In the middle of Times Square, between digital billboards, flash lights and walls --to-
Consumerism on the wall is a relic of the pastT Sq. Newsstand.
Led by artist Kimou "Grotesk" Meyer with victory magazine, Juxtapoz magazine and other visual artist T Square.
The newsstand is an art installation that reflects nostalgia for the almost forgotten visual landscape of the 90 s former City of New York.
The installation is a full-featured newsstand with access from well-
Famous graffiti artist
Meyer commented that the idea was to "bring some culture to Times Square" and "ask questions and conversations between people ".
Meyer went on to explain that he grew up in Switzerland and that on his tenth birthday his father gave him two gifts: a book by photographer Henry charphant
New York graffiti photographer and Union
Producer of the film "fashion War)
And a book about New York City architecture.
These new visual influences have a significant impact on Meyer's artistic aesthetics.
Meyer came to the United States in 1999 and recalled: "When I came here, everything was over, and I was more like a visual fantasy of New York that I wanted to see, the newspaper stand is the last real estate . . . . . . There is this gray.
Meyer and guest artists will go from 4-
Show art, sell print and interact with the community. The T Sq.
The newsstand will run through October 18, between 44 and 45 streets of Broadway Square.