Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Street Art


Lately I am interested by street art. Scot Borofsky's art using enamel on cement buildings and wall in Alphabet City in Manhattan in the '80s are incredible. Ken Hiratsuka, my Chinese mentors' friend, has done incredible sculptures on sidewalks around Manhattan and on beach stones around the world. Did you ever see his art on the northwest corner of Prince + Broadway? But this bench confused me. It was in 798, the biggest art district in Beijing, but is this meant as art, is it a message, is it a joke?