The Public Art of the NYC Transit System
From The Monacelli Press, Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York is a forthcoming book about the art projects the MTA has completed in the last decade in the NYC transit system.
Of special interest is the discussion of fabricating and transposing the artist’s rendering or model into mosaic, glass, or metal, the materials that can survive in the transit environment.
Nancy Blum’s piece at the 28th Street station (top, above) is my favorite piece in the entire subway system; I love it so much. (via colossal)
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Oh wow I hadn’t seen those flowers before. They are incredible.
I visited NYC last fall for the first time and was struck by the mosaics in the subway. Really astounding. One of the things that made me fall in love with the city.
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