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At first glance, Old Fashioned (2001), a delicate ink-on-paper work by artist Mark Dean Veca, looks like something you’d find in your grandmother’s parlor: a vintage wallpaper design done in the classic French toile de Jouy style. But as your eyes linger on the piece, the façade of refinement starts to fall apart—in the most delightfully subversive way.
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It looks like street artist Mr. OneTeas is at it again with his very fun Wack Donald’s Project, in which he paints the clown face of Ronald McDonald on various pop culture icons. I spotted John Lennon and Alfred E. Newman side by side on a traffic barrier at 26th Street and 11th Avenue in the Chelsea Gallery District.
Oh, what a night! Thursday, September 6th, 2012 not only marked the party-filled kick off of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week here in NYC, but the evening also launched the reopening of many of our favorite Chelsea art Galleries after a too-long summer of dormancy. Well into the balmy evening (summer ain’t over yet!), the streets of Chelsea were as teaming with excited art fans as Times Square is with tourists at midday! The Art is back!
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