![“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
Title: We Got You Man
Food and alcohol remnants, concrete and tiles.
This accidental masterpiece was created by a Williamsburg hipster after a multiple rounds of PBRs just hours after his 21st birthday.
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Title: Of Mice and Men (Subway Edition), 1904
This live installation captures the essence of the daily NY hustle in a literal rat race. Live cockroaches were used to add further political commentary to the piece.
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Title: Stairway to Heaven, 1904
At the turn of the century, the MTA installed these analog climbing structures to empower New Yorkers without access to gym memberships or personal trainers. These architectural pieces also helped because there weren't elevators yet.
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Title: Concrete Jungle Dreams of Bubble Gum
Inspired by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, these black organic shapes coated with saliva were transformed into an everyday creative masterpiece when spat on the floor. .
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Title: What Dreams Are Made Of, 1904
This pillar represents a piece of live collaborative art, and has been slowly created over 114 years with hundreds of layers of paints, graffiti and New Yorkers’ bodily secretions.
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Title: Untitled / Butt Pattern, 1900s
As a political statement on transit and the concept of rest, millions of New Yorkers collaborated over a period of decades to meticulously create these unique patterns using only their posteriors.
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![“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
Title: We Got You Man
This accidental masterpiece was created by a Williamsburg hipster after a multiple rounds of PBRs just hours after his 21st birthday.
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#mtamuseum #mta #modernart #newyorksubway #newyorker #nyc #newyork #bedfordave #installationart #artist #artmuseum #masterpiece #art #history #ny #subway #station #hipster #brooklyn #williamsburg #mtasubway #commuter #cool #moma #metropolitanmuseumofart #whitneymuseum #brooklynmuseum #momaps1 #guggenheim #artwork](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/e4dacdc51fa700a6524ad6d71821cc16/elements/54f01c8815df95448146569009b0673e/xl/59d98a3f-3c7b-488f-83fb-a039895276fe_2x.jpg)
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The MTA Museum—not to be confused with the New York Transit Museum—is a funny Instagram account that places placards and picture frames up on random elements in New York City subway stations, transforming them into art installations. Check out the photos above, then follow @mtamuseum for more installations as they are released.
h/t Laughing Squid
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