Robert Blodgett working on a mural of his — that covered a window at the Italian restaurant Bar Primi — that was stolen by the U-Haul thieves. (Courtesy Sono Kuwayama)
East Village-based artist Scooter LaForge, working with Hitomi Nakamura and James Rubio, created this Love Power mural on the Bowery between Great Jones and Fourth Street earlier this week. This was part of a larger effort organized by Bowery artist Sono Kuwayama. (Read about it here.) She received permission from store owners to paint on the plywood of the boarded-up businesses along this stretch of the Bowery. She then reached out to some local artists to have them create murals ...
This mural of Emmett Till, by Catt Caulley, with help from Robert Blodgett painting the background, was stolen off the front of the 310 Bowery Bar. (Courtesy Sono Kuwayama)
Catt Caulley working on her Emmett Till painting as Robert Blodgett looks on. Thieves recently stole this work off the front of 310 Bowery Bar. (Courtesy Sono Kuwayama)
In the Press
https://evgrieve.com/2020/06/scooter-laforges-love-power-on-bowery.html
https://brooklynrail.org/2020/07/artseen/Paintings-Boarded-Up
https://thevillagesun.com/thieves-stole-bowery-murals-but-not-their-spirit
https://thevillagesun.com/on-the-bowery-plywood-becomes-a-free-outdoor-gallery
https://evgrieve.com/2020/08/public-art-as-protest-debuts-at-howl.html
https://streetartnyc.org/blog/2020/08/16/bringing-back-bowery-public-art-as-protest-at-howl-happening-and-on-the-streets-on-and-off-the-bowery/