Archive for September 19th, 2008
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Ryan McGinness x 3
Ryan McGinness is set to present new works from his Aesthetic Comfort series at three back to back exhibits. The first opens Sept. 27 at Artcore/Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, followed by two simultaneous shows opening Oct. 25 at the Cincinnati Museum of Art and Franklin Artworks, Minneapolis.
Friday, September 19th, 2008
JR takes NYC
French photographer and muralist JR hit downtown New York this week, while visiting to set up for Lazaridies’ Outsiders show. The massive piece went up in Open Roads Park, on the side of East Side Community High School. The mural expands on JR’s epic project, The Hills Have Eyes, in which the artist immersed his images in the crime-ridden slums of Rio de Janeiro, covering buildings with enlarged portraits of women whose lives have been impacted by violence, conflict, and loss. The New York mural adds an additional layer of complexity to the project, depicting a photograph JR took of one of his prints already installed on the steps of a building in Favela de Providencia, with local residents walking above. An additional piece can be seen at the corner Houston and Bowery St, or catch a pic of it over at The World’s Best Ever.
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