the power of yes

Nice to see that our  yes (we are open) sign has had such pervasive influence in the area -  after 6 years, the yes has travelled! These two murals are done along the 80ft side walls of the tunnel (under the BQE) next to the York St F station.

as it was for 7 years - now no longer out front. spring is now open by appointment.

Sagmeister and Walsh collaborated with renowned Japanese illustrator Yuko Shimiza and created two large typographic messages to sit on the facing walls - both hand painted by Coby Kennedy.

poised

Just fantastic!
Paul Cocksedge's CAPTURE SHOW at Friedman Benda 515 W26th St
September 12th - October 12th

Poised has the grace and suppleness of paper. Rolling a sheet of steel like this soon reaches a point just short of where it could not exist as a table; it would simply topple. This led to an intensive process of calculation regarding gravity, mass and equilibrium. 
Poised achieves an improbable degree of balance and precision: one millimeter’s horizontal deviance in any direction and the balance would be lost.

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out and about

met up with Constantin Boym at the Campana Brothers at the opening of their show at Friedman Benda last night. Although pieces like the stuffed toy crocodile chair are always popular, our favorites were the more subtle worn wicker chair (a woven nylon thread mesh provides the support) and the dark wood scrap table

the road to abstraction

came across this MTA malevich on the way to inventing abstraction at MoMA


click on image to enlarge

the writing is on the wall

this time on Kenmare St