Scouring the urban landscape for visual inspiration is one of artist Ken Brown’s passions. Ken shares his recently discovered treasures here. He has been a legacy contributor to the Laughing Stock image collection since our inception, sharing his visual wit with us as well. (link to Ken’s portfolio)
“Last week, I was biking by a park in the East Village that I have passed for years, but always with the gate locked. That day the gate was slightly open. I wandered in and came across these beautifully aged murals from the late 70’s, early 80’s, a time of considerable strife in the neighborhood, (Tompkins Park riots, squatter standoffs, homeless camps, and the ever present gnawing of gentrification). The artwork reminded me a little of Etruscan painting and I felt like an archeologist making a surprising discovery in a slightly off the path neighborhood in downtown Manhattan.”
The Struggle Continues / La Lucha Continua
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