There are two thousand lucky New York City MetroCards upcycled as zoetropes, impressionist cityscapes, shunga-stylized erotica panels and nail-polished pug portraits at the Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again exhibit, and we stopped by the Sloan Fine Art gallery opening last week to see them. Some are festive. Some are sexy. Some are a freaky combination of both, unfolding like a comic strip as a Jeff Koonsian balloon animal gets amorous with a Dalmatian furry.
Keeping the art as democratic as transport for this year’s Single Fare exhibit, gallery director Alix Sloan insisted on artists’ anonymity. Swipe up any piece for a flat $100, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Transportation Alternatives and Alliance for the Arts’ NYC ARTS.
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Photo by Flavorpill, courtesy of Sloan Fine Art