Photo By Gail
I just love this thing.
Photographed in the window of Maggie May, a fun little boutique located at 207 Avenue B.
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Pink Thing of The Day: Charles Ray’s Fall ’91
Photo By Gail
Many of Charles Ray’s best-known works are remakes of objects and people taken from the real world. Small but significant alterations to familiar situations give Ray’s practice a disquieting tension. Cloaked in simplicity, his often humorous creations comment on sculpture’s history, from its austere formal issues to its surreal psychological consequences.
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Eyeball Dress
All Photos By Gail
In these photos, what looks like a wearable Eyeball Dress is actually a sculpture, make up of tiny ceramic tiles, called Million Eyes Woman, by artist Marek Zyga. Photographed at the Evan Lurie Gallery Booth at the Summer 2015Â Affordable Art Fair in NYC.
Eyeball Dress Detail
Yes, It Exists: Kenny Scharf Mannequin
Kenny Scharf’s Swirley, 2000 (All Photos By Gail)
Do you like Kenny Scharf? I sure do. I’ve seen his fun artwork everywhere in the city — from huge murals and sculptures to paintings and toys, cars and golf carts and even…mannequins! Scharf’s Swirley mannequin is part of the Ralph Pucci: The Art of The Mannequin exhibit, which is up through October 25th at the Museum of Arts and Design in Columbus Circle. Continue reading Yes, It Exists: Kenny Scharf Mannequin
Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin at the Museum of Arts and Design
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Andy Warhol was a pioneer in bringing the commercial image to the world of fine art, and now it’s always fun and fascinating to see how ubiquitous pop culture images, such as the department store mannequin, come into being through a fine art process. Continue reading Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin at the Museum of Arts and Design