You want more vibrant art in the streets? Check out the NYC Marathon as it passes through LIC on Sunday. Is that it? Don’t we want to live in a world made of art, not just decorated by it?Īnd that’s it. The world we live in today, visually at least, is run by traffic signs, billboards, and planning committees. And rather than street art being a fad, maybe its the last thousand years of art history that are the blip, when art came inside in service of the church and institutions.Īrt’s rightful place on the cave walls of our communities, where it can act as a public service, provoke debate, voice concerns, forge identities. Here’s his NYC sign-off, judge for yourself:īanksy asserts that outside is where art should live, amongst us. all over the five boroughs incognito, when a) everybody is on the look out for you doing so, and b) all those people have iPhones or some type of photography/recording device? Anyway, I think there is a meaningful takeaway from the fact that Banksy chose LIC over Soho, the LES, Wmsbg, Dumbo, TriBeca, or any other uber-trendy location to say goodbye.Īnd, I think his understated plug for not demolishing 5Pointz was extraordinarily tasteful, unpromotional, not overly dramatic, and completely in keeping with his ethos. I mean how else do you put up graffiti, paintings, installations, sculptures etc. Everything about Banksy’s month long NYC residency seemed extremely well thought out. But I couldn’t help thinking it in reading the headline above. Okay, that’s the very last time I’ll use that saying as I’ve really overworked it in the last month. “All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good as those done outside.”Ĭoincidence? I think not.
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