tags: West 34th street Penn Station subway art, Circus of Garden Delights, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
This is the first image from this particular subway station.
Circus of Garden Delights.
West 34th Street/Penn Station Subway tile mosaic art #1
as seen from its right side at NYC's West 34th Street stop at 8th Avenue 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 West 86th Street (1 train), 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].
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This so much reminds me of the Michelle Shocked song about the tagger.
I had no idea there was art like this on the New York Metro - er, subway! Too cool.
Thanks so much for sharing it with us.