NYC-ARTS

NYC-ARTS Full Episode: November 12, 2020
A visit to Poster House in Chelsea, which celebrates the art and social impact of posters from the 1800’s to the present day; and a tour of the exhibition "Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting," at the National Museum of the American Indian.
TRANSCRIPT
>>> COMING UP ON NYC ARTS, A
VISIT TO POSTER HOUSE IN
CHELSEA WHICH CELEBRATES THE ART
AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF POSTERS
FROM THE 1800s TO THE PRESENT
DAY.
>> YOU SEE THE IMAGE AND
UNDERSTAND IT.
IF A POSTER DOESN'T COMMUNICATE
ITS PURPOSE IN LESS THAN A
SECOND, IT'S FAILED.
>> A LOOK AT THE EXHIBITION
STRETCHING THE CANVAS AT THE
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN
INDIAN.
>> I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST
PAINT IN KINDERGARTEN THAT SAID
TO ME, THIS IS WHAT I'LL BE
DOING THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I REMEMBER BEING SIX YEARS OLD
AND THINKING, I DON'T KNOW.
THIS FEELS -- I'M IN MY ZONE
NOW.
LIGHTNING HIT ME.
THIS IS WHAT I'LL BE DOING THE
REST OF MY LIFE AND I'LL STILL
DOING THIS.
I THINK YOU CAN BE BORN A
PAINTER SOMETIMES.
>> FUNDING FOR NYC ARTS IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY: THE PROGRAM IS
SUPPORTED IN PART BY PUBLIC
FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
MEMBERS OF 13.
NYC ARTS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY
FIRST REPUBLIC BANK.
BLAN
.
>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
NYC ARTS.
ON LOCATION AT THE METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART.
I'M IN THE GRAND SPACE CON
CONTAINING THE TREASURE THAT IS
THE TEMPLE.
IT WAS BUILT AROUND 15 BC.
THE 1965, THE TEMPLE AND ITS
GATEWAY WERE GIFTED BY EGYPT TO
THE UNITED STATES.
AWARDING TO THE MET TWO YEARS
LATER AND INSTALLED HERE IN
1978.
TRANSPORT TO THE MET AND
INSTALLATION WAS DONE WITH GREAT
CARE.
THE SETTING WAS DESIGNED TO
APPROXIMATE THE LIGHTING IN ITS
ORIGINAL LOCATION INCLUDING A
REFLECTING POOL THAT EVOKES THE
NILE.
IT'S ONE OF THE ICONIC AND MOST
BELOVED WORKS OF ART AT THE MET.
THE TEMPLE WAS SAVED AS A RESULT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO
SAVE THE MONUMENTS OF NUBIA.
IN THE EARLY 6'60, THE CAMPAIGN
BROUGHTTOGETHER 60 COUNTRIES.
WITHOUT THIS CARE, THE TEMPLE
WOULD HAVE BEEN FLOODED
PERMANENTLY.
THERE WERE ALSO THE STAGE FOR
DAILY RITUALS THAT WERE IDEALLY
PERFORMED BY THIS PHAROAH BUT IN
FRA BY PRIESTS.
THE DESIGN REPRESENTED A VARIETY
OF RELIGIOUS AND MYTHOLOGICAL
CONCEPTS.
WHEN IMPORTANT ASPECT WAS BASED
ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
TEMPLES AS AN IMAGE OF THE
NATURAL WORLD AS THE EGYPTIANS
KNEW IT.
THESE ARE REPRESENTED BY THE
MANY CARVINGS THAT SEEM TO GROW
FROM THE WATER.
FROM EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITY ON THE
CITY'S UPPER EAST SIDE, WE MAKE
OUR WAY DOWNTOWN TO WEST 23rd
STREET TO VISIT ONE OF
MANHATTAN'S NEWEST MUSEUMS.
POSTER HOUSE WHICH OPENED ITS
DOORS IN JUNE OF 2019 IS THE
FIRST MUSEUM IN THE UNITED
STATES DEVOTED SOLELY TO THE
HEART, HISTORY AND IMPACT OF THE
MEDIA.
THE COLLECTION CONTAINS OVER
10,000 POSTERS SPANNING THE
LATEST 1800s TO THE PRESENT DAY.
OVER 100 COUNTRIES ARE
REPRESENTED.
POSTERS HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT
MEANS OF MASS COMMUNICATION
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN RESPONSE TO
THE PANDEMIC, POSTER HOUSE
PARTNERED WITH PRINT MAGAZINE,
TIME SQUARE ARTS AND FOUR
FREEDOMS TO LAUNCH A CITY WIDE
PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN.
