Arts impresario Keith Schweitzer gives famed and storied Coney Island in Brooklyn a boost of carney charm with his newly curated construction wall collection painted by colorful characters Over Under, N’DA, Radical!, Veng, and Ephemeron.
Overunder’s welcoming sign on Bowery St. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
As Coney Island undergoes a slick redevelopment that some worry will zap it’s old world quixotic quirkiness, this motley crew of Street Artists regale the area with a sense of the fantastical unreality that has always permeated this salaciously savory and seedy amusement park.
Radical! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
With thoughts of curvaceous mermaids, scream-inducing rides, fun house mirrors, obnoxious winking barkers, and a hot sweaty kiss behind a tent curtain all swirling through your mind, one can easily appreciate this new free associating imagery that jumps and undulates along oceanic walls.
ND’A (photo © Jaime Rojo)
“Under the Boardwalk” – N’DA makes reference here to lyrics from the song made famous by The Drifters, released in June 1964. Here’s the original for you to listen to as you scroll through the rest of these images from the boardwalk.
Overunder and Veng of Robots Will Kill painted this 211 foot wall on Stillwell Avenue (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng of RWK. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng of RWK ‘s 211 foot wall on Stillwell avenue (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng of RWK. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng of RWK. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng of RWK . (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder sets the windows and bird-planes free (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Overunder and Veng. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ephameron’s wall on Surf Avenue (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Refreshing drinks and reveries of schools of fish swimming through your memories on Surf Avenue. Ephameron. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Before a wall of blue, men in blue keep a watchful eye on Surf Avenue. Ephameron. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ephameron’s wall on Surf Avenue (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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