A powerful group of images this week as we do a drive by on Labor Day Weekend in New York. We know it’s the last weekend of Summer but hell no! I’m gonna have another strawberry ice cream out on the stoop.
Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Alma’s, Anthony Lemer, Arnaud Montagard, Alice Pasquini, Bast, BLY, Cesar Mieses DALeast, Dek, Jerk Face, Paul Insect, Pete Kirill, Ryan McGinness, Sean9Lugo, Seymour Chwast, Solus, Swil, Tripel, Willow, Wing, and You Go Girl!
Top Image >> Summer Time Baby by ALMA’s. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Wing (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DALeast (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DALeast (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sean9Lugo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BLY (photo © Jaime Rojo)
You Go Girl needs some heart mending. Time is the only proven method, Girl. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Alice Pasquini in Syracuse, Sicily. August 2014 (photo © Alessandra de Grande)
“This is my latest wall, painted in Syracuse, Sicily with the support of the Istinto Naturale cultural association,” says Alice Pasquini of this new tableau.
“Titled ‘The myth of Arethusa and Alpheus’ it was inspired by the spring of Arethusa in Ortygia (Syracuse), a body of fresh water close to the seashore. The legend says that the nereid Arethusa, trying to escape the advances of the river god Alpheus, fled by turning into a stream, eventually breaking ground in Ortygia where Alpheus found her and was able to mingle in her waters.” ~ AP
Let the mingling begin! Although you have to admit that she doesn’t look like she’s quite committed to the idea.
Willow and Swil (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Willow and Swil (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Willow and Swil (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dek’s installation of Bronx native Seymour Chwast’s posters from 1987. The timeless and timeliness of a 27 year old poster on the streets is remarkable. War Is Madness. (photo @ Jaime Rojo)
The folks at Colossal are having a laugh with this hand painted rendering poking fun at the deluge of probing glass and steel luxury condos that are springing up around Williamsburg these days. “Insert Yourself Into Exquisite Luxury Surroundings”. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Paul Insect (photo © Jaime Rojo)
In this new piece in Wynwood, Miami, Pete Kirill depicts James Bond (Sean Connery) as 1990’s hip-hop artist Vanilla Icee. (photo © Cesar Mieses)
BAST (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Tripel (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Solus for The L.I.S.A. Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The only surviving plate from the series Ryan McGiness installed in collaboration with DOT for Summer Streets Series. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jerk Face (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Manhattan, NYC. Summer 2014. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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