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Bezig met laden... We Own the Night: The Art of the Underbelly Projectdoor Workhorse (Curator), Jiae Kim (Redacteur), John Lee (Redacteur)
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From early 2009 to mid-2010, the Underbelly Project was the world's best-kept urban art secret. This is the only book documenting the project, during which the world's leading urban artists, such as Swoon, Faile, Revok, and Lister, made late-night trips to an abandoned New York City subway station, painting night after night to transform the space into the largest underground art gallery in the world. When curators Workhorse and PAC declared the project finished, there was no opening to show the work. In fact, the space's location remains a secret kept by the MTA, which boarded up the space, making it, like the cave of Lascaux, a time capsule for future generations to discover. The book includes three hundred photographs documenting the project and the participating artists' stories of secret expeditions, ranging from the hilarious to the suspenseful. With texts from artists such as Dan Witz, Elbow Toe, Jeff Soto, Miya Ando, and Ron English, the result is an extraordinary contribution to urban history and the annals of street art. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Why should you get this book? The Underbelly Project, inviting "103 artists over 72 weeks" to contribute their graffiti expertise to an expansive, previously hidden, abandoned underground New York subway station, is inspiring. If a tree falls in the forest ... if an expansive art project is locked up, hidden forever, and seen by almost nobody ... is it art? Yes.
The Underbelly Project is one of those jaw dropping projects that make you proud to be a human. Cool, creative, inspiring. Though the book, honestly, is best described as an average, to above average, art book. The content and pictures are fascinating and worth perusing. The QUALITY of the production, the reproductions of the photographs of the effort, are about average (my desire to see high definition, 3D versions tempers my rave review). Having examined the paperback version, and the hard copy version? Get the hard copy version. I'm not sure if there's a real difference, but this bibliophile thinks there is a difference (I know, I know: anecdote is not evidence).
Let me underscore that which impressed me the most: the text. I wish there were more of it. The artists thoughts, the adventures, problems, accidents while producing this, THAT is the real story to me. Though the reproductions of the images from the project are standard for a coffee table book, the accompanying text exposes the thoughts, and ethos, of the artists engaged in the project. MORE TEXT!
Though the quality of image reproduction is standard, the creativity of the artists still comes through. Let me choose three examples to give you a feel of this book.
1. Page 114. FROM: United States. COMPLETED IN: 4 hours. NOTE: As time went on, mold began to grow on the face of Mark's figure -- it scared the s--t out of us. we heard that a few explorers went in and kept calling out to it from the other side of the tunnel thinking there was actually someone there.
2. Page 142. FROM: United States: COMPLETED IN: 4 hours. NOTE: Aiko attacked the wall like a rabid pitbull. I kept trying to take photos of her, but she moved so quickly that it was nearly impossible to get a photo that wasn't blurry.
3. Pages 184-187. More Rules than Fight Club. "... I served a quiet meal for two. We took a Polaroid picture to capture the event and left it behind on the table, set for two."
This is not the definitive work of public art and graffiti, but it's definitely one that goes in the library of the public art afficionado. It's also one of the most memorable stand-alone works about art, and artists, of which I know. (