THE PSAs WERE SEEN THROUGHOUT
THE CITY ON NEARLY 1800 DIGITAL
SCREENS AND BILLBOARDS.
CURRENTLY ON VIEW, THE PRESS
POSTER OF PAUL KENNEDY JUNIOR
CHRONICLES THIS DETROIT BASED
PRINTER'S ADVERTISEMENT OF BLACK
BASE IN THE RULE SOUTH.
THE SLEEPING GIANT POSTERS AND
THE CHINESE ECONOMY EXPLORES
ECONOMY THAT'S ECONOMIC
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD
THROUGH POSTER DESIGNS IN WHICH
WESTERN MARKETING IDEAS ARE
TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE VE
VERNACULAR.
IT'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN GRAPHIC
DESIGN HISTORY.
CHIEF CURATOR WILL BE OUR GUIDE
TO THIS UNIQUE EDITION TO NEW
YORK'S ART COMMUNITY.
>> HI.
I'M ANGELINA.
THE FIRST MU SSEUM IN THE UNITE
STATES DEDICATED TO THE ART AND
HISTORY OF POSTER.
IT MARRIES WORD AND IMAGE.
THIS REALLY BEGAN IN THE LATE
1860s WHEN THE FATHER OF THE
POSTER PERFECTED THE ALREADY
EXISTING COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC
PROCESS THAT THAT POSTERS COULD
BE MADE CHEAPLY AND QUICKLY
USING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE
RAINBOW.
POSTERS WERE PRIMARILY TEXT
BASED SO THEY WERE BROAD SIZE.
THAT REQUIRES YOU HAD TO BE
LITERATE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND
THEM.
YOU SEE AN IMAGE AND YOU
UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE
POSTER RIGHT AWAY.
IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT MAKES A
GOOD EFFECTIVE POSTER.
IF A POSTER DOESN'T COMMUNICATE
ITS PURPOSE TO YOU IN LESS THAN
A SECOND, IT'S FAILED.
POSTER HOUSE TYPICALLY HAS TWO
OR THREE EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW AT
ANY TIME IN ADDITION TO OUR
PERMANENT POSTER HISTORY TIME
LINE WHICH YOU CAN SEE BEHIND
ME.
THE BEGINNING OF THIS TIME LINE
STARTS WITH THE FATHER OF THE
POSTER.
BECAUSE THE EARLIEST POSTERS ARE
DONE VIA STONE LITHOGRAPHY.
EVERY POSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE
MADE SEPARATELY.
IT'S A PROGRESSIVE PROOF.
A PRINTER WOULD ONLY MAKE ONE.
IT'S A WAY FOR A PRINTER TO
DETERMINE IF THE DIFFERENT
COLORS SEPARATED THAT LINE UP
AND IF IT PRINTS CLEANLY.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR A
DEPARTMENT STORE.
IT REJECTED IT.
WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL IMAGE.
THE NEXT STOP ON THE POSTER
HISTORY TIMELINE FOCUSED ON THE
FATHER OF MODERN ADVERTISING.
HE PUTS A WOMAN IN A GREEN DRESS
ON A RED HORSE.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
CHOCOLATE.
THIS POSTER IF FOR CHOCOLATE.
THAT WAS THE ENTIRE POINT.
THIS IS FIRST TIME WE SEE A
MASCOT BORN IN ADVERTISING.
PEOPLE WERE SO CAPTIVATED AND IN
STE
STEAD OF ASKING FOR IT BY NAME,
THEY WOULD SAY CAN YOU GIVE ME
THE LADY ON THE RED HORSE.
THAT'S HOW THE BRAND BECAME
MEMORABLE AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT
PARIS.
THE NEXT STOP ON THE TIMELINE
THE THE POSTER FOR COMPARI.
THEY HAVE CREATED HUNDREDS OF
POSTERS.
ALL ARE STAND OUT.
THIS IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE
IT'S ITALIAN ART DECO.
IT COMBINED A WILL THE OF
DIFFERENT STYLES.
YOU'LL GET ELEMENTS OF FUTURISM,
OF CUBISM AND THE ITALIANS LOVED
TO PLAY WITH SHADOW IN DEEP,
RICH COLORS IN THEIR POSTER.
YOU'LL GET A LOT OF THAT IN THIS
DESIGN.
IT'S FOR THE FILM THE LAST
FLIGHT.
POSTER DESIGN IN RUSSIA AT THIS
TIME WAS A HOT BED OF
CREATIVITY.
THESE DESIGNERS RARELY SAW
IMPORTED FILMS BEFORE CREATED
THE POSTERS FOR THEM.
