Scott Alger’s Light Photography

New York artist Scott Alger creates photographs using light to make a graffiti-like images. In addition to the resulting pictures, the process and performance of making the images are works of art themselves. This past Wednesday, Scott began his new project, taking neighborhood staff from nearby bars and clubs in the Lower East Side of NY to re-create a picture out of the Rococo era …

Martha Cooper: Os Gemeos Houston Street Mural

Of the coverage about Os Gemeos' new mural on Houston in NYC, the indefatigable For those in New York, checking out Os Gemeos in action is quite the spectacle, with the artists climbing around on ladders, passersby watching and taking photos, as well as the occasional drop-in from such old school painters as Daze or Lee Quiñones. The scene generally goes down from 10am-8pm everyday …

No Longer Empty

No Longer Empty, a new non-profit group of artists and curators, finds unused (or should we say un-leased) storefronts in Manhattan and fills them with temporary art shows. The project revitalizes empty spaces by filling them with art, situates art in the public realm and supports work that touches on the theme of this current economic situation. For an inaugural show, the old bait and …