Another memory that serves me well is encountering DiMauro herself as she installed a piece at the corner of St. Marks and 2nd Avenue, the gravesite of our beloved Gem Spa. She was alert but kind. The work and the sincere display of its process brought people in and that gave the installation a certain communal charm.
Dave Persue Premiers Liminal Space at GR Gallery.
Artist Dave Persue recently debuted Liminal Space at GR Gallery on Bowery. The lively solo exhibition is a perfect balance of graffiti, fine art and merchandising. The intermingling between graffiti writers and the fine arts world has been layered and, at times, polarizing; but, Persue, pronounced Per-sway, seems to know what he is doing. He has found an ideal niche, a perfect …