We CAME... We SWIPED... We CONQUERED!

The Opening!

4:15 PM-Reuters arrived with camera crew

4:45 PM-a line had formed around the block

5:00 PM-doors swung open and the gallery was packed till 9:00PM...

It was EPIC!

Thank you to all participating Single Fare artists, collectors, and everyone else who helped make the night a huge success.

We CAME... We SWIPED... We CONQUERED!

A special thanks to Jane Lafarge Hamill and Christian Johnson for photographing the evening.

PRESS!

The opening last night was a huge success... more on that later along with a great collection of opening photos. For now here is a list of links with some really great press that Single Fare 2 is receiving. Starting things off is a great video interview on Reuters. The press is still rolling in strong... so expect this list to keep getting longer!

Reuters (video) - http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=197044040&videoChannel=1004

Reuters (article) - http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2011/03/18/heres-the-real-underground-art-movement/

The New York Times - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/revealing-the-soul-of-the-metrocard/?partner=rss&emc=rss

PSFK New York - http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/metrocards-become-a-canvas-for-nyc-art-show.html

THE LO-DOWN - http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2011/03/metro-card-art-round-2-comes-to-sloan-fine-art-gallery.html

The Subway Art Blog - http://subwayartblog.com/2011/03/17/photos-from-single-fare-2/

Animal New York - http://animalnewyork.com/2011/03/metrocard-art-single-fare-2-please-swipe-again/

According to G - http://according2g.com/2011/03/single-fare-2-please-swipe-again-at-sloan-fine-art-nyc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=single-fare-2-please-swipe-again-at-sloan-fine-art-nyc

The Villager - http://www.thevillager.com/villager_409/galleriesoffer.html

The 22 Magazine - http://the22magazine.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/single-fare-2-please-swipe-again/

Christian Johnson Cooks Up Something Special

Christian Johnson is an amazing painter, draftsman, sculptor and also one hell of a printmaker. I was very curious to see which one of his skills he would be using this year in Single Fare 2. For the show Christian made a very special edition of linocuts on metrocards.... they are simply amazing. There will be two sets of 12 in the show. One set will be in the main gallery... so you better get there early if you want one. The second set will also be at the gallery... but we have something a little special planned for those.

What lives under Ryan Scully's bed?

Ryan Scully's bio-morphic landscape paintings have been blowing us away with their scope and beauty for years. For Single Fare 2 he turns off the lights and reveals a new narrative with familiar characters. A night-time gathering of faceless forms or the last thing you see on a long walk on moonless evening? Come find out this Thursday at Sloan Fine Art!


Ryan's gorgeous work can be seen at www.ryanscully.net.

Till The Break of Dawn!

We started at 10am Monday morning and hit it hard! It could not have been done without our awesome installation team! We powered through and hung the last card around 3am... not too bad for a few thousand cards! INSTALLATION COMPLETE!!!

A special thanks to Jason Bereswill, Jane Lafarge Hamill, Jackie Dingle, John Jacobsmeyer, Justin Rome, and the many others for their dedication and super hard work. You guys are great friends and installers... and also amazing participating artists in Single Fare 2!

Stephen Shaheen + 5,000 MetroCards = ?

Find out this Thursday at Single Fare 2 !

Breaker Baker, come in good buddy!

If Andrew Baker paints a felled tree in a forest and no one sees it, is it still a painting? We'll never know because hundreds of people are gonna see his beautiful and mysterious new works next week at Single Fare 2!

Read his blog entry about the process of making the work here at breakerbaker.blogspot.com

Oh Deer!

Oh Deer! Check out Fawna Finn's... I mean Shauna Finn's amazing paintings for Single Fare 2! This is just a sneak peak... Shauna has a few more amazing pieces that you will have to see in person when everything is hung at Sloan Fine Art on March 17th!

see more of Shauna's work at www.shaunafinn.com

Bereswill HANGS TEN!

Surf's up DUDE! Jason Bereswill thrashes and shreds his gnarly brushes and skills to create this bodacious set of wipeout surf scenes! Come see Jason HANG TEN (cards) at Single Fare 2!

Check out more of Jason's paintings at www.tonyshafrazigallery.com

SHARK ATTACK ACK ACK KA KA KAGAN!!!

Alyssa Monks may get Single Fare all wet... but the sea of Single Fare 2 metrocards is not safe my friend...

Cue the music and enter the water at your own risk!

(Link) View more Jaws Sound Clips and Movie Theme Song Sound Clips

30 metrocards by Michael will be on view at Single Fare 2 and these sharks are just the beginning... you can see more of Michael's work at www.michaelkagan.com

Katrina Nails IT!

Katrina Balling is doing metrocards painted entirely with nail polish! They are of Japanese figurines from the 1950's. Expect to see a few of these polished paintings at Single Fare 2... opening next week March 17th!

Katrina also has an amazing jewelry line called Ball and Chain Jewelry check it out here!

The Amazing Alyssa Monks!

Alyssa Monks is everywhere! Below is a painting from The Armory Show this past weekend!

Alyssa painted this trio of mind blowing metrocards for Single Fare 2! The amount of brushwork and paint that Alyssa packed onto these metrocards is completely amazing.

Come check out these truly remarkable paintings on March 17th when Single Fare gets wet!

see more of Alyssa's work on her website here!

My Own Private Wolfenstein

John Jacobsmeyer is kicking ass and taking names... a sneak preview of his epic creation "My Own Private Wolfenstein"!

see more of John's work here!

Big things are made of small packages...

Charis Carmichael Braun, another repeat Single Fare rider, gives a glimpse of an amazing project she was involved in with her Church and the Sure Foundation. Made on over 400 metrocards, the piece was done as part of the Sure Foundation's 10th anniversary. This "Fellowship Mosaic" artwork was created as a celebration of the faith, community, and life of the Sure Foundation.

You can find out more about the project here and here.

She also is mid production on a trio of beautiful metrocards to include in this year's show, pictured below.

Mr. Sherief has an eye for detail!

Abraham Sherief is the master of detail and loves super small brushes. What better way to show off his super slick skills than on a super small canvas... the metrocard. A great and exciting addition to Single Fare 2... these cards will blow your mind when you see them in person.

Check out more of Abraham Sherief's work here.