| Art Show In Chinatown
Storefront Named for Shipping
Container Features Urban Mosaics
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
CHINATOWN,
Jan 14 -- As the
number of art galleries
multiply in NYC's Chinatown,
particularly on Henry Street,
on the evening of January 14 a
crowd gathered in front of the
Post Times' narrow storefront.
Inside
were mosaic works by Elberto
"Sluto" Muller, a show
entitled Inter Modal 53 (named
against the shipping
containers in which what
remains of world trade
travels).
One mosaic
appeared to incorporate a
tire, with a frog head on top
and legs below. Another was a
girl blowing a bubble. Some
incorporated photographs.
The
reviews of the crowd were
generally positive. Outside, a
man collected cans in two
large plastic bags. Inside,
cans of La Croix and Budweiser
piled up. The night and the
crowd was young.
Inner City
Press, its Downtown News
Service, will have more
reviews.
Previous: October
25, 2025 – In a laundromat a
few doors down from an NYPD
precinct there is an art show
that you might miss even as
you look at it.
On the
beige walls of the JJ Cleaners
& Laundromat there are a
dozen or so canvases, the same
beige color at the walls.
If you look at
them closely, shapes emerge. A
car and a truck; a stream of
traffic. A bus, or a bench:
it's hard to tell, and harder
still to get closer to see, as
this painting is over a
washer-drier. The
smaller painters have lines,
like the flags of Scandinavian
countries.
There is a
visitors' sign-in book, with
three signatures. The show,
"SERVICE" by Gloria Maximo,
sponsored by Desnivel, has
been here for five days. So
you add a one-line review -
"These works fit in so well
here! - and this one, scarcely
longer.
Out
on First Avenue the
gentrification and
commodification continue, with
two separate film shoots each
with their own Haddad food /
craft trucks.
On St. Mark's
Place there is a Japanese
mini-mart and maybe, somewhere
in here, the drug rehab that's
often cited to keep people on
probation from being remanded.
Years ago, the author
displayed work in something
called the Food Stamp Gallery.
Now reviewing this show in a
laundromat. Some things never
change.
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