Last month, NYC artist Duke Riley made headlines by manning a homemade submarine (see above) in the waters just off of southern Brooklyn. As anyone who followed the story will know, the police took his attempt to float by the Queen Mary none too lightly and promptly escorted him and his plywood sub to the nearest station house. As much of a buzzkill as this may have seemed, I’m told that the NYPD saved Riley the considerable trouble of fishing the sub out of the water himself, no small task considering that the darn thing weighs a ton.
“The Turtle,” as its called, will go on public display at Magnan Emrich in Chelsea in November, but I managed to catch a sneak peek during chashama’s open studios on 57th Street this past weekend. I also got a gander at one of the extensive mosaics (see below) that will accompany the sub at what promises to be one highly-entertaining show.
Other pics from the open studio can be found here.
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