Untitled
1984
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1984
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This looks like a sketchy blueprint mixed with a real subway wall. The top half is a messy, hand-drawn map with scribbled notes like "black bricks" and "fill in cascade green." There’s also a weird doodle of a building with a hat on it. The bottom half shows a photo of a subway car covered in graffiti—lots of red, blue, and green scribbles, plus a number "1372" on the side. The notes and doodles feel like instructions for something, maybe how to paint or redesign the subway. The graffiti-style art in the photo is wild and colorful, but the sketch above it looks more like a plan than finished art. If you like this mix of sketches and real-world art, look up The Museum of Modern Art.