THEY WOULD JUST GET THE TITLE OR
MAYBE A FILM STILL.
VERY MINIMAL INFORMATION.
I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THIS IS
NOT FOR THE MONTAGE.
THE ABILITY TO INSERT A LARGE
PHOTOGRAPH INTO POSTERS WAS NOT
REALLY AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
INSTEAD WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS
PROJECT A FILM STILL ONTO THE
WALL OF THEIR STUDIO AND THEN
TRACE OVER THAT FIGURE.
ALSO, THIS TILE WOULD BE MADE
COMPLETELY ILLEGAL UNDER STALIN.
IT'S SHORT, BEAUTIFUL, IMPORTANT
PERIOD IN HOSTER HISTORY.
AFTER THAT WE LOOK AT THE MID
CENTURY POSTERS OF SWITZERLAND
AND THE INTERNATIONAL
TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE.
THESE ARE AMAZING BECAUSE YOU
GET AN ARRAY OF PRINTING
TECHNIQUES ALL IN ONE POSTER.
AFTER THAT, WE FOCUS ON
PSYCHEDELIC POSTER WHERE WE HAVE
NINE AMAZING EXAMPLES OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT PSYCHEDELIC
POSTER ARTIST FROM 1966 TO 1970.
AN INCREDIBLY SHORT EXPLOSIVE
PERIOD IN POSTER DESIGN.
ALL THESE POSTERS ADVERTISE THE
MAIN VENUES FOR PSYCHEDELIC
MUSIC FOR THAT TIME.
AFTER THAT WE FOCUS ON THE
REMARKABLE CON TRITRIBUTIONS TO
PUBLIC THEATER WHICH IS ALMOST
30 YEARS OF ADVERTISING.
SHE HELPED REDEFINE HOW
ADVERTISING WAS DONE IN NEW
YORK.
MAKING IT AS VIBRANT AND
EXPLOSIVE AS THE THEATER ITSELF.
HE'S MAKING HIS LIVING MAKING
POSTERS TODAY WHICH IS AMAZING.
POSTER HOUSE IS STILL DIRECTING
IMPORTANT POSTERS MADE TODAY.
WE ACTIVELY COLLECT POSTERS FROM
ALL AROUND THE WORLD FROM ALL
MAJOR AND MINOR AD AGENCIES.
PLEASE STOP BY AND SEE THEM.
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NEXT ON OUR PROGRAM WE'LL VISIT
THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN.
IT'S LOCATED DOWNTOWN IN NEW
YORK CITY AT BOWLING GREEN.
THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO
FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING OF
NATIVE PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAS.
STRETCHING THE CANVAS 80 YEARS
OF NATIVE PAINTING.
THERE'S GROUP SHOW OF WORK BY
OVER 30 ARTISTS AND ALL DRAWN
FROM THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT
COLLECTION AND CREATED BETWEEN
1940 TO THE PRESENT DAY.
THE PREMISE OF THE EXHIBITION IS
TO CHALLENGE EXPECTATIONS OF
WHAT CONSTITUTES INDIAN ART.
THE WORKS REFLECT A GREAT
VARIETY OF COLORS, STYLE AND
SUBJECT FROM FLAT, ILLUSTRATIVE
PIECES THAT DEPICT IDEAL IEDS
SCENES TO LARGE ABSTRACT WORK
THAT USES IRONY TO CON FRONT
NATIVE ISSUE.
THE SHOW HINGES ON THE MOMENT
WHEN THESE ARTISTS BROKE THROUGH
TO MODERNISM.
>> I THINK IT WAS THAT FIRST
PAINT ON THESE PRINT IN KINDSER
GARDEN THAT SAID TO ME THIS IS
WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE
REST OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS THAT P.
I REMEMBER BEING SIX YEARS OLD
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND
THINKING, I DON'T KNOW, I'M IN
MY ZONE NOW.
LIGHTNING HIT ME.
THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO BE
DOING THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND
I'M STILL DOING THIS.
I THINK YOU CAN BE BORN A
PAINTER SOMETIMES.
SGR WE BEGIN EXHIBITION
STRETCHING THE CANVAS IN THIS
LARGE SALON SCALED GALLERY WITH
SOME OF OUR OVERSIZED LARGE
PAINTINGS.
THE REASON THERE IS THAT WE FELT
THAT THIS WORK WAS COMPARABLE TO
ANYTHING YOU WOULD SEE AT THE
WHITNEY.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD SEE AT THE
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
WE REALLY WANTED TO PUT SOME OF
OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND INVITE
OTHER MUSEUMS TO IMAGINE THIS
KIND OF WORK IN THEIR GALLERIES.
