
Last December, a small group of artists installed an unauthorized holiday display to raise straphangers’ spirits and spruce up a neglected corner of the Columbus Circle Subway Station. The budding tradition continues after today’s extremely early morning opening of the second annual “Holiday Gift to NYC Show.†Around 1:30 AM, eleven artists convened to turn a 200-foot long pedestrian tunnel at the Lexington Avenue/53rd Street Station into a public gallery.
The mix of studio and street artists decked the hall with holiday offerings, including a mustache motif by Jessica Jade Jacob, a Christmas tree collage by Beth Whitney and Jason Eppink’s “Take a Seat” installation among others. Curated by artists Mat Benote and Jordan Seiler, the illicit subway show may not last, so take a look before the MTA decides to stop hosting.
“Holiday Gift to NYC Show,” 2 AM, December 23 – ?, Lexington Avenue/53rd Street Station, Manhattan
- “Apocalypse Later” by The Book of Gold
- “Cellular Wha??” by Ma Bell
- “Sure It’s Bigger But…” by Mat Benote
- “Take a Seat” by Jason Eppink
- “Dyna 2″ by Paul Panamarenko Jr
- “New York Transmutations” by Sprezanne
- Detail of “Snow Gear” by Max
- “Ice Pop Art (vertical #1)” by Brian Ermanski
- “Dyna 2″ by Paul Panamarenko Jr
- “Reverend Billy Talen” by Clark Clark
- “The Flying Dutchman” by CPK
- Installation
- “Art(official) Holiday Tree” by Beth Whitney
- Detail of “Art(official) Holiday Tree” by Beth Whitney
- “Mr Mustache” by Jessica Jade Jacob
- Detail of “Mr Mustache” by Jessica Jade Jacob
- “Luck of the Draw” by Jordan Seiler
- Detail of “Luck of the Draw” by Jordan Seiler
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