The Houston Bowery Wall
The Houston Bowery Wall,also known simply as theBowery Wall,is amuralwall owned by Goldman Properties[1]in theEast VillageandNoHoneighborhoods ofManhattaninNew York City.The concrete wall, onHouston Stand the intersection of theBowery,had been a popular graffiti spot in the early 1980s, when street artistKeith Haringcreated a large mural on it in 1982.[1]The wall was acquired by Goldman Properties in 1984.Tony Goldmanbegan using the wall for advertisements,[2]though they were regularly vandalized. The wall once again become an art spot in 2008, when Goldman gave curatorJeffrey Deitchthe right to commission large murals for the wall, with new pieces added every 6-12 months.
Since 2008, severalstreet artistshave had their works showcased on this famous wall.[3],including:Shepard Fairey,FAILE,Os Gêmeos,Logan Hicks,Kenny Scharf,Aiko Nakagawa,Ron English,TATS CRU,David Floresand his partner Olivia Bevilacqua,[4]and many others.[1][5]The site is often reviewed as a significant part of the New York City art world.[6]
Many artists and institutions have used this famous spot to draw attention to global issues, such as a 2018 installation byJRin collaboration withTimemagazine about guns in America,[7][8]a 2018 piece byBanksyhighlighting the imprisonment of an artist by the Turkish government,[9][10]and a celebration of global culture in 2019 byTomokazu Matsuyma.[11]
In May 2022, the owners of the wall announced an indefinite break from new murals on the wall, due to increased vandalism.[12]
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- ^Halle, Howard."Bowery wall's newest street art mural celebrates global culture in NYC".Time Out New York.RetrievedOctober 21,2020.
- ^Grieve."Checking in on the Bowery mural wall".RetrievedDecember 23,2022.