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

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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

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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

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