Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The 13th Step is a work of art



Several readers have noted that this man with the easel has been painting a still life of The 13th Step on Second Avenue near East Ninth Street …



8 comments:

  1. “Ugly is the new beautiful”

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/ugly-is-the-new-beautiful-from-aesthetic-monstrosity-to-design-masterpiece-8219717.html

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  2. I hope the final daubs of paint are a red circle with a slash through it directly over the image of the bar.

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  3. I hope he wipes it with a sweaty arm pit when he's through to capture the bar's true essence.

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  4. Why, why, why?

    - East Villager

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  5. Believe it or not, this recently transplanted "bro" is only 20 years old. All those late nights at the bar have taken their toll.

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  6. To anon at 1:44, This is NOT DeBlasio's New York!!! I don't like DeBlasio all that much myself, that being said, this is thanks too Bloomburg.

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  7. I saw this guy painting outside of McSorley's the day of the Halloween dog parade in October. Must be a series of EV bars he's working on?

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