In case you missed it, a Banksy Museum has opened on Canal
Street.
It features representations of some of his most popular work.
Apparently, they hired a bunch of graffiti artists who did
their best to faithfully reproduce the work.
They had their work cut out for them since many of the pieces
had been destroyed.
But using photographs and intuition they were able to really
capture the feel of his work.
Much of it is of course political. Or at least social commentary.
The pieces reproduced on the walls make excellent selfie
stations.
So, I was surprised that it wasn’t more crowded.
I got the biggest kick out of what I believe must have been
an intentional juxtaposition of the inside work with some authentic NYC graffiti
on the adjacent building.
The ticket taker mentioned that the museum would be open for
at least four years so there is plenty of time to check it out and visit Wo Hop
for lunch.
Sticking with the contemporary
art theme - here are some pics from the Warhol exhibit at the Whitney in 2019…
https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2019/03/warhol-at-whitney.html
Cheers!
PJ
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