Square Foot Photos; Casey McGlynn

The Square Foot opening was a blast and made even more enjoyable by hanging out with Casey McGlynn, the owner/resident of Project Spaceman Gallery and one of the most prolific artists I've ever met. It's like the guy never stops working but to eat and sleep. I ended up buying a couple of drawings from him that night, which I'll try to shoot and upload soon. Of the five pieces I submitted, my two favorites didn't make the cut, which meant that the bottom three of the order were hung. Oh, well. All of the folks from AWOL Gallery (Toronto) were great and pretty psyched to be in New York. I hope to go up and visit them soon.

Christo & Jean Claude in NYC again?; Louis Lozowick murals

No, they're not at it again, but, by the looks of the 33rd Street main Post Office, you would think this place would be swarming with European tourists taking snaps of the joint.

I was taking snaps inside the building and looking mighty suspicious, too. Couldn't help myself. Turns out that there are two large murals tucked away in the north and south entrances of the building painted by the renowned lithographer, Louis Lozowick (American, b. Ludvinovka, Russia, 1892 - 1973).


Entitled "Manhattan Skyline," the murals, painted on canvas mounted to the walls, soar some 18 feet above NYC's oblivious patrons scurrying to drop off their tax returns, holiday packages and whatnot. Finished in 1935, the bottom of the south entrance mural was practically ruined when some postmaster general in all his infinite wisdom decided that this was the best place to install a large, bronze memorial to the fallen of WWI. I can only imagine what kind of ship, whose plume of smoke rises from behind the memorial, was churning up the harbor toward Manhattan...

See "Art" @ Square Foot IV, Williamsburg

I'll have up to five pieces hanging in the Square Foot IV, Toronto & New York group show being held at Project Spaceman (229 Roebling St, Williamsburg). They're all new ink brush drawings on corrugated cardbord bound with twine, similar to the recent drawings on display here. The details can be found here.