Urban Art - Chinatown, New York City
by Dora Sofia Caputo
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Urban Art - Chinatown, New York City
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Dora Sofia Caputo
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Photograph - Photographs
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Urban Art - Chinatown, NYC - Photograph by Dora Sofia Caputo
In the 20th century Doyers Street was stained red. Chinatown gangs regularly battled around the Manhattan alley. The narrow dogleg, running from Pell Street to the Bowery, was so violent, it earned the nickname: the Bloody Angle.
Now, a century later, a Chinese artist has turned the 200-foot stretch of asphalt into a mural. Chen Dongfan created the work , called "The Song of Dragon and Flowers", through the Department of Transportation's seasonal street program, which creates art-filed spaces for pedestrians.
"The portrait is of the past and the present of Doyers Street,"Mr. Chen, who speaks Mandarin, said through an interpreter. "When I paint a person's portrait, I use the brush stroke to capture the internal spirit of the person. So as I was painting a portrait of the whole street, I wondered if I could capture the spirit of the street and Chinatown within my strokes".
(From an article in the New York Times)
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This image won Second Place in the Street in New York Paris London Contest. -
November 2021
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Third place winner in the Chinese New Year Contest - January 2023.
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #26 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Dora Sofia Caputo replied:
Thanks so very much Christpher for your kind message. So pleased to know that this image has been nominaed for a Special Feature in your great Group.
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thank you so very much Diana Mary for nominating this image for a special feature on the 1000 Vieiws Group. I truly appreciate your kind support.
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this marvelous street scene capture for special feature on the 1000 view group... fav/like/f
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thanks so very much Jasna for your kind comment and nomination of this image for special feature in 1000 Views Group.
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thanks ever so much Michael for featuring this image in your great Group 1000 to 1999 Views. I so appreciate your kind support.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Dora Sofia Caputo replied:
Thanks so very much Christopher for the feature in your great Group 1000 Views on 1 Image. I truly appreciate your kind support.
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thank you Lorena for the feature in your great Group At for the Cafe and Restaurant..
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thank you Nancy for your kind comments and feature in your great Group Art For Passion - Passion For Art.
Nancy Carol Photography
Congratulations! .... and thank you, your wonderful work of art has been presented on the HomePage in the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you can archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs .... Nancy
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