MAKING PAINTINGS IS NOT SO MUCH
A TRADITIONAL ART FORM.
THERE ARE TRADITIONS OF
PAINTING.
MOST OF THE MODERN PAINTINGS
COMING OUT OF THESE EPISODES IN
THE 19 TEENS.
WHEN YOUNG NATIVE STUDENTS IN
THE SOUTHWEST AND OKLAHOMA WERE
LEARNING THE BASICS OF ART
INSTRUCTION IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOLS ENCOURAGED THIS
AMERICAN INDIAN ART STYLE.
IT WAS THE FLAT ILLUSTRATIVE
STYLE FOCUSED ON NATIVE AMERICAN
SUBJECTS.
THE KIND OF FOUNDATION FROM
WHICH THIS WORK GREW.
FROM THERE WE INVESTIGATE IN A
SUITE OF GALLERIES.
SOME OF THE THEMES THAT INVITED
ARTISTS TO THINK ABOUT.
WE HAVE SMALL GALLERY THAT LOOKS
AT ARTISTS WHO TRAVEL TO NEW
YORK CITY IN THE 19 WHOS AND
1950s AND THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES
MORE AS ARTISTS ON A WORLD
STAGE.
SOME ARTISTS WERE INSPIRED BY
POP ART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE 1960s AND 1970s WHERE THEY
ARE OF SIZED CANVASS AND HOT
COLORS AND MORE PLAYFUL APPROACH
TO NATIVE AMERICAN SUBJECTS.
ONE THING THAT AMERICAN INDIAN
STRUGGLED WITH THROUGHOUT THE
20th CENTURY AND 21st CENTURY
ARE THESE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY
NOT, NOT PART OF MODERN WORLD SO
KP
PEOPLE BAEXPRESSED SURPRISE.
THOSE ARTISTS ARE PART OF THE
CONTEMPORARY WORLD.
THEY ARE PART OF THEIR
TRADITIONAL WORLD AND
COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
AMERICAN CHEROKEE ARTIST IS
CURRENTLY THE EDITOR OF A VERY
INF
INFLUENTIAL ART JOURNAL.
SHE'S ALSO AN ARTIST PAINTER.
>> I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL.
I HAD FELLOW CLASSMATES SAY WHY
WOULD ANYONE GO TO GRAD SCHOOL
FOR PAINTING.
I HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK.
I WAS LIKE WHY IS PAINTING
RELEVANT.
OKAY.
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BEEN PAINTED
FOR LAST 100,000 YEARS.
SO IS DANCINE IING PASSE.
IS SINGING ING PASSE?
I THINK PAINTING IS THE CORE IF
YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT TEXTURE
AND COLOR.
THIS PIECE IN THE SHOW IS FROM
2005.
THE MAIN CHARACTER IS VERY
CONTROVERSIAL MEDICINE MAN.
HE'S SAYING GO OUT INTO THE
WORLD.
THESE WERE USED BY THE ARTISTS
WO WERE PAINTING ON ANIMAL
HIDES.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T GET TO ART
WITH THE CAPITAL A.
YOU PAINT ON RECTANGLE AND IT'S
PAPER, THEN IT'S OKAY.
VERY ABSTRACT, HEFRLY OUTLINED
SNAKE AND EAGLE.
THE FLAT ON THE CORNER IS WHAT I
GREW UP WITH IN OKLAHOMA THAT
MAKE HOME SCHOOL PAINTING STYLE.
IT'S FLAT.
IT'S THE SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPE
THAT I USE ON KIND OF POP
IMAGERY.
WE SEE A LOT OF CONTROL IN
NATIVE ART AND WE DON'T SEE A
LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING LOOSE.
>> I'VE ALWAYS LOVED
ABSTRACTION.
I HAVE PROCLIVITY TO IT.
I WAS DRAWN TO IT BECAUSE THERE
I UNDERSTOOD AS A YOUNG KID YOU
CO
DIDN'T DO CULTURAL IMAGERY.
AS A KID I KNEW I COULDN'T USE
THAT IMAGERY.
I GUESS A GREAT AVENUE OUT WOULD
BE WHAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH IN
WESTERN MODERNISM.
>> I THINK ANOTHER THEME OF THE
SHOW IS THAT PEOPLE BEING
UNCONSTRAINED.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING
OUTSIDE THEIR HERITAGE AND
LOOKING AT THE BROADER WORLD.
WALKING STICK WAS BORN IN NEW
YORK.
SHE'S STILL IN THE NORTHEAST.
SHE IS CHEROKEE BUT SHE USES ANY
KIND OF OVERT CHEROKEE IMAGERY.
