BSA Images Of The Week: 04.02.23

64% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, China and Russia are buddying up, BRICs countries are looking for new members, and the Bankers in your life are again looking toward their gilded escape bunkers.

We are transfixed by the first indicted US president, and gloating about having a system of democracy and justice. Now he is positioning himself as an “outsider,” a martyr. A billionaire outsider. We’re just waiting for these crowds outside Trump Tower to materialize. Where are they? Honestly, Fifth Avenue is more interested in the Easter Bonnet Parade that is coming.

But it’s a circus on the national tabloid news, which is unfortunately all of the news now. Our best minds are being entertained by 24 hour sports channels, Netflix and Tic Toc, and it’s not an accident. People are chided into fighting each other over trans-woke-snowflake-abortion-race-laptop-AR15-centered-drag-readings. Look! A squirrel!

Meanwhile, the daffodils are blooming everywhere in anticipation of Easter Week. People were cramming subways, buses, and sidewalks yesterday because of the warm sunny spring weather – and Smorgasborg opened this weekend in Brooklyn. NYTimes calls it “the Woodstock of eating,” due to its variety of incredible food choices – but of course, you can have just as much fun with a bag of chips or a slice of pizza sitting on a stoop watching the parade of New Yorkers march/sashay/stride by.

We had a great time at the Bronx Museum yesterday, catching the John Ahearn/ Rigoberto Torres retrospective and seeing both the artists in person during a panel discussion with artist Abigail DeVille – with fans rushing the stage for an autographed exhibition book afterward. These guys have championed everyday New Yorkers through their painted sculptures for four decades. It is revelatory and heartwarming to see this very large collection of works never shown together before. Make sure to check out “Swagger and Tenderness: The South Bronx Portraits” until April 30.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Stikman, Zimer, Subway Doodle, A Lucky Rabbit, Qzar, Optimo NYC, Sekt, AMMO, CEYNYC, Toeflop, Early Riser NYC, Julia Cocuzza, and Miki Mu.

Miki Mu for Underhill Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
QZAR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Julia Cocuzza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
This might be the work of A Lucky Rabbit…not sure. We’re also not sure if the work has been completed. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Subway Doodle (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zimer NYC (photo © Jime Rojo)
Zimer NYC (photo © Jime Rojo)
Zimer NYC (photo © Jime Rojo)
LL Cool J is Bad forever. Zimer NYC (photo © Jime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Optimo NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Early Riser NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toeflop (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stikman (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CEYNYC lying down…not sure who did the buble…but sure it burns. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SEKT. AMMO. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Memorial bench in Manhattan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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