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City Walls Mural Project
The MetroTech BID and the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) will join with the Stahl Organization and V3 Hotels to debut “City Walls,” an innovative art project that recasts construction sites as canvasses for public art. This first-ever construction wall art project in Downtown Brooklyn has transformed visual barriers into visual attractions, replacing blue barriers with art.
City Walls features the work of three acclaimed Brooklyn artists – Jessica Angel, Junkhaus and Nelson Rivas – who have created large scale murals at three separate construction sites in the MetroTech BID area. The murals, in styles ranging from abstract Picasso-esque to dramatic cityscapes, have transformed ordinary construction fences into street-front art galleries.
The murals are located on Duffield Street, Bridge Street, and Lawrence Street between Willoughby and Fulton Streets. They will be on view for some time.
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Willoughby Windows 2.0
May 10th, 2010
The new Willoughby Windows installation is up on Willoughby Street between Duffield and Bridge Streets. If you're in the area, come by to check it out.
Willoughby Windows is an ambitious creative venture featuring 12 storefronts (88-106 Willoughby) of downtown Brooklyn with installations by 15+ artists; Hellbent, C. Damage, Joe Iurato, Darryl Peirce, Faust, Thundercut, Skewville, Pablo Power, Chris Mendoza, Jef Aerosol, Laura Lee, Ron English, and LogikOne.
The project was conceived by MetroTech BID, in cooperation with United American Land and Avalon Bay, and curated by our partner Ad Hoc Art, a gallery in East Williamsburg.
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