Steve ESPO Powers was commissioned to do the work on the boarded up store on Prince and Broadway, but there is now an growing collection of street art on the plywood throughout Soho. Perhaps this is the only good thing to come out of a shuttered commercial district.
I’ve captured some here, along with C., and added others I caught on Instagram. Would love it if readers can identify some of the artists…
Much of the more serious work, as opposed to the graffiti, was very carefully done so it is only on the plywood and doesn’t touch the permanent structure.
Unless plywood recycling is suddenly your concern, I don’t see this as defacing private property,
So they didn’t get permission? And which is the serious work and which is the graffiti? Art is so subjective.
And “very carefully done”? I think Claire got a little too much pink on the permanent structure, thus defacing private property. Again, Karen was asking.
I actually spoke to a few artists while they were still working and at least the two that I had spoken to had received permission from the store owners and were life long soho residents. I bet not everyone got permission–I think that is part of the point.
What a delight to see art (even if fleeting) replace the predictably mundane windows of global luxury retailers that are patronized by Karen.
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The artist who made “birdwatching is not a crime” is Claire Strautmanis 917-655-3306
Two words = Drop Cloth(s)
Many of these artist’s names can be found on the FaceBook page “We Make America”, a group of anti Trump artists and activists.
Were the others given permission by the property owner or did they deface private property? Asking for Karen.
Much of the more serious work, as opposed to the graffiti, was very carefully done so it is only on the plywood and doesn’t touch the permanent structure.
Unless plywood recycling is suddenly your concern, I don’t see this as defacing private property,
So they didn’t get permission? And which is the serious work and which is the graffiti? Art is so subjective.
And “very carefully done”? I think Claire got a little too much pink on the permanent structure, thus defacing private property. Again, Karen was asking.
I actually spoke to a few artists while they were still working and at least the two that I had spoken to had received permission from the store owners and were life long soho residents. I bet not everyone got permission–I think that is part of the point.
What a delight to see art (even if fleeting) replace the predictably mundane windows of global luxury retailers that are patronized by Karen.