NORA GRIFFIN




1999 NYC Tees at Fierman Gallery, 19  Pike St, NY, NY 10002
July 2023

Press Release  

“As a child living in Downtown NYC from the late 1980s to 2001, I would see art being made, sold, and worn on the streets. The boundaries between what was being marketed as tourist swag and what was street art/fashion was blurred in those days: carnival like street fairs, sprawling vintage markets, and street art (before its reification into high art) were all in the mix of a distinctly urban visual celebration. The ubiquitous image of the twin towers, seen everyday by people who lived downtown as complex totems of wealth (but also as pleasing pillars of geometry) were featured as subjects in many artists’ work of the day. The goal with this tee shirt project is to bring the past—the emotional past of a New York City that has changed many times over—into the future, with a joyful, colorful burst of energetic marks and patterns that bear similarity to my paintings.”


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