Photo by myself in Washington Square Park.
The artist Joe Mangrum was in his element last weekend, in Washington Square Park. He had a small audience while working.
Joe creates original spontaneous artwork, using colored chalk dust. Basically, he takes a fistful of dust and sprinkles it on the ground, to make these fantastic, swirling patterns.
I saw Joe in Union Square in January, working on a large design and surrounded by onlookers. He has since published a book with his work, called Painting New York with Sand.
Related posts: Village People, in Sheridan Square, On Public Art and Other Freebies and Street Art, Soho.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sand Artist, in Washington Square Park
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8 comments:
belle decouverte, j'aime beaucoup l'art des rues et NYC est la ville pour cet art
belle le tue foto /your photos are nice. p.s. my english is ...beacth!!! :-)
What a stunning creation, and a lovely photograph. Have you ever seen Buddhist monks taking three days or more to create a sacred madala from coloured sand, only to destroy their creation on the final day? EXTRAORDINARY. If you've a spare ten minutes have a look at this YouTube video of such an event in Chichester, UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSLU9PiXgRk
I have seen this being done, it is incredible to see:)
I just saw him in Union Square! He definitely brightened up people's moods with his work.
urban cowboy psychedelia
Agree again, that this strongly reminds of a Mandala. Last seen about a decade ago, thank you for the memories.
May the wind continue to bring nice colours to you.
daily athens
I admire these artists, so like the Buddhist monks who create mandalas, then destroy them....impermanence. I imagine the wind carries this fellow's off.
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