Front Street Gets New Mural

Intersection: Front Street mural

Intersection: Front Street mural

Intersection: Front Street mural

Intersection: Front Street mural

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Dumbo Improvement District (Dumbo BID) installed a new mural “Intersection” by the team of Brooklyn artists Heidy Garay, Mikell Fine Isles and Sam Vernon.

From the Dumbo BID press release: ““Intersection,” a site-specific piece that is part of the pARTners track of NYC DOT’s Urban Art Program, shows lines of seven colors meeting the corrugated vertical lines of the fence behind it. The concept mimics and bends the lines of the fence creating a colorful graphic that symbolizes the constant movement of DUMBO. The design is an abstracted interpretation of intersecting train tracks and the familiar New York City subway map and also references the cross-sections of cultures and people who view it. While the mural was directed by Garay, Isles and Vernon, they were joined by fellow Brooklyn-based artists and friends bring the mural to life from their workshop in Red Hook Studios. To learn more about the mural-making process and the artists, visit intersection-mural.tumblr.com.

“Intersection” is the second mural commissioned by the Dumbo BID. In 2008, the Dumbo BID and the New York City Department of Transportation installed the first mural in the same location, by artist Tattfoo Tan, as part of the DOT’s Temporary Art Program to enliven neighborhoods by working with local artists.

Photo credit: Doneliza Joaquin (on Dumbo BID Facebook page)
Full press release from Dumbo BID (PDF, 1.04MB)

Previously:
{Front Street Mural RFP, 09Jun2010}
{Front St Mural Taken Down, 05Aug2009}
{Dumbo Mural by Tattfoo and PS307 Children on Front Street, 29Feb2008}

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