Surprise art

[redbird]

I was walking home from the A train a little while ago. Glancing toward the water as I walked down Indian Road, I saw an odd red light next to the riverbank. After a moment, I could clearly see that it was several feet above the ground; walking a little further, I saw other colored lights in the same area.

I called cattitude and asked "Did you know the park is full of weird lampshades?" He didn't, so he came down to look.

The park isn't full of weird lampshades: there are seven or eight of them, painted in different colors and patterns: the bright red I'd spotted first; one in rainbow colors with what looked like a watermelon on one side; crescent moons on orange; two different blues, one with EKG-style lines and one with what look like talking triangles. Signs underneath explain that this is part of an "uptown art walk", named the artist (I didn't write down her name or URL, so can't pass them on), and credited various helpful people and groups, including the donor of the lampshades, an Inwood organization, and the Lower Manhattan Arts Council (kind of them).

Comments

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I wish I had a park with strange unexpected lampshades.

[allyson13.livejournal.com]

That is so cool!

During one of my last jobs (well, not really last), we were in a mall and they had a display of masks decorated by local leaders and folks.

It was wonderful!

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I like this better than the cows.