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Bushwick Street Art du Jour: C215
Filed under: 11206, 11237, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Street Art
From Flushing Avenue.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: The Conclusion Of The Pigeon Keeper Series
Today I have received word from Chris Arnade that he has wrapped up his pigeon keeper series for the time being. Follows is slide show of his photo set with commentary. Enjoy!
It was last summer that I first noticed the beautiful flocks of pigeons high above Maria Hernandez park in Bushwick. At the time I had no idea that they where part of an old sport.
Brought over by the Italians, Bushwick used to have well over a hundred guys (yes all of them are guys) who kept pigeons on the roofs, now its only about twenty. Not raised to race (that’s another sport), they are simply collected and bred and then flown to highlight their beauty.
These days, its mostly Dominican and Puerto Rican men; everyone one of them has been more than happy to show me their flocks.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Tonight At Concrete Utopia
Filed under: 11206, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn
The details I received about this event are scant (READ: I got a mass email) but follows is the press release:
Spork Used As Knife (and other disconcerting events)
Opening Friday, April 1, 7-10
Featuring artists Maurice Doherty, Shana Moulton, Hilary Sand, Dave Sherry, and Curver Thoroddsen.
The exhibition investigates humor and performance and their unique ability to reflect the absurdity of everyday life. The history of performance art offers the medium as a means of rebellion, the act of breaking with the current state of art and politics. The work featured in “Spork Used As Knife” rather ruptures the personal experience of everyday life by forcing the viewer to turn his or her perspective, to view it from a skewed angle. The mirrored reflection of life by art comes ever closer in performance, and with the comfort offered by humor, begins to break down this distinction.Each artist in the show approaches these barriers between the quotidian and The Quotidian from a different perspective, and through different mobilizations of the banal and the humorous.
This is a really exciting show, and has been an amazing opportunity to work with some brilliant artists.
Spork Used As Knife
Opening Reception: April 1, 2011 starting at 7:00 p.m.
Concrete Utopia
72 Scholes Street
Brooklyn, New York 11206
You can read more about Concrete Utopia by checking out their About page.
Miss Heather
The Word On The Street, Part II: Been There, Done That
Filed under: 11206, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Street Art, The Word On The Street
From Debevoise Street.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Johnny
Chris Arnade (who took the above photograph) writes:
Johnny, eighty six, has been keeping birds in Bushwick since he was a boy.
Goodwin brought me to meet Johnny, who keeps his birds on one of Goodwin’s roofs. I asked why he gave Johnny the space for free, Goodwin said “he is a good person, and the birds are what keeps him happy now.”
Climbing the ladder to the roof was a chore for me, but Johnny’s age does not seem to slow him down.
He had a small collection, but they were all gorgeous.
Miss Heather
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