BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAYThis past weekend a new show at MarketPlace Gallery opened – which is remarkable in itself since an electrical fire badly damaged it last summer.
New York Street Artist CAKE, Brooklyn illustrator Travis W. Simon, and Albany’s RADICAL! took over the expansive space, run by brothers Samson, Alex and Max Contompasis.
- The CAKE sign at the entrance of Marketplace
The gallery, one of the capitol city’s few that support emerging and street artists from New York City and around the world, was also home to the brothers, who lost a lot of art, personal belongings, memories – and most importantly, Max’s bulldog, Xena.
- CAKE installation at Marketplace Gallery (photo ©Lia Smaka)
CAKE, known for one of a kind illustrations and paintings wheat-pasted around town, created an abstract backdrop for a small collection of realistic line-drawn portraits .
- Installation of CAKE wall.
- A framed CAKE illustration.
- A framed CAKE illustration.
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