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DAIN: The Eye of the Artist
DAIN, whose work was showing through September at Avant Gallery in New York’s Hudson Yards before moving to Avant’s Miami location in October, is a second generation New York street artist whose practice draws largely on a pair of divergent influences: the chaos and grit of 1980s New York City and the lost urbanity of golden age Hollywood. Commercialism, luxury branding, fashion and urban culture are also part of the mix. But it is the brightly colored, dripping painted circles around one eye of his central subjects that make DAIN’s work at once arresting and instantly recognizable.
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Park Avenue’s Tunnel Vision
The section of the fabled street just below 42nd Street, where Grand Central blocks the road forcing traffic to go around via the Park Avenue viaduct, is among Manhattan’s busiest pedestrian thoroughfares. The perfect place for some art. That’s exactly what Patrons of Park Avenue (POPA) had in mind when they started featuring art installations on the Park Avenue Malls. Yes, even Park Avenue has its underground, quite literally, and this one has a distinct downtown edge to it. Read Scott Orr’s account of what happens under Park Avenue.
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Frank Kozik: An Inspiration Dies
Frank Kozik, the master of sardonic incongruity who designed iconic posters for rock giants like Nirvana and Pearl Jam before becoming a pioneer in the burgeoning world of art toys, died May 7 at 61 leaving a hole in the hearts of the countless artists he inspired worldwide.