Trainset Ghetto is voyeurism more than it is hobbyism. It is the physical byproduct of teenage suburban daydreams and attempts to live vicariously through an alien post-urban 1980s landscape that was in no way part of my quotidian existence-a landscape that I caught glimpses of [...]
The Alliance for Downtown New York announced the latest Re:Construction installation, The Greatest City on Earth, located at Nassau between John and Fulton Streets by artist Linda Zacks.
“As Lower Manhattan continues to grow, construction can be tough on small businesses and confusing for pedestrians. While we look forward to all the great improvements happening [...]
I have been working for some time on a series of portraits of New York City. I am drawn to the riches of the urban landscape. It is a mysterious place where anything might happen, a landscape overflowing with possibilities of which I am forever hopeful yet not entirely optimistic.
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Artist’s Statement
My photographs celebrate serendipitous findings, ambiguities and the possibilities for transformation in the everyday. I acknowledge the poetry in what most often goes unnoticed.
1. Mask, archival pigment print, ©2011 Elisa Decker
“Union Street Bridge, Fall Afternoon,” oil on panel, 12″x12″
“Purple and Blue Awnings on Smith Street, ” oil on canvas, 12″x16″
“Yellow Truck in Gowanus,” oil on canvas, 9″x12″
Artist Statement
I am mostly a self-taught artist, working primarily “en plein air” when the weather permits. I also occasionally work from [...]
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