tags: West 34th street Penn Station subway art, Circus of Garden Delights, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
This is the last artwork from this station that I will show you -- tomorrow I will feature a new (to you) subway station!
Circus of Garden Delights.
West 34th Street/Penn Station Subway tile mosaic art #5
as seen at NYC's West 34th Street stop at 8th for the A, C and E trains.
Artist: Eric Fischl, 2001.
According to the artist, this subway station artwork "depicts a commuter being drawn into the bizarre and surprising world of the circus, meeting animals, clowns, acrobats and fire-breathers on his way to work."
I have photographed tile artworks from several NYC subway stations now, so far, all are westside Manhattan subway lines, including Chambers Street (A & C trains), Houston Street (1 train), Pennsylvania "Penn" station (1, 2 & 3 trains) [subway art archives] and, my favorite subway station of all, the American Museum of Natural History station at 81st and Central Park West (B & C trains) [AMNH archives].
Humanities & Social Science
Comments
Thanks, I've really enjoyed this station. But I do want to know why people have thrown rotten tomatoes at this last piece.
Posted by: Bob O'H | July 4, 2008 4:17 AM
The _Alice in Wonderland_ mosaics at 50th Street coming?
(just a guess, you seem to be riding up and down the West Side)
You make me homesick. I've been living upstate for years, but I'm a New Yorker born and bred.
Posted by: Another Kevin | July 4, 2008 8:04 PM