Sat 6 Oct 2007

New York Subway Sculpture

I'm staying in New Jersey for a couple of weeks (still a week to go), doing some work with a long-time client. Not an amazing amount to do around here in the evenings, though, so last night I went into Manhattan to catch up with Luis and Krissa for dinner.

For those keeping score at home, we ate at the small and very crowded Caracas Arepa Bar. Very good food for a nice price. Recommended (particularly, the Quesillo for dessert).

However, none of that is the point. The point of this entry is my random comment on the way back about some pretty cool sculptures — like this and this — in the metro station at 8th avenue and 14th street. Luis mentioned there was a book on subway art and it occurred to me today that there might also be a website. Everything has a website, after all.

Sure enough, paydirt! I love what people do in this area of creativity. Some of these pictures look familiar and I've no doubt seen them in trips around the NYC metro. Others are making me think I may need to visit particular stations just to check out the art.

Topics: art, travel/New York