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New Street Art, Courtesy DOT and Shopping Carts
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John Del Signore
Published Jun 15, 2010
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In case anyone's curious about this new Brooklyn street art (filled with broken glass!) at Jay Street and Prospect, here's the explanation: It's called Asphalt Tattoo, and it is the work of landscape architect Paula Meijerink. She installed it over the weekend as part of the DOT's pARTners program, in which local artists "enliven the streetscape" with temporary installations at plazas, triangles, jersey barriers, and other public spaces. The tattoo is only temporary, however; it'll be there for about a year, and hopefully the DOT cones will keep people from driving over it.
Click on the images for another example of DOT pARTners work, plus a completely non-DOT piece by Gabriel Specter on Graham Avenue and Meeker, under the BQE. And be sure to share your armchair art criticisms in the comments!
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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