Hi all, I haven’t posted in a while… this is a good opportunity to see some fresh things around the city. Check out and enjoy the seminars, exhibitions and street fairs on the weekend of May 4-8:

http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/

The NYC Department of Buildings will be participating and promoting urbancanvas and the cool roof initiative. Fantastic!!! Their stand will be installed in the Bowery right south of the New Museum in the Worms installation.

New City Reader featuring ‘Color Mesh’ is now available online.

Printed copies are available at the New Museum and posted for collective reading downtown Manhattan.

New City Reader is a performance based editorial residency part of the exhibition The Last Newspaper at the New Museum in NYC.

‎’Color Mesh’ feature in NEW CITY READER a temporary newspaper part of the exhibition The Last Newspaper at the NEW MUSEUM in NYC. Printed copies of this week’s issue are available at the museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY 10002. This newspaper is also posted in some public areas downtown Manhattan for collective reading. I will post the link when the newspaper is up online. The story by Alexandra Lange can be found here:

http://observersroom.designobserver.com/alexandralange/entry.html?entry=22848

Hi all,

Jess and I went to the Atlantic Yards site in Brooklyn for a photo shot of the “Color Mesh” installation.  Thanks Jesse for the wonderful images!!!

Photograph by Jesse Ross. © 2010. All rights reserved.

Photograph by Jesse Ross. © 2010. All rights reserved.

Photograph by Jesse Ross. © 2010. All rights reserved.

Photograph by Jesse Ross. © 2010. All rights reserved.

"Color Mesh" by Mauricio Lopez. Installation at Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 446-10
October 27, 2010

MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES WINNING “URBANCANVAS” DESIGNS THAT WILL REVITALIZE CITY’S CONSTRUCTION SITES

Read the complete press release here

Hi Everybody,

I’m very happy to announce that ‘Color Mesh‘, my artwork in collaboration with Jesse, is a winner on the urbancanvas competition.

Today’s printed and online versions of the New York Times have a story announcing the winners and highlighting the first artwork to be printed and installed in a construction site, ‘Color Mesh’. It was installed on Monday October 25th at the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, site to the new stadium.

You can see the NYT story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/design/26arts-MAKINGCONSTR_BRF.html?src=twrhp

Or run to get your printed version which includes a picture of the installation, page C3.

Thank you all for your votes, support and good wishes during the competition process.

The urbancanvas competition was organized by the NYC Department of Buildings, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Mayor’s Fund.

Tengo el gusto de anunciarles que mi obra COLOR MESH ha sido seleccionada como finalista en el concurso urbancanvas en Nueva York. La objeto de la competencia era recibir propuestas de obras que puedan ser imprimidas/pintadas en las barreras de construcción en la ciudad de Nueva York. El jurado seleccionó ocho finalistas y ahora es la oportunidad del público para votar por los favoritos. Las cuatro obras que tengan al final el mayor puntaje seran ganadoras. Por favor visite el sitio web y vote por su favorito (espero que sea COLOR MESH!!!):

http://www.nyc.gov/html/urbancanvas/html/vote/choice.shtml

Por favor vote!!!

Gracias por su voto!!!

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I want to share some good news with all of you. My artwork COLOR MESH has been selected as a finalist for the urbancanvas competition in NYC. The purpose of the competition was to submit proposals for temporary artwork to be printed/painted in construction fences, scaffolding, etc. The juror selected 8 proposals. Then the finalists were approved by the NYC Design Commission. The final step of the process is a public vote (see link below). The four art proposals with the highest score will be winners and become available for use in construction sites throughout the city.

Please take a couple of minutes to visit the urbancanvas site and vote for your favorite (hopefully COLOR MESH!!!)… Voting will end on October 1st at 5:00PM.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/urbancanvas/html/vote/choice.shtml

Please pass along to anyone you’d like… and cast your vote… remember, October 1st is the last day!!!

This competition was organized by the NYC Department of Buildings, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and sponsor by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Mayor’s Fund.

COLOR MESH... cast your vote!!!

Thank you for your support!

Buenas noticias!!! Les cuento que ya está disponible mi sitio web en español. Ahora pueden visitar todas las páginas y encontrar la información de todas las obras y projectos en español. Simplemente hacen clic en el botón ES (español). Al estar allí el botón cambiará a EN (English) para regresar al sitio en inglés. También pueden accederlo usando este vínculo:

http://www.mauriciolopez.info/es/pinturas/index.html

Espero disfruten su visita!

Mauricio