If you google ‘MetroCard artist’ he tops the list. His name is Noah Rider and in addition to making jewelry to the delight of petruli-scented woman in the East Village, he also makes MetroCard art sculptures that sell for $20 and up. The placid dreadlocked artist told us he was recently evicted by his “asshole landlord because of his crazy girlfriend.” Talk about culpability. But either way, regardless of who’s guilty, slumlord or kooky bitch, he needs some money so he’ s out there hustling his MTA inspired works. We just hope they don’t’ claim some sort of copyright bullshit like they did the IPOD map guy. But either way we suggest you invest in a few of these sculptures. Like most artists, if he dies young, it may actually be worth something. Jump to see his outdoor sidewalk gallery.
It’s here. The issue that is sure to make Peter Vallone Jr. red in the face, and most likely, a whole bunch of haters in the ‘underground’. TimeOut NY presents its official ‘Street Art’ theme. The fun loving-event listing magazine asked ‘street artists’ to submit sketches and the best of the bunch were selected. CYCLE, LADY PINK & SMITH, HOPE 169, and Ellis G (he has a graffiti name but we won’t blow up his spot) were all chosen to create ‘limited edition’ covers, you know, so you can “collect ‘em all.” We shot off a quick round of questions to CYCLE to find out more about the project. Interview and details of the four pro bono ‘limited edition’ covers after the jump.
All cover photographs by Sarina Finkelstein.
Union Square Gets Its Street Cred Back
Well its the end of the summer which means less and less junkies on the street for us all to enjoy. So we found this promo heron trailer for a new DVD to remind NY’ers what they’ll be missing once the leaves start changing. It also serves as a stark reminder that even with the proliferation of NYU mega dorms and family friendly Trader Joe’s, Union Square still has some respectful edgyness. Now if Times Square could just grow some balls too.
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We found the official graffiti writer’s paradise. Dark tunnels, walls, freights, anything you could possibly write your name on can be found here. Plus there was all this industrial debris, a car crushing lot, and real life mole people making it an urban explorer’s wet dream as well. Because this place is still active, we don’t want to give exact details. All we can say is you need to take the L train to the end of the line and crawl under a fence, and you’ll be there in no time. After the jump we present a photo essay of this aerosol depot.
- While some cyclists played cat and mouse with cops at last Friday’s Critical Mass, others played cops and robbers with fake crack in Brooklyn.
- Kate Moss appears in 7 ad campaigns in this Fall’s new NYT T style mag alone, someone’s gotta pay for that habit.
- Wired to hold Nerd-fest in NYC.
- Video of Stephen Colbert attacking the modern day Babylonians aka Hollywood.
Rocking his limited edition yellow and white Alife-Kangol hat, Soho artist, Steve Powers, sometimes known as ESPO, was out in Coney Island this weekend test flying his limousine float he prepared for Deitch’s annual Art Hipster Parade on September 9th. He’s one of 75 artists that will make the short walk down West Broadway to showcase his irony-filled art. You might remember Mr. Powers as that guy who did the graffiti style ‘T’ for the New York Times Style magazine, which along with this editorial was released in Sunday’s paper. It’s nice to see the Times repay the extremely talented artist with more then just some cash and giving him plugs in both the Arts section and the T style mag, afterall, you can’t buy this kind of publicity.
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If keeping up with all the new sneakers, Japanese toys, prints, and limited edition crap out there has become nearly impossible, welcome to Survival of the Hippest. It’s the all purpose dump for the stuff you may never end up buying, always question it’s purpose, but still find intriguing.
After the jump, study the products that will help you gain enough cool points to get that downtown decoder ring in no time.
“Girls and Guns,” Medium: paper towel, tape, pencil, and magic marker
Duane, aka Mr.Glasses, makes his art for kids with awkward hair and hopes to become a professional ‘fun maker’ one day. He hates the Met, wants to destroy the original Obey the Giant stencil, and thinks Raven Symone can’t sing for shit. But when it comes to love, he still has a crush on Laura Hunter, his boyhood fantasy girlfriend, so please be good virtual detectives and let’s help Duane find the next Mrs. Glasses.* In the meantime check out his amazing art, and read how piss ‘poor posture’ can be one of the defining moments in a young artist’s life.
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