#subway art

[newblvotg]

[bowiebible]

David Bowie subway art, Spotify NYC Subway Takeover 2018 (TEMPLE OF THE ★)

[jadiaashley]

go fish

[redmcc]

[wormintrouble]

a kiss for luck and we’re on our way

[thesobsister]

Ivan Dalla Tana, (untitled) (1982)

Dalla Tana, working in NYC in the early ‘80s, photographed a number of Keith Haring’s subway drawings, the series subsequently called Art in Transit. In many cases, these photos are the only record of an incredibly ephemeral yet significant and impactful body of work.

Haring: Doing things in public was not a new idea. The climate of art in New York at that time was certainly moving in that direction. It seemed obvious to me when I saw the first empty subway panel that this was the perfect situation. The advertisements that fill every subway panel that this was the perfect situation. The advertisements that fill every subway platform are changed periodically. When there aren’t enough new ads, a black paper panel is substituted. I remember noticing a panel in the Times Square station and immediately going aboveground and buying chalk. After the first drawing, things just fell into place. I began drawing in the subways as a hobby on my way to work. I had to ride the subways often and would do a drawing while waiting for a train. In a few weeks, I started to get responses from people who say me doing it.

[stealfocus]

ARTIST: John Loring

[totto70]

Beautiful archway at Rådhuset metro station Stockholm