April 23, 2008
Subway Monster on 21st Street
Last month came the video of an inflatable polar bear set over subway grates would rise and fall as trains passed underneath. The shopping bag art came from Joshua Allen Harris, and he's at it again with a subway monster that you won't need a Subivor kit to survive.
Looks like Nessie has found herself a new 'nabe right here in New York; this one was up at 21st between 6th and 7th Avenues.
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It's charming. And it's powered by completely unused energy.
How cool would it be if that was a city-wide art project?!?
I love it, though with something that big I hope he took precautions so it doesn't deflate onto a passing car's windshield or on top of a biker.
hmmm.... i would've thought the subway grates ran along 6th or 7th avenues, and not on 21st street.
Yeah, I have to say, this is pretty cool. Not your typical silliness of the Union Square pillowfight variety -- this is pretty fantastic public art. Puts a smile on your face.
OMG!!
It's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Monster!!
I kind of wish that a guy dressed as a Spartan would run into the frame and chop its head off.
Gawd, that's stupid.
Totally agree with you, Spiny. For some reason that Union Square pillow fight thing makes me cringe, but this is fantastic. I wonder, though, who could possibly think something as innocent and whimsical as this subway-air monster is "stupid"? Side note: Good thing the cops didn't come by while this guy or girl was assembling this; he or she would have had some serious explaining to do, I imagine, what with fears about poison gas in the subway system and all.
Nice, a bit better crafted than the polar bear/dog.
Ahh!!! Scary!!! Must remember to bring net and stun gun from now on.
Agreed, the polar bear/dog looked kinda sad...how soon until companies hijack this idea for advertising?
amazing, but how about that guy riding that huge bike
I like the idea but this is the wrong scale for the space. Not that getting hit in the face by a air filled bag is the end of the world but it is still annoying.
An excellent sculpture. I also like the seen-it-all New-Yorkerish insouciance of the passers-by. I doubt if the corps will co-opt it right away because technically it's littering and attaching unauthorized attachments to city property. First there will have to be payoffs, and that sort of thing takes time.
How long until somebody makes a big inflatable penis? That would be more site specific.
Damn cute!
Those armed to the teeth terrorist cops will have a field day w/ that...
We need more public art like this that does not speak to the ego and life(burp!) of the artist.