It's been a busy month for Italian artist, Blu, who put in some stellar work at this year's Fame Festival in Grottaglie, Italy. An artist who consistently impresses in both the scale and content of his pieces, Blu shifted gears to paint his first US mural on the exterior of Deitch Projects' Long Island City gallery. Yesterday I caught the artist putting some finishing touches on his latest masterpiece, working under a plastic tarp to escape the rain. This sunny mural - a commentary on the state of the US economy? or on the intersection between art and commerce? - is a welcome shot of color on the otherwise bleak East River waterfront.

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