~KEN BROWN: NYC STREET POP – MORE DOORWAYS
KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
JAN 12 – FEB 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
more info: on the KEN BROWN in-store show
many of us pass by these doorways, that create a hardcore ‘buzz’ in a city of buzz – without a second thought. KEN BROWN took the photos.
you should definitely hop into TEKSERVE and see the full loop, many of the images are ghosts now, only alive through the medium of . . . the archival photo.
C215
C215 is the street tag or ‘moniker’ of CHRISTIAN GUEMY, a French street artist hailing from Paris, FRANCE – who works mostly with stencils . . . stencil art.
C215
angry ghost ?
“OFF THE GRID” !!
haha – I hear ya !!
ELBOW TOE . . . a Brooklyn-based street artist.
in the global melting pot that is NYC, ethnic doorway, calls for . . . ethnic image.
ordinary doorway calls for . . . global expression.
inner city streets often call out on: anger
the words ‘mean streets’ do come . . . to mind.
WELCOME TO HARLEM, NY
but doorways can also be the perfect format for proud – WELCOME TO MY HOOD, TOURIST – ‘POSTCARDS’.
as well as – calls to action . . .
ARMY of ONE – ‘ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END TO WAR!’
but you what ? I’m not even sure, about that !!
haven’t you ever heard the expression: ghost armies in the night . . . ?
INSTALLATION PHOTOS of KEN BROWN’S DOORWAYS of NEW YORK PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH