Outside of the Armory show they had some "live action" spray paintings by the artist Kenny Scharf. I particularly liked this one. Kenny Scharf is an American painter who uses a lot of pop culture in his works. According to Wikipedia: Scharf was a key figure in the East Village art scene of the 1980s, before seeing his work embraced by museums, such as the Whitney, which selected him for the 1985 Whitney Biennial. He did the album covers of The B-52s in the mid-80s. In 1995 Scharf designed a room at the Tunnel nightclub in New York. I tried to wait until no one was in front of the painting to take a photo, but to no avail.Wednesday, March 11, 2009
I love NY
Outside of the Armory show they had some "live action" spray paintings by the artist Kenny Scharf. I particularly liked this one. Kenny Scharf is an American painter who uses a lot of pop culture in his works. According to Wikipedia: Scharf was a key figure in the East Village art scene of the 1980s, before seeing his work embraced by museums, such as the Whitney, which selected him for the 1985 Whitney Biennial. He did the album covers of The B-52s in the mid-80s. In 1995 Scharf designed a room at the Tunnel nightclub in New York. I tried to wait until no one was in front of the painting to take a photo, but to no avail.
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Looks good. I like well done graffitti type art.
SUPERBE poster, j'adore. Une belle déclaration d'amour pour NYC et originale. C'était vraiment une superbe exposition
SUPERB poster, I love. A nice statement of love for NYC and original. It was really a superb exhibition
Simple and joyful , the message is clear ! But who doen't love NY ?
Besides recording Scharf's work, you also preserved a typical NYC tableau: street smokers and a woman, perhaps looking for her ride, all too self-absorbed, ignoring the happy display behind them!
Had to look again. Yes, that "Y" could also be a letter "J" !
Nice interpretation of a classic design! Cool shot, Lori!
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