13 June 2010

New York City Subway tiles

I've gotten into the habit of reading whilst on public transportation.Which is sucky because the most interesting things can appear on the streets, if you have the patience to watch for them. The art editor of Vogue Grace Coddington, gets her inspiration from looking through cab windows on all her business trips. And I'm quite sure her paycheck has a long list of zeros.
I usually do look outside windows. Even on subway rides, when usually the most interesting thing to look at is the scratchings on the walls and the graffiti on the advertisements. Well, I don't know. Manhattan subway rides usually do give some form of entertainment. Musicians, schizo people.....
Actually, there's so much art in the subway stations. Its almost like visiting different galleries while underground; that is, if you change up your route sometimes.
Some of them move like animations when the train rides past the stations, and some are so huge, they look like installations. There are the really old mosaics, from the 1800s, and the shiny, coppery new ones.
Here's a good site to get lost underground in:
(94k, 909x682)<br><b>Country:</b> United States<br><b>City:</b> New York<br><b>System:</b> New York City Transit<br><b>Line:</b> IRT East Side Line<br><b>Location:</b> 77th Street <br><b>Photo by:</b> Robbie Rosenfeld<br><b>Date:</b> 9/2005<br><b>Artwork:</b> <i>4 Seasons Seasoned</i>, Robert Kushner (2004).<br><b>Viewed (this week/total):</b> 3 / 2987
ooh pretty.