Murdoch's in the House!

Check out the great coverage that we received for the Single Fare event in the Wall Street Journal!

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/

Post Opening ReCap!

The opening was a huge success! We were slammed with people from 4pm until we closed at midnite. A rash of red dots peppered themselves across the wall as the evening wore on and people from all over the city shared a great night of beautiful, tiny art. Thanks so much for coming out and don't forget that we are still open from 12-6 until Wednesday the 12th!

Pictures of the event to come soon!

If You Can Make It Here...

that's right... we made The NY Times today.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/art-of-the-metrocard-unlimited/

Single Fare Video by Peter Drake

Ground Control to Major Kagan

You know you are looking at a Michael Kagan painting when the brush marks pack just as much energy as a space rocket blasting off. In fact, Michael has been working on large scale paintings of space this past year. He’s wielded daringly thick and juicy brushwork into astronauts, rockets, moon buggies and other space hardware. And now, he’s packed the galaxy into seven square inches! No easy feat to pull off, but not as difficult as the first space walk. Come take a ride to the final frontier on Michael’s single fare metro cards this weekend.

See more of Michael Kagan's work at www.michaelkagan.com

Breaker Baker

Andrew Baker made two very nice paintings that we are anxiously waiting for the arrival of in the mail. He also wrote a nice little bit about Single Fare on his blog. Thank you Mr. Baker.

Check it out!

http://breakerbaker.blogspot.com/2010/05/two-guys-seven-square-inches-one-night.html

Christian Johnson

Christian Johnson is a Renaissance man.... he is an accomplished painter, sculptor, draftsman, and print maker, and he also likes to compose some classical music on the piano on the side.

Christian works in a variety of mediums and sizes. For Single Fare he had to go really small. To accomplish this he first created drawings on on his large digital Wacom tablet, he then printed them small enough to fit on the metrocard. Christian then took it a step further and drew on top of the digital prints he made.

Christian says this about the series:

"Since commuting deals with so much repetition, I thought I would work with that and find different ways to make the repetitive seem interesting."

See more of his artwork at www.christianjohnsonart.com

Paging Dr. Rome

Justin Rome is not only a skilled doctor specializing in Ophthalmology... he is also an accomplished photographer. Look for his series of 4 metrocards at Single Fare.

Isabella Garbani

Isabella Garbani sent us a really cool MetroCard. She used an old plastic bag to cover the card and endedup with a great and unusal transparent surface! You have to see it in person to for the full effect, so don't forget to come to the opening!

Jason Bereswill Goes Down

Jason Bereswill sent us this beautiful image of underwater adventure yesterday. Jason loaded his card with five dollars AND left the magnetic swipe uncovered. His one of a kind MetroCard painting is also... (drum roll) a Double Fare!!!! Thanks, Jason!

Hamill In The House

Jane Hamill brought us these slick little paintings this morning...she didn't have to travel far and that is because Jane is our new studio neighbor. See more of Jane's awesome brushwork at www.janelafargehamill.com

She also has a show up right now at J. Cacciola Gallery here in NYC. More info at www.jcacciolagallery.com

MetroSurfing

Debra Goertz is doing a large series of metrocards. Scenes from her travels over the years. Go to her website to see more work www.debragoertz.com

Spring Mushroom

Aaron Holz sent this in from Nebraska. Check out Aaron's work here.

Fresh From The Dropbox

Kady Grant dropped off 4 cards in the dropbox at 224 Grand

PBR Street Gang

A selection from Jean-Pierre Roy's Single Fare Project: PBR Street Gang. Jean-Pierre is painting stills from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now at 6 minute and 45 second intervals for a total of 31 images. See more of his work at www.jean-pierreroy.com