Flowers Spring Up in Winter

In 2006 Aaron Krach's "Shorter Periods of Happiness" project brought flowers to the drab ad-filled walls around town, and now his "Longer Periods of Happiness" project is doing the same, but this time around with support from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund. The artist and the MCAF have brightened up the winter by plastering the flowers over all parts of Lower Manhattan through February 6th.

"No words appear on his poster, not the project’s title or artist’s name. The image is a pure shot of joy—of lemon yellow, dusty pink, and vegetable green—inserted into the city’s forest of signs." Amongst other downtown blocks, you can find them on Bleecker and 6th Avenue, West Houston and Varick, and Minetta Lane and MacDougal.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on January 26, 2009 4:10 PM

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Zyskandar A Jaimot

past the blooms

in NYC

bright yellow daffodils

interspersed by

eccentric dandelions

overcome

planned formality of slender gray dogwoods

thinness and colours of trees

like au courant sense of fashion

carefully arranged

on posh Madison Avenue

reminding city dwellers

that they

too

must surrender

to better nature

Radtard

More class and Beauty (Madea) and less Tacky Crap (Flowers) please.

chickblao

go back to connecticut.

it's mafia and good ol' jersey boys who take care of those.

none of your business.

RevWaldo

Always wondered: Do the people who slap wheatpasted posters up on construction sheds have to get the permission of the people who "own" the shed? Do the owners get paid? Or is the whole thing "technically" illegal, like jaywalking?