Buon compleanno

This one's for my daughter Lila, because
today is her birthday—and she's
celebrating in Florence, where I took
this photo in May.

[Linking back to Blue Monday at
Magical Mystery Teacher.]

signs signs

"Madame dreams.  Monsieur snores."
A little sign seen in Paris—another
piece of clever street art from Miss•Tic.

[To see more signs, go here.]

the local art scene

There's a corner in my neighborhood
where an unfinished construction
site has been an eyesore for years now.
Lately, though, it's become a
good spot for some young artists
to do their thing. [For the complete story,
check out the links in Tall Gary's comment.]
[Linking back to Blue Monday.]

Red Flying Group

That's the name of Ann Gillen's 1970s sculpture,
which has been in front of 909 3rd Ave. for about 20 
years.  She says, "I build sculptures that suggest
movement in marble, stainless steel, aluminum,
wood and slate. I work with the aesthetics
of Constructed Sculpture with its analytic Apollonian 
rigor that combines with emotional Dionysian outbursts."
I have no idea what analytic Apollonian rigor is, 
but this certainly does suggest movement, don't you think?

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.]

Tina's Picstory—"M"

In this case, M is for "mural" (and also maybe "movement").

The first mural to occupy this space at the corner of
Houston and Bowery was a 2008 recreation of Keith Haring's
famous 1982 Bowery mural. Since then, 
several artists' works have graced this wall.
The latest (since July 2012) is this one by Lady Aiko.

[To see more posts that feature the letter M, visit Tina's Picstory.]

Blue Monday

 In case you were thinking that this is
just graffiti, think again.  This is the work
of the street artist Swoon, who has
her own Wikipedia page.


[To see more Blue Monday shots, visit Smiling Sally's meme.]

That's My World

This crazy mural on Houston Street was created
by  Kenny Scharf, a California artist who now lives
in (where else?) Brooklyn.  I read that he didn't
do a preliminary sketch, but just started with a
red nose and worked out from there.

[It's Tuesday, and that's my world. To see
more of the world, go here to Klaus's meme.]

How about a bike ride?

This fantastic bike is parked underneath the
Brooklyn Bridge.  It's the work of Olek,
crochet artist extraordinaire, who is currently
based right here in Brooklyn. She's covered lots of
things in crochet, including the huge statue of the bull on lower
Broadway.  Go here to see a short film of that installation.
[This is part of That's My World Tuesday. See more of the world here.]

Mellow Yellow Monday

This is Urs Fischer's sculpture "Untitled (Lamp/Bear)."
I shot it right before it was sold at auction by Christie's
(for almost $7 million—and yet below estimate), while it was
 installed in front of the Seagram's building on Park Ave.
It's 23 feet tall and weighs 35,000 pounds.
[To see more yellow, go here.]

BTW, I shot this Urs Fischer
sculpture in Venice (admittedly,
this one I don't get at all).

3D Impressionism

When I saw this from down the street,
I admit it—myopic me was fooled for
more than a few seconds. If you like
J. Seward Johnson's work, there's more here.