New wheatpaste art — David Bowie, Madonna and Nile Rogers — spotted next to the mural wall on the Bowery at East Houston yesterday. (What connects the three? Rogers produced Madonna's Like a Virgin and co-produced Let's Dance.)
Here's an up-close look at the art, created by The Postman...
... and here's a sampling of other wheatpaste stickers by the Postman that have been around (spotted on either First Street or Second Street) these past few months...
Nils Rogers pretty much ended my love of David Bowie's music with his producing of "Let's Dance". Bowie apparently wanted a big mainstream hit, a future filling area's and well less in the way of makeup and costume changes. I'm not sure what to make of these East Village branding images, they don't reflect today and seem more like Instagram - selfie bait and without any other purpose. Sorry for being such a cranky person but too many time a week I see tourists making homemade photoshoots in front of the most mundane tags imaginable.
ReplyDeleteI love nils rogers - let’s dance was one of my first 45’s & my entry into Bowie’s earlier (yes better) music- but it’s still a great song!
DeleteThese are great. Love the colors and photo overlays. The old EV had so much of this kind of street art everywhere, it’s nice to see it sprouting up again.
ReplyDeleteDavid Bowie only had two songs in his entire career that made it to #1 in the US: “Fame” and “Let’s Dance.” “Let’s Dance” was his biggest hit ever.
ReplyDeleteI like them, well done. I'd like to see Lou Reed,and Joey Ramone added to the set as well as some lesser known performers like Lux Interior/ Poison Ivy from the Cramps and Wendy O. Williams from the Plasmatics.
ReplyDeleteThe art work is nice but is a direct rip off of the style of Romare Bearden.
ReplyDelete"Sorry for being such a cranky person but too many time a week I see tourists making homemade photoshoots in front of the most mundane tags imaginable."
ReplyDeleteso what? it doesn't impact your life at all. ignore it
Slight resemblance to the work of Bearden, but no one can claim copyright or ownership of a "style" or technique. The Warhol is especially good in the way photo booth images are incorporated into the design.
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