This year’s installation in the promenade features a surreal group of rectangular glass blocks with what appear to be colorful, life-size dancers trapped inside — part of a series that the featured artist, Dustin Yellin, calls “Psychogeographies.” Closer inspection reveals that each block is made up of more than two dozen thin panels of glass, with the layers decorated with paint or drawings or collages and then glued together. Viewed from the front or back, they form striking three-dimensional figures; from the side, the images seem to disappear. Read the full article at https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-applies-a-surreal-touch-to-build-audiences.html?searchResultPosition=2

“Life is not merely what it seems to be. Hidden from our eyes by the cloak of materiality is a wonderful world which only the eyes of the dreamer can see and the soul of the mystic comprehend.” Read the full article at https://brooklynrail.org/2022/06/in-memoriam/A-Tribute-to-Lance-De-Los-Reyes

The New York-based artist Lance De Los Reyes has died, aged 44. The artist, who used the moniker Rambo, was best-known for his graffiti depicting upside-down crowns, a tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat, and the cryptic poems he painted on billboards and buildings across New York City. More recently in his practice, the artist had focused on large-scale abstract paintings. Read the full article at https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/08/lance-de-los-reyes-graffiti-artist-known-as-rambo-has-died-aged-44

The artists in question are Malik Roberts, Paul Insect and Stickymonger, who will, each in their own fashion, commemorate the legacy of Bast, the fourth of the 4. Bast was best known for his collage art that portrayed mutated characters and scenes.   Read the full article at http://www.somewhere-magazine.com/nycs-allouche-gallerys-star-studded-4-in-la-pop-up-group-show-commemorates-late-artist-bast/