txt from: ART/ARCHITECTURE; Museum With (Only) Walls
THERE's a world-class museum on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City that's free, that's open 24/7 and that shows the top artists in their field. It has hundreds of artworks, most of them huge: murals with allegorical tales of good and evil, modern takes on Rembrandt, variations on and homages to grunge comix and the golden age of Mad magazine. The art is constantly changing, the staff is paid nothing and anyone can show there. Almost every artist uses a nom de plume. The best view is from the elevated No. 7 train. It's not the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center but the blocklong establishment across the street -- 5 Pointz: The Institute of Higher Burnin'. 5 Pointz (the name signifies the five boroughs) is New York's hub for the high aerosol -- or spray-can -- art. The outside walls, the rooftops and especially the loading dock, not to mention the indoor halls and air shafts or the trucks parked outside, are its Technicolor showcase.
img from: wallyg - NYC - Queens - LIC: 5 Pointz - on flickr
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video from: THE 5 POINTZ GRAF ART MOVEMENT BY DAN ROVERSI [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJOPIEj1yjo]