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Urban Montage Charlene Weisler
Photography
Urban Montage
The transitory, impermanent nature of street art arguably stands as this generation's art movement. Steeped in tradition of portraiture, landscape, collage and abstract expressionism, urban montage street art is, in fact, more than the sum of its historical parts. Street art has a limited lifespan and, more frequently, shortly after creation, changes or is totally destroyed.
This series of photographs chronicles the ever-changing urban landscape and reflects the transience and impermanence of New York City!s street art. Concentrating on the evolving nature of layered graffiti, Weisler!s art captures a timeline of competing efforts and messages. The result is a rich compendium of texture, color and form that juxtaposes energy with urban decay. It is a unique expression of environmental art which is made all the more beautiful by time and weather.
Front cover:
Mystery Woman. 2007, Soho NYC and
I Can't Believe It's Not Art. 2007, Soho NYC
All Images Copyright © Charlene Weisler.
Tell Me Magic Stories
2007, Soho NYC
Partial Victory
2008, Soho NYC
Rida Scar
2008, Soho NYC
Stop Smoking
2008, Chelsea NYC
Squid Panic
2008, Soho NYC
Laughing Smurf
2008, Soho NYC
Sorority
2008, Soho NYC
Half Smile
2008, Dumbo Brooklyn
Getting a Handle
2008, Soho NYC
Dance the Dance
2008, Nolita NYC
More Substance Than Most
2007, East Village NYC
Fly Me
2006, Soho NYC
I Heart Audrey
2008, Lower East Side, NYC
Little Girl Blue
2008, Soho NYC
Blue Boy
2007, Soho NYC
Kiss Me
2008, Soho NYC
Purple Heart
2007, Soho NYC
Bathing Beauty 1
2008, Soho NYC
Bathing Beauty 2
2008, Soho NYC
Bathing Beauty 3
2008, Soho NYC
Bathing Beauty 4
2008, Soho NYC
Bee There
2008, Soho NYC
Finding An Eye in a Haystack
2007, Lower East Side NYC
Dwarf Eyes
2006, Soho NYC
Loose Lips
2007, East Village NYC
Spy
2007, Soho NYC
Kermit's Secret
2008, Soho NYC
Blue Fedora
2006, Meatpacking District NYC
"Now It's Wall Street Drunks"
2006, Lower East Side NYC
The Scream
2007, Soho NYC
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Facing Page: Hangover
2006, Soho NYC
Butterfly
2006, Chinatown NYC
Seeing Big Foot
2006, Lower East Side NYC
Two Fingers
2006, East Village NYC
Standpipe
2006, East Village NYC
Eye Chair
2006, Lower East Side NYC
Mailbox Fangs
2006, East Village NYC
Life on a Mailbox
2006, Soho NYC
charleneweisler.com
Ms. Weisler has been chronicling street art since 2005. Her perspectives on the subject have been featured in a video at The Wooster Collective, in The Soho Journal Magazine and in The New York Sun newspaper. In addition to numerous group shows, Ms. Weisler had two solo shows at Bloomingdales Soho. Her first international solo show was in Kyoto, Japan in the summer of 2008. She and her husband live in Greenwich Village.
Above image:
Happy Couple. 2008, Chelsea NYC
Back cover: No Answer. 2007, Soho NYC
Urban Montage
charleneweisler.com
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