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April 24, 2007
Caitlin Berrigan is a 25 year-old Brooklyn-based artist who chooses media such as fats, sugars, and proteins to address ideas and subjects that are often invisible to the naked eye. At Location One last month, Berrigan presented her Viral Confections project: ping pong ball-sized chocolate truffles she casts from a silicone mold created especially for the task. The truffles are made in the shape of the Hepatitis C virus. “These delicious truffles do not carry... [continue]
| April 19, 2007
Up until now, the only way for a graffiti artist to get charged with a crime was to actually be caught in the act-- painting a piece, putting up a poster, or catching a tag. Even the most prolific all-city vandals could only be charged for the pieces they were doing while arrested-- which meant that serious jail-time was generally not a risk. For instance, after a five-borough graffiti spree in 1995, Cost was... [continue]
April 14, 2007
Artist Roxy Paine is installing a series of metal sculptures in Madison Square Park. Gothamist reader S.D. happened upon workers putting the pieces in place and took some pictures, one of which is shown above. If you're anywhere near 23rd St. in Manhattan, this might be an interesting thing to check out. (Steel Boulder in the Park, by S.D. at flickr)... [continue]
April 5, 2007
Not that anyone should ever need an additional good reason to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located on 5th Ave. and edging into Central Park, but The Met is opening 30,000 square feet of new exhibition space in 11 new galleries. The space will be used to expand the museum's display of Greek and Roman antiquities. The New York Sun described that the "new series of 11 exhibition spaces continues the sequence of eight... [continue]
April 1, 2007
Last week, Deuce Seven put up a striking painting on the Williamsburg Bridge-- but it only ran for a few days before getting buffed. The sign didn't remain clean for long, of course: this busted throwup is currently running there. Even graffiti haters have to admit there is a difference between these two pieces, and that makes us wonder: if the sign isn't going to stay clean anyway, why buff a great piece in... [continue]