New York Gritty Is Dying street installation series were installed in four neighborhoods undergoing rapid gentrification and made with found objects from the street, recycled objects from the studio, and low cost material found in 99 cent stores. By aesthetically mirroring and humanizing buildings of the neighborhood, a meditation on the raw beauty of New York City streets responds to transformations and its effect on the community. By glorifying the rawness of humans, this is a means of emphasizing what residential structures manifest, the backbone of this city: it’s working class people of color.
Photographs by Lina Reyes
Photographs by Lina Reyes
Lower East Side, October, 2016
Plastic bags, paper, newspaper (NY Times), hair, latex, chicken wire, coffee grounds, thread, straws, cardboard, muslin, paint, wires
Plastic bags, paper, newspaper (NY Times), hair, latex, chicken wire, coffee grounds, thread, straws, cardboard, muslin, paint, wires
Bed-stuy, November, 2016
Plastic bags, hair, jeans, muslin, thread, pizza boxes, cork, cardboard, garbage bags, paint, latex, "Wet Paint" sign, rocks
Plastic bags, hair, jeans, muslin, thread, pizza boxes, cork, cardboard, garbage bags, paint, latex, "Wet Paint" sign, rocks
Ridgewood, December, 2016
Paint, plastic drop cloth, thread, foam, cardboard, muslin
Paint, plastic drop cloth, thread, foam, cardboard, muslin
Harlem, December, 2016
Plastic bags, muslin, cardboard, foam, NYC Subway maps, wooden sticks, aluminum foil, drawing paper
Plastic bags, muslin, cardboard, foam, NYC Subway maps, wooden sticks, aluminum foil, drawing paper
