Closing Bell: Where's Dolk?
One of our favorite works of street art in Brooklyn is the Dolk piece on Bergen off 3rd Avenue. But this weekend we noticed that it’s been covered. We know street art is always at risk to the elements, but we’re genuinely sad to see this one disappear, especially since it doesn’t seem like the…
One of our favorite works of street art in Brooklyn is the Dolk piece on Bergen off 3rd Avenue. But this weekend we noticed that it’s been covered. We know street art is always at risk to the elements, but we’re genuinely sad to see this one disappear, especially since it doesn’t seem like the elements were responsible this time. GMAP
Photo on left of work prior to it being covered up by sabeth718.
The owner is disappointed that this beautiful picture is removed from the wall. The artwork was removed by an unidentified party who did not have permission to do so. The artwork was originally done with the owner’s approval. We are trying hard to place the same art or a different one by the same artist in a few months.
Well, if the artist did not ask the building owner permission to paint his “art” on the building, then I too, would have painted right over it.
***sticks tongue out****
“it looks like a banksy…..
if they painted over a banksy for god sake what a bunch of idiots!!”
It’s not a Banksy, it’s a Dolk. Pay attention.
it looks like a banksy…..
if they painted over a banksy for god sake what a bunch of idiots!! when this guy is gone from this earth that painting could double the value of that building.
if I had had one i’d bolt bulletproof UV coated glass over it.
his inside paintings are going for $30-200k and up
This looks like a work by the well known street artist banksy.
It’s too bad owners don’t appreciate such expressions that add more flavor to city life.
I always like to tell the story about when I was working a temp job in high school during the summer on the west side of Manhattan. This was during the early 1980’s.
I used to get off at the 50th Street A station.
I started to notice weird chalk drawings on the black construction paper used behind subway station advertising.
There were playful televisions, animated people and barking dogs.
I started to notice them along the A train stations in Manhattan and along other subway lines. I saw them as more than grafitti since they attempted to engage the observer and make him laugh.
One day waiting for the A on the way home, I noticed that one of the works was peeling off of the wall so I attempted to gently coax it off in its entirety. The glue they used must have been some kind of industrial adhesive because it was no easy task.
I continued at a slow pace but impatient because I knew my train would be coming in soon. Half way through the paper started to thin out and shred . there was just no way of getting the work off the wall. Besides, I thought to myself, the artist made them in chalk for a reason. He probably knew the ephermeral nature of his art.
I wish I had been able to take the work off that day. I would have it up on my wall still, no matter how valuable.
Anyway, Keith Haring was symbolic of a time and a place in NYC. Like that lost work of subway art he made, at least it remains vivid in my memory.
Well, if it was the building owner, I hope he’s happy when he finds out that a Dolk work on canvas sells for 5 figures. He could have cut it out of his wall and sold it on ebay, patched his wall and still had enough left over to buy a car. Sucker!
The building owner must be much happier now he has a gigantic bright red phallus on his wall instead of a quirky urchin portrait.
Not if you’re a real philistine tybur6; this way took less paint and was cheaper and easier.
I hate it when street artists cover the work of others, but I think they’d do something a bit more interesting. My vote is for the unenlightened lot owner.
my guess is it was covered or “bombed” by a fellow street artist rather than the bldg owner.
i see those “post no bills” stencils all over the place up here, and why wouldn’t the bldg owner cover up the signature?