Somewhere in NYC there's an abandoned subway station, "unfinished, unused and undiscovered." Starting in 2009, 103 artists were secretly escorted into the space to create works of art, encompassing installations, paintings, aerosol, murals and more. Each artist was given one full night to work on their piece. At the end of the project, the original entrance to the station was removed.
There is a major feature on the hard-to-locate illegal project in The Sunday Times ; the writer was brought into the space by the show's curators, who go by Workhorse and PAC. They describe part of their manifesto:
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RWK Street Spot got to see the project, and wrote:
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According to LTV Squad, some of the artists who participated include Sane, Swoon, Roa, Mark Jenkins, TrustoCorp, Posterchild. Demer, Jice, F5, Smells, Cash4, and many more.
According to a subway graffiti expert we spoke with, it could be the abandoned station under the South 4th Street stop in Williamsburg, or possibly under the Shell station at Utica Ave. and Fulton Street.
Update: We spoke to a subway stations expert, who wrote: "I agree it looks like IND construction, but I can't tell which it is. I would lean toward South 4th because (1) one piece refers to "the people upstairs" suggesting it's below the open station and (2) that's where the hipsters are."
