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.
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 a collection of model vehicles painted by the duo. One of these was a yellow service subway car with old school fill-in bubble letter tags.
The subway seems to be a common topic in the work of many artists showing in Miami. Graffiti writers especially have a connection with the subway because the modern graffiti movement was born on the trains. It’s pretty amazing that the system continues to inspire so much art.
Check out UR New York’s site for more!
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
Lady Aiko
Skewville
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!
Some great artwork has come out of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Check out some of the subway art that we’ve spotted underground!
Poster Boy's latest.
Handmade sticker on the F line.
BAMN and CASH4 hit a huge wall off the J train.
Truth in advertising.
Illustration by Subway Art Blog veteran Jeanne Verdoux
Have you spotted some Occupy Wall Street subway art? Please share!
It’s not this dude’s grin, or the subject that bothers me; it’s the quotes.
Photo by Jack Katsman
If you are not yet familiar with the underground subway art “Underbelly Project,” you should check out this New York Times article.
If you are familiar with the project (and you are a big fan like myself) you will be excited to hear that the organizers, Workhorse and PAC, are putting together a book.
Since the existence of the project had been announced publicly in the Times article, the NYPD has arrested people who tried to find the entrance to the abandoned station and those who made it inside have reported that the work had been defaced. Luckily, the art was well-documented before the project was publicized and the organizers have an extensive collection of photos and videos.
Over 100 street artists from around the world were involved; several of them Subway Art Blog veterans, including: Posterchild, Jason Eppink and CASH4.
We Own the Night: The Art of the Underbelly Project is expected to be 240 pages and is set for release on February 7th, 2012.
Pre-orders are available now on Amazon.com.
