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MTA museum will temporarily close. It’ll begin opening with new art pieces on January.
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Thank you for your patience.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Wrong Way to 9¾, New York
According to art historians, this piece of Pop Art was created by hundreds of local Harry Potter enthusiasts over the course of numerous failed attempts to reach a hidden platform towards escaping an ordinary life in the muggle world.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
Title: Untitled / Butt Pattern, 1900s
As a political statement on transit and the concept of rest, millions of New Yorkers collaborated over a period of decades to meticulously create these unique patterns using only their posteriors.
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Title: Accidental Yayoi, NYC
This permanent structure celebrates Yayoi Kusama’s obsession with polka-dots throughout her prolific career. New Yorker’s bodily secretions layered on the piece embodies the frustration and fury of those