![]() New York could do so much better with its public art. I guess other people here don’t like them either, because a lot of them got destroyed immediately. Some of them are so atrocious! They showed up overnight a couple months ago. What building or object do you want to redesign every time you see it?Ĭurrently, the biggest eyesore to me are those sculptures on Allen Street between Canal and Delancey. Standing in front of 169 Bar on East Broadway looking west, you see these layers of New York architecture: Chinatown tenement buildings, the Manhattan Bridge, the City Hall area with neoclassical buildings, and the steel-and-glass skyscrapers. I have a brass Zippo lighter that my boyfriend gave me. What do you always have next to your computer? The Met, since it gives me an excuse to also go to Central Park. What New York City museum do you always go back to? They’re all designed slightly differently, which I find interesting. And I found one left behind by a roommate. I bought one when I was in Greece, because I knew of their work and liked the cover, which has decorative figures that are used on pottery. It’s quite random, but I have three copies of Kae Tempest’s poetry book Brand New Ancients. Is there one thing you own multiple versions of? While I was at a restaurant waiting for my check, I was playing with the napkins and made little animal figures. What’s the last thing you made with your hands? He looks like a fun person to smoke a joint with. He doesn’t take himself too seriously and is open about his thoughts and vices. He seems kind of aloof, and there’s something about his chillness that’s quite New York. The first person who comes to mind is Pete Davidson. Which New Yorker would you want to hang out with? I couldn’t believe I got my hands on them. The format and style for each month is different, and he only made 100 copies of each. Each of them is named after a month, but I think he only made them until November. They’re very thin booklets made up of his photographs. I got them from an art bookseller in China soon after Hang died, when there was still some availability of his work, but now it’s impossible to find. I have a few zines by the photographer Ren Hang. What art or artifact are you most surprised you own? ![]() I’m renovating my store right now, and the entire space is silver and gray. There’s something a little mysterious about it. Purple is a color that I find pleasing to look at. At the time, I was hanging out with people in the M.A. ![]() The first paying gig I got in New York was as an on-set photographer for a student film at NYU. What’s the first job you had in New York? He traded the drawing for a month’s sublet in my old apartment. ![]() I don’t have a couch right now, but there’s a piano with a bench in the living area, and hanging above that is a drawing by my friend William Buchina, who is an amazing artist. Occupation: Founder and director of Chop Suey Club ![]()
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