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@breakthings
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012 | Author: Jowy Romano
Category: Features
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Sunday, May 06th, 2012 | Author: Jowy Romano
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
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Tuesday, April 03rd, 2012 | Author: Jowy Romano
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
Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | Author: Jowy Romano
John Sloan, Reading in the Subway, 1926
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice peeped in and out,
As if they feared the light.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 | Author: Jowy Romano
This beautiful, eerie video is making its way around the NYC blogosphere today. Freelance filmmaker Tim Sessler sways and swerves his camera through the subway, floating the viewer through space like a ghost. The ambient sounds of the subway are familiar, yet dream-like, magnifying the haunting quality of this video. Also, since when is the subway lit so beautifully? Bravo Mr. Sessler, you are a magician!
Gothamist – A Beautifully Creepy Video Of The NYC Subway System
Friday, March 09th, 2012 | Author: Jowy Romano
Throughout the Subway’s history there have photographers whose work incomparably embodies the spirit of New York City at a given time. One such photographer was John Conn.
While working as a freelance photographer in the late 1970s Conn captured a unique part of New York’s history. His iconic black and white photos depict an underground covered in graffiti and plagued by crime. Because of their artistic and historic significance, the series has become part of the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
