Modern Mural: Nina Chanel Abney's LOVE NYC
Cobblestones, street names, and subway lines nod to the history and energy of the surrounding Soho neighborhood. These are interspersed with references to works from the Museum's collection: Salvador Dalí's melting clock draped over a tree, an Andy Warhol–inspired soup can, and Marcel Duchamp's readymade bicycle wheel. In filtering such New York City and modern art icons through her own distinctive visual language, Abney reimagines a set of familiar symbols.
About the artist
Nina Chanel Abney is an American artist, based in New York. She was born in Harvey, Illinois. She is an African American contemporary artist and painter who explores race, gender, pop culture, homophobia, and politics in her work.
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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture…
