“I’d asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, ‘Well, what do you love most?’ That’s how I started painting money.”
New Yorkers love to adopt people (especially, but not exclusively, non-native NYers) as representative of the city, or part of the city or a subset of the city. John Lennon, Tito Puente, Duke Ellington, Truman Capote, even Jenny from the mythical block (last time she went “home” – unknown). Currently the most fetishized is clearly…
Not usually a fan of sun streaks and light flares but I think it works with Andy…xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I wanted to alert you to a project a fellow NYer will be doing in May. Nothing too exciting or strenuous really, just an 8 day run from the source of The Hudson River at Lake Tear of The Clouds to The Battery in New York City.
Trail Todd - read all about it here.
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“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”
Quotes – Andy Warhol
February 14th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Love the sun streaks on Andy and the street scene with the hearts! Sounds like a great project…look forward to trailing along!
February 15th, 2012 at 6:58 am
I am looking forward to Todd’s progress as well.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
interesting stuff … great shot of the the Andy monument ..
February 15th, 2012 at 6:57 am
Thanks…It is amazing how the weather changes the look of it. Cloudy days it is a completely different statue.
February 14th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Love the shiny Andy!
February 15th, 2012 at 6:56 am
I wonder if he would?
February 14th, 2012 at 9:40 am
Wow, thanks for the shout out, Robert.
Hopefully it will get some of your readers interested (and perhaps even involved) in the project.
February 15th, 2012 at 6:56 am
I hope so too. You will see yourself in here again as you get closer to the run!
February 15th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Am grateful for your support, Robert. And as I think about it, for 8 days in May, I will have my very own Quotidian Hudson River thing going.