in the Gallery

Friday, November 05th, 2010 | Author: Jowy Romano

One of my favorite subway life artists, Amitai Plasse, is having an exhibition of his drawings in Brooklyn. There is an opening reception tonight in Brooklyn. Check out the Littlefield Art Space website for all the deets!

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