Near 125th subway station (A/B/C) there is a mosaic mural. Original artwork done by Louis Del Sarte and made into a mosaics by Franz Mayer of Munich, 2005. After it was vandalized, it was restored in 2018. It’s a lively scene with musicians and dancers enjoying themselves. Vibrant. Alive.
below: The corner of 125th (also Martin Luther King Blvd) and Frederick Douglas Blvd.
The pictures on this page are all of paste-ups from artist SOBR‘s project, “It’s Time to Dance”. They feature life size images of people dancing, alone, in couples, or in groups along with a lot of glitter. There pictures were taken in August 2018 at which point the paper had been on the wall for a few months.
below: They share the wall space with a lot of other pasteups such as this chicken – dancing with the chicken? Or maybe not because this chicken seems to have lost her head.
below: Party time!
below: The young girl in pink and purple is a paste up by TONA
below: Even the little green guy is dancing but I doubt that it’s because of happiness. His pockets are empty and he’s precariously balanced on a Euro.
I am not sure what they’re really called, or even if they actually have names. I saw these glittery confetti women dancing on a number of walls in Paris last spring. They are part of a series called ‘It’s time to dance’ by French street artist SOBR.
Is she still dancing on the walls?
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