Hell-o dear readers, and Happy Halloween to you! Since I could not find a Halloween-themed Pink Thing for today’s post, I deliberately went out walking this past Sunday in search of something scary for a special Halloween greeting! And look what I found! This compelling mural of a chainsaw-wielding maniac in hot pursuit of an obviously quite frightened woman was spotted on Rivington Street just west of Clinton Street — in the exact same place that I saw the mural I posted in this very spot last year! Coincidences!
Maya Hayuk’s Fuck is a rearranged mural she originally painted in Coney Island in 2015 and later specifically designed for Beyond the Streets Los Angeles in 2018. Inspired by the precise language of Jenny Holzer‘s electronic Installations, Hayuk reworked the painting on-site to read as a defiant and empowering declaration. Continue reading Maya Hayuk’s Four Letter Word Mural→
Street art has a way of holding up a mirror to culture, and in Freeman Alley, that reflection comes in the form of Lisa Simpson — reimagined as the Statue of Liberty. The mural, by French street artist FREON , casts everyone’s favorite precocious saxophone player as Lady Liberty herself, torch raised high in the name of freedom, truth, and maybe a little sass (expected). Continue reading Lisa Simpson as Lady Liberty in Freeman Alley→
While out for a neighborhood walk on Juneteenth, I stumbled upon a spectacular find: a gorgeous and very groovy mural has appeared on the wall outside Berlin Under A, one of the East Village’s last remaining live‑music venues. Created by artist Jane Beaird, the visually striking work is a spot-on recreation (complete with the band’s iconic imagery and typography) of the movie poster for Hung Up On A Dream, the recently-released, career-spanning documentary on 60s pop legends The Zombies. Talk about a trip!
Street artist Jorit has recently created a series of murals in downtown Manhattan that explore the profound societal shifts brought on by artificial intelligence, explicitly drawing thematic influence from AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton. In these new works, the artist blends his signature hyper-realistic portraiture with neural network-inspired patterns, referencing the structure of deep learning models that Hinton helped to develop. Continue reading AI-Influenced Street Art By Jorit in Freeman Alley→
