Saturday, June 29, 2024

This is not a drill! Why you need to see this new mural on 12th and C at night

NYC-based artist Tom Bob is known for incorporating urban objects into his murals.

For the newest work at the 12C Outdoor Gallery on the SW corner of 12th Street and Avenue C, Tom Bob used a light fixture on the building in a piece titled "Jack Hammer Head Lamp."
"His creations expand our imaginations and inspire us to view public spaces with a refreshed perspective and joy,” 12C curator Robert Galinsky told us.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 29, 2024 at 5:48 PM

    Beautiful. But I still don't understand why the Gil Scott-Heron mural was wiped out.

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    1. AnonymousJune 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM

      The building of renovated so the mural went with the renovation. The building is in a unique non-gentrification program where the tenants get to stay at the affordable rate they had before and new tenants will have the same. The curator of the wall decided Gil Scott had its fair share of light and wanted to bring another icon to the wall: Albisu Campos. It’s art. It’s ephemeral. Evanescent. People need to come to terms with that simple and beautiful aspect of art.

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  2. AndyJune 29, 2024 at 6:41 PM

    Definitely livens up the space.

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  3. AnonymousJune 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM

    I live on 12th between A&B and they’ve been jack hammering the 💩 out of these blocks for months!!!

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  4. AnonymousJune 29, 2024 at 8:36 PM

    Excellent!

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  5. AnonymousJune 29, 2024 at 10:14 PM

    Wow! The mural previously was great but as renovation happens it is understandable that it is lost. Great new mural. Thank you for sharing!

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  6. AnonymousJune 29, 2024 at 10:51 PM

    TomBob is a downtown legend.

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  7. noble neolaniJune 30, 2024 at 8:16 AM

    Love it, incorporating the lamp as he did was genius

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  8. AnonymousJune 30, 2024 at 9:37 AM

    @ 8:16 - Totally - absolutely amazing.

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