Gap "Art of Blue" Global Art Project featuring art by Roman Grandinetti and CNNCTD+ on Kenmere St., 8/23
Numbers rule our lives. From birthdays to bills, life revolves around how much, how little, what date and what time. Surrounded by an invisible pool of whole, partial and fractional numbers, Roman Grandinetti and CNNCTD+ blankets the outside of 19 Kenmere St. (at Bowery) with bold white western numerals. Referring to the design, Grandinetti expresses, "I injected how downtown is becoming a tad more organized and a little more fine-tuned with numbers. Saint Laurent is now downtown. Balenciaga is now downtown. The newcomers are kind of making it streamlined.[source]" Amidst the stream of NYC phone numbers recognizing Grandinetti's favorite downtown digs, can you find where Gap's signature '1969' is hidden?
"Yellow" in the Red, Yellow and Blue installation by Orly Genger at Madison Square Park (photo credit: my Honey took this one!)
It isn't every day that 1.4 million feet of hand-crocheted lobster-fishing rope covers 4,500 square feet of public park. Stacked in neat rows, shaped and segregated into 3 separate sections of Madison Square Park, 100,000 pounds of crocheted creativity curves in bold outpourings of color at the hands of Orly Genger (and a couple assistants). On a mission to de-stress outdoors, I grab the camera and my honey for a walk uptown--what a perfect opportunity to test out the partial color setting on the camera (Fujifilm X100s)! The option allows the camera to filter out all colors except one of your choosing (no photoshop necessary!). What do you think of the effect?
A fun color that highlights the best of each season, Monaco blue brings alive the icy cold of winter, clothes the sprouting bluebonnets of spring, pays homage to the ceremonial skies of summer and adorns the birthstones of babies born during fall. Almost a misfit between baby blue and navy, this vibrant hue is perfectly paired with a winter white or a bold black. Try it out, take a picture and post it to www.facebook.com/stylecurated ...Show off your style!
