New York, New York @ Phillips De Pury & Co (Dec 12 auction begins)
PRESS: Saturday Dec. 12th Phillips De Pury & Co. will host another in their new series of Contemporary Art "Theme Sales" and this one's entitled, "NEW YORK, NEW YORK".'Art on the trains' was born some 50 years ago and came of age in the 1970's and 80's, finally becoming recognized and and achieving international status as Contemporary Art only a little more than a decade ago.
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PRESS-CONTINUED: Overwhelming in its capacity to arrest its audience's attention and, immediately recognizable and transferable to viewers, the brash color and consummate graphic designs echo like the roar of the subway cars endlessly careening through the subterranean depths of New York City like shooting stars.The artists who were rebel outlaws painting under threat of arrest and cover of 'wee hour' darkness have matured. Many have become accomplished and successful painters of works gracing the collections of world class museums and corporate walls - components of the living, breathing, known art history.
The emergence of Toy Art exploding onto the world retina has attracted some of the pre-eminent subway tag writers from the 'golden age' to join toy artists in the creation of perfectly faithful scale models of the NY subway trains of this era. COPE 2, GHOST, TKID, EWOKONE and SUCKLORD have created 13 inch hand-painted versions of their masterpieces, some of which heretofore, only survived in photographs. These are original works of art that have found an enduring platform, faithful scale models of the NY subway trains of this era. They are joined by 'Subway Art-ifacts' including the hand-tagged and vibrant, widely collected, authentic NYCTA subway maps of COPE 2 and 'track work' signs of GHOST (stripped from the bowels of NY).
Check out the "NEW YORK NEW YORK" auction catalogue at www.phillipsdepury.com - the toys are in the 'caboose'."
