Monday, January 13, 2014

At Hanksy's 'Surplus Candy' art show in an abandoned East Village tenement



This past Friday night, street artist Hanksy hosted a kinda secret show for a few hours inside an abandoned East Village building. (There was a show here as well back on Dec. 20. Someone connected with this also asked us not to divulge the location. But if you really want to know you can figure it out easily enough.)

We stopped by for a look. (Gothamist has more photos and video from the night… as well as info on the other artists involved.)























A sequel here is possible, though, as Gothamist notes, Hanksy is now out of town. The empty building is apparently due for either a demo or gut renovation … there aren't any plans on file yet with the Department of Buildings.

Updated:
Hugh Burckhardt has a lot more photos from Friday night at his blog More Than Usual.

Also, Bucky Turco and Marina Galperina from Animal NY have a recap in Metro today.
at

10 comments:

  1. BTJanuary 13, 2014 at 8:35 AM

    I think I now know who is drawing the penis-es (Penii?) in the snow on all the cars.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ken from Ken's KitchenJanuary 13, 2014 at 8:58 AM

    Stairway to Kevin made me laugh. This show's reminiscent of 1979's “Real Estate Show” in an abandoned LES storefront and David Wojnarowicz's shows in abandoned piers in the 1980s. Outstanding.

    ReplyDelete
  3. GojiraJanuary 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM

    That building looks ripe for rehab by people who would be respectful of its architecture rather than ripping it down to the brick and installing the standard shiny crappy interior. If only.

    ReplyDelete
  4. nygrumpJanuary 13, 2014 at 9:32 AM

    the bar is pretty low these days, huh?

    ReplyDelete
  5. DrGeckoJanuary 13, 2014 at 9:51 AM

    @BT: pluraliter "penis" est "penes."

    If you have much occasion to use the plural, you are lucky.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 10:00 AM

    It's "peni", no?

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2014 at 10:16 AM

    Yeah except Real Estate Show and Times Square Show were actually good. Really good.

    This….? wow. I don't have words.

    ReplyDelete
  8. MakeoutJanuary 13, 2014 at 12:37 PM

    Keep it simple people- just say "dicks". Or "cocks".

    ReplyDelete
  9. Ken from Ken's KitchenJanuary 13, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    Hi 10:16 AM. If you got to the EVG's update link, you'll get a better idea of what this show's about. It's not just dicks.

    http://m0rethanusual.blogspot.com/2014/01/suplus-candy.html

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2014 at 9:43 PM

    I lulzed at the David Bowie-ner.;)

    ReplyDelete

Your remarks and lively debates are welcome, whether supportive or critical of the views herein. Your articulate, well-informed remarks that are relevant to an article are welcome.

However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. Facts are helpful.

If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. Also, comments predicting when a new business will close ("I give it six weeks") will not be approved.