Last Saturday, the non-profit arts organization Art in General was host to Underground Up, a fall benefit party in an old firehouse on Lafayette Street. Artists Cake, Chris Stain and Cern were invited to create site-specific murals, the catch being they only had a few hours Saturday afternoon before the party to put up their work. It's a good thing they know a thing or two about painting under pressure...

Cake was kind enough to invite me into the space on Monday, shortly before the pieces were painted over. [Heads up: I'll have a full interview and studio visit with Cake coming soon!]

Cake

Chris Stain

Cern/YMI

Labels: art in general, cake, cern, Chris Stain

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm just one cat shy of being a crazy cat lady (for the record, I have two). While I encourage everyone to do their part to help bring down NYC's feral cat population, these street cats do just fine on their own:


Cern/Ymi


Unknown


C215


Elbow-Toe


Cycle

Labels: c215, cats, cern, cycle, elbow-toe, graffiti, street art