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紐約地鐵新生/'Music Under New York' has never been more popular書店。In New York City’s Subway System, There’s Beauty in the Mundane


In New York City’s Subway System, There’s Beauty in the Mundane

“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik Muniz.


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A photo of a close-up portrait of a woman’s face, her lips bright red, wearing a bright purple hat and a black collar with purple flowers, surrounded by black trees against a grayish-white background.
Alex Katz’s portrait of the artist Choichun Leung, one of his “Metropolitan Faces” series from 2019, in the 57th Street F station.Credit...Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; photograph by Etienne Frossard
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A photo of the wall of a subway platform, whose large white tiles display mosaic portraits of four individuals: on the left, a man wearing a red jacket and khaki pants and holding a saxophone; in the center, a shorter man wearing a blue shirt and jeans with suspenders, holding a violin; and on the right, a man and woman holding magazines.
Details from Vik Muniz’s “Perfect Strangers” (2017), in the 72nd Street Station.Credit...Patrick J. Cashin
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A photo of what appears to be the same platform as in the photo above, bearing mosaic portraits of a woman with long dark hair wearing scrubs, with a stethoscope around her neck; and on the right, two men holding hands, one in a flannel shirt and the other in overalls.
“One of the city’s main attractions is its people,” Muniz wrote in his proposal for this project: “diverse, absurdly casual and original.”Credit...Patrick J. Cashin



BBC World Service
Every year, New York's public transport authority holds auditions for subway musicians. It started in 1985, when the NYC subway wasn't exactly a secure place to hang out with your hands on a violin. But now the subways are safer and 'Music Under New York' has never been more popular.
Subway Blues, Out of the Box, Boston Calling - BBC World Service
The best performers in the New York City subway actually audition for...
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