The Miraculous
The Miraculous: New York
41. (322 Seventh Avenue)
By Raphael RubinsteinSince discovering her allergy to oil paint an artist is driven to experiment with all manner of alternatives.
The Miraculous: New York
42. (5 West 21st Street)
By Raphael RubinsteinA painter recently arrived from San Francisco where he socialized far more with poets than with other artists moves into a 4th-floor walk-up near the Flatiron Building. There he begins to build up areas of his abstract paintings with thick clumps of color.
The Miraculous: New York
43. (407 Greenwich Street, 105 Hudson Street, 260 Elizabeth Street)
By Raphael RubinsteinThe year is 1978 and two young New York artists (one British, the other American) are supporting themselves by doing construction work.
The Miraculous: New York
44. (Washington Market, Lower East Side)
By Raphael RubinsteinAfter stints as the staff photographer for SNCC and riding with a midwest motorcycle club, a young photo-journalist finds himself back in his native New York City where he learns of plans to demolish some 60 blocks of historic buildings, many of them dating back to the Civil War and before.
The Miraculous: New York
45. (568 Broadway, Hoboken)
By Raphael RubinsteinFor her second solo show at this SoHo gallery (the first consisted of nothing more than 29 pieces of detritus she had collected near her studio in Hoboken), an artist introduces not a single object into the space, which has recently been expanded and renovated by a world-famous architect known for his subtle touch.
