Ellen Harvey: New York Beautification Project

Between 1999 and 2001, small old-fashioned landscapes painstakingly executed in oil started to appear on graffiti sites across New York City. The paintings were the work of the well-known Brooklyn-based artist Ellen Harvey. Documented in this reprint of the sold-out first edition are both the works themselves and Harvey's diaristic accounts of painting illegally throughout the city. The narrative of her “beautification project” is both provocative and hilarious.
ISBN 9781941366394. Gregory R. Miller & Co.. pb. 100 pages. 80 colour ills. 23 x 30 cm.
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