Draws His Face Around NYC 4-2-2010, New York – When I take a walk in the city I see a lot of faces. Hardly ever am I encountered with thousands of drawn faces by an artist. Today I found myself stepping over a new face every foot of my walk on Park Avenue in the low 20′s drawn by artist Felix Morelo.
I entered the path of faces at about number 1,860. I knew this because Felix Morelo was kind enough to write the number and his name every 10 faces. Every once in a while he circled an area and designated it a “good luck spot.” Check out the pictures for the good luck spot after face 1,205 and other numerical milestones. Come to think of it I even saw them somewhere else earlier in the day, but was in too much of a hurry filming with Seamus Brown to stop and photograph them.
After the film shoot I hurried over to Cheim and Read for a glorious viewing of Donald Baechler’s most recent work. The work was sexy, refreshing, and bold. Huge layered/collaged paintings and epic bronze metal sculptures. I should probably write another blog post just on that show. Go check it out!
Thanks Felix.
It’s great when you hear about an artist, look them up, and then are totally into the work. I just formally met the late (1930-1999) Lee Lozano via the world wide web. I was particularly interested with this image. I want to thank a kind curator for suggesting I take a look after I showed her some of my recent plug paintings.
Lee Lozano
Untitled
1963
Picture courtesy of artnet.com
