NYC crochet-bomber Olek is kind of sweet. A little while ago, some kids decided to burn the street installation she made for an art festival in Poznan, Poland. They easily got caught, but she took pity on them. Read more »
Astor Place Cube Crocheted by Olek
NYC’s most famous crochet-bomber has encased the Alamo cube in her signature neon crocheting, which reminds us of her epic Wall Street Bull-wrap last from last winter. Speaking of, Olek presented the cube on her Facebook with a short protest-solidarity quip: “I am still proud to say what I do for a living. Occupation Wall St.” Don’t worry, it still spins. In fact, that cube’s the only thing that will be recognizable at Astor Place after the planned mass “renovations.” UPDATE: Video of how she did it below: Read more »
Chronic crochet bomber Olek’s newest show at Jonathan Levine is nothing but rips. There’s a crochet Invader. There’s a crochet installation version of Annie Leibovitz’s portrait of Keith Haring. Olek even stole the “great artist steal” quote Banksy stole from Picasso. There’s an Olek Supreme art skate deck… or not, maybe it’s just the usual bunch of sex toys in cozies and wheeled objects rendered immobile, swallowed by a web of Olek’s signature crochet insanity. Approach with caution. “The Bad Artists Imitate , The Great Artists Steal,” Olek, Aug 10 – Aug 27, Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC
Artist Scott Taylor’s new, person-sized Walk Man sculpture in East Village’s Tompkins Square Park got knocked over, just a day after crotchet-bomber Olek updated it with a snazzy sweater. “A deranged guy in the park in the middle of the afternoon decided to try and wrestle him to the ground,” Olek says. Read more »
Crotchet bomber and bull wrangler Olek is channeling her neon yarn madness into a new medium. The short film Yarnara shoots in July, featuring a lively cast wearing full-body crotchet suits. If you encounter fuzzy fetishist capoeira in the street, relax, it’s only a movie. Read more »
Crochet-bomber Parting Shot
Another Olek crochet bike bomb spotted in NYC. (Photo: Jake Dobkin)
Olek, the famed Wallstreet Bull crochet-bomber, admits to Happy Famous Artists that she crashes for the night inside her Knitting is for Pussies crocheted pad/installation at the Christopher Henry Gallery (through May). Why not? Crocheted toilet? Check. Crocheted dildo? Check. Bed crocheted with her boyfriend’s STD test results? Check. All the immediate conveniences are there… extra comfy. (Photos: Happy Famous Artists)
If you liked Olek’s crocheted Wall Street Bull, enjoy the video of said crocheting! See Olek bouncing about with a crocheted ladder at 2:00 AM on Christmas in 20 degree weather to cover the bull in cozy colors, pointy horns to shiny balls.
Wall Street Bull Crocheted
NYC’s Crocheted Olek (a.k.a. Polish-born Agata Olek) hit up the Wall Street Bull and encapsulated it inside crocheted neon. “It lasted 2 hours,” she tells HFA, “but it was there…” She writes that it’s “a tribute to the sculptor of the bull, Arturo di Modica, who in another guerrilla act, placed the bull on Wall Street in Christmas of 1987 as a symbol of the ‘strength and power of the American people’ following the 1987 Stock Market crash.” And there it was. Since the bull is fully visible, and not horn-tip-deep in snow, this happened before the storm. Nice timing, Olek.
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