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We Are NY

Posted on | March 29, 2009 | Comments Off on We Are NY

How do you create a work that “[best embodies]  New York conversations that are redefining and re-imagining the 21st century landscape?”

I’m not sure, but I gave it a shot, because The Greene Space, WNYC’s new multi-platform, multimedia performance, and broadcast space, sounds really cool.

Here are a few photos–not enough for a good flip-book, sadly, but enough to give you an idea of how this piece evolved:

“New York City is beautiful, colorful, and disgusting. It is organized and chaotic. And if you don’t know what you want, you had better get out of the way. But New York is a city like any other where people live, work, and die. How do the people connect? How do they participate? How do they leave their mark? They struggle, just like everyone, but they succeed, fail, and persevere on arguably the greatest stage known to man.”

One of the most interesting aspects of working on this piece was the creative dialogue that informed my painting.  My friends at Billibatt Productions and dezervision are brilliant. We had many New York conversations. Did those conversations manage to “redefine and re-imagine the 21st century landscape?” Maybe, but it doesn’t really matter, because they were absolutely fascinating.

Practically speaking, I also learned during the earliest stages of this project that this 60″ x 48″ canvas is the largest canvas I can fit in my car.

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