The Miraculous
The Miraculous: New York
21. (Downtown)
By Raphael RubinsteinA young artist full of admiration for Mark Rothko and abstraction in general is unsatisfied with her own paintings because they don’t seem to address the pressing problems in the world around her.
The Miraculous: New York
22. (The East Village and Points Beyond)
By Raphael RubinsteinA poet living in the East Village launches a write-in campaign for the 1992 Presidential Election. Promising to turn all her “upcoming art events, readings and performances until election day into political events,” she folds her campaign into the tour of a one-woman show titled “Leaving New York” that takes her to 28 States.
The Miraculous: New York
23. (Midtown, Times Square, Washington Square Park, Madison Square Garden)
By Raphael RubinsteinOver the course of nine consecutive days in 2005, an artist stages performances at nine different sites around the city. At each location she holds up a handmade protest sign, usually carrying a slogan from a past protest, though her intention is not to re-create historic events. Instead, she freely transposes slogans and sites.
The Miraculous: New York
24. (Park Avenue)
By Raphael RubinsteinAn artist makes a painting based on a screenshot of an Instagram post. In the post (and in the painting) we can see a young woman apparently being prepared for a photo shoot or a television appearance.
The Miraculous: New York
25. (SoHo)
By Raphael RubinsteinIn a neighborhood that decades before was home to countless artists and galleries but has long since been dominated by pricey condos and showrooms for global luxury brands, worry over impending anti-racism protests convinces most businesses in the area, already reeling from a pandemic, to board up every inch of their storefronts with plywood.