SHE'S DEVELOPED HER OWN.
IN THIS SHOW SHE HAS THE
BEAUTIFUL SOUTHWESTERN
LANDSCAPE.
SHE HAS HER OWN STYLE WHERE
SHE'S USING LANDSCAPE.
THIS KIND OF INNER AND OUTER
WORLD.
IT'S A SYMBOLIC WORLD.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I LIVED AT
COLLEGE CAMPUS.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN RUN BY NATIVE
ART DIRECTORS.
IT STARTED IN 1935 AND THEY HAVE
A PIECE BY THE FIRST DIRECTOR.
DICK WEST WAS A DIRECTOR.
IN THE SHOW THERE'S TWO PIECES.
ONE IS IN THE SECTION CALLED
TRAINING GROUND THAT IS
CONSIDERED THE 20th CENTURY
NATIVE WAY TO PAINT WHERE IT'S
HEAVILY OUTLINED AND HEAVILY
CON
CONTOURED.
IN THIS PAINTING IT'S VERY
ABSTRACT.
HE'S PLAYING WITH COLOR.
HE'S PLAYING WITH TEXTURE.
THE FACT HE GAVE HIMSELF
PERMISSION TO EXPERIMENT IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
I THINK THE ART CANNON DOESN'T
REALLY REFLECT HOW FREE SOME OF
THESE ARTISTS WERE.
>> WE THINK ONE OF THE GREAT
STAND OUTS IS JAMES LAVADOR.
WHAT I ENJOY ABOUT HIS WORK AND
I WOULDN'T SAY HE'S ENTIRELY
SELF-TAUGHT BUT HE'S NOT
FOLLOWED.
HE DOESN'T COME OUT AFTER A
UNIVERSITY, STUDIO SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
HE HAS THIS WONDERFUL INSIGHT
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF PAINT AND
ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GEOLOGY.
CREATING A PAINTING YOU'RE
ALMOST MIMICKING GEOLOGICAL
FORCES AND LAYERING.
HE WORKS WITH THE PIGMENTS ON
SURFACE AND MANIPULATES THEM
UNTIL SUGGESTIONS OF LANDSCAPE
BEGIN TO EMERGE.
IF HE'S NOT PAINTING AN IMAGE OF
LANDSCAPE BUT CONSTRUCTING LAND
HIMSELF OUT OF THE PAINT.
TURNS OUT THAT MUSEUMS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE BEGINNING TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR REPRESENTATION
OF AMERICAN ART HISTORY IS
LIMITED AND CONSTRAINED TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE MARK OF
SOME OF THESE ACCOMPLISHED
ARTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
FOR DECADES.
>> I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE
SHOW BECAUSE IT SAYS COME
ATTENTION OR NOT, COME SEP
ACCEPACCEP
ACCEPTANCE OR NOT, WE'RE GOING
TO DO WA WE'RE GOING TO DO.
IT'S PROOF THAT WE ARE PART OF
THE AMERICAN CULTURE EXPERIENCE.
>> NEXT WEEK ON NYC ARTS.
A VISIT IN LONG ISLAND CITY FOR
A LOOK AT THE EXHIBITION MARKING
TIME.
ART IN THE AGE OF MASS
INCARCERATION.
>> ONE OF THE MOST SYMBOLIC AND
LITERAL USE OF PORTRAIT IS TO
OFFER IMPRISONED PEOPLE ANOTHER
REPRESENTATION OF THEMSELVES
OTHER THAN THE MUGSHOT OR THE
PRISON ID, CARD.
IF YOU SEE THE REALLY POWERFUL
IN EXHIBITION WITH MARK SERIES
PERIOD DEFEAT.
HE'S CURRENTLY IN PRISON.
SINCE 2014, HE'S ENGAGED IN THIS
SERIES THAT CONSISTS OF 20
MINUTE SKETCHED OF OTHER
IMPRISONED PEOPLE.
>> AN INSPIRATION OF VIVA
AMERICANA.
MEXICAN MURALISTS REMAKE
AMERICAN ART, 1925, 1945 NOW ON
VIEW AT THE WHITNEY.
>> THE FIRST MURAL WAS MADE IN
CALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE REPLICATED THAT MURAL AT
HALF SCALE.
IT FILLS THE GALLERY WITH THIS
TREMENDOUS FIERY FIGURATIVE
EXPRESSIONIST VOCABULARY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
EVENING.
GOOD NIGHT AND SEE YOU NEXT
TIME.
TO ENJOY MORE SEGMENTS VISIT OUR
WEBSITE AT NYC-ARTS.ORG.
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