Closing Bell: Street Art (Literally)
We’ve been passing this piece of artwork for a week or so now, figuring it was near completion and the cones would be removed. The street art is at the intersection of Jay and Prospect; the artist carved into new asphalt and filled the design with pieces of glass. After a bit of research, we…
We’ve been passing this piece of artwork for a week or so now, figuring it was near completion and the cones would be removed. The street art is at the intersection of Jay and Prospect; the artist carved into new asphalt and filled the design with pieces of glass. After a bit of research, we found a Gothamist article explaining that the work, named Asphalt Tattoo, is complete as is. (The cones are just so cars don’t roll over it.) It will be at that intersection for about a year and is part of DOT’s pARTners program, where artists put temporary installations in public places around the city.
kind of lame with the cones i have to say. they should just remove them. to have it look like that for a year is just silly.
i see the bike lane is already there, on the far right of the pic. They should line the perimeter of the piece with cones….unless of course they are meant to be placed directly on top – who knows, I’m no art critic.
“Everybody can enjoy this, unlike a bike lane.”
Actually everybody CAN enjoy a bike…they just choose not to.
These artsy types who ride bikes while bitching about oil, just slathered a petroleum slurry on the street for fun.
This is a little unfortuate. You can’t really see it. Agree you have to be able to drive over it if it’s in the asphalt.
I agree it would be great to see it cone free, including the gradual decay from traffic. I’d think that would be the point of doing it on a street versus in a gallery…but hey,
people making stuff is a good thing. When I saw “street art” in the title, I expected much, much worse, didn’t you?
“we found a Gothamist article explaining that the work, named Asphalt Tattoo, is complete as is.”
Are they sure?
i’m of the school of thought, that there is good and bad art.
crap.
Since you brought up bike lanes… I have never biked in Brooklyn Heights, but I’ve always thought the green bike lanes actually brightened up the streets. Thought it looks nice. But I also don’t think bike lanes are evil or share the crazy restrictive aesthetic sensibilities of the average Brooklyn Heights denizen… so…