NY -- NYC -- Public Art: I (heart) Taxi (by Navin Rawanchaikul) @ Madison Square Park:
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- Description of Pictures: On View: May 31, 2001 – Sep 30, 2001
Navin Rawanchaikul, I (heart) Taxi
Navin Rawanchaikul's I (heart) Taxi project includes comic books, taxi tents, benches, and a food stand, all of which depict a collage of stories Rawanchaikul (b.1971, Chiang Mai, Thailand) collected from New York taxi drivers. Building upon his experiences in Chiang Mai, Thailand and in other cities throughout the world, Rawanchaikul uses the taxi as a symbol for the flowing energy of the city's streets and the dynamic connection between the city's different districts and people. He worked with Long Island City-based Checker Cab Company to gather true-life cabby tales, which he transformed into a Manga-style comic book.
The above was from https://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/5640_target_art_in_the_park_2001
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- MSTAXI_010923_01.JPG: This art exhibit was in Washington Square. The park benches, depicting various cityscapes, were covered by taxi canopies.
- MSTAXI_010923_02.JPG: Even the insides of the taxi cab canopies were painted with scenes
- Wikipedia Description: Madison Square
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Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States. The focus of the square is Madison Square Park, a 6.2-acre (2.5-hectare) public park, which is bounded on the east by Madison Avenue (which starts at the park's southeast corner at 23rd Street); on the south by 23rd Street; on the north by 26th Street; and on the west by Fifth Avenue and Broadway as they cross.
The park and the square are at the northern (uptown) end of the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan. The neighborhood to the north and west of the park is NoMad ("NOrth of MADison Square Park") and to the north and east is Rose Hill.
Madison Square is probably best known around the world for providing the name of Madison Square Garden, a sports arena and its successor which were located just northeast of the park for 47 years, until 1925. The current Madison Square Garden, the fourth such building, is not in the area. Notable buildings around Madison Square include the Flatiron Building, the Toy Center, the New York Life Building, the New York Merchandise Mart, the Appellate Division Courthouse, the Met Life Tower, and One Madison Park, a 50-story condominium tower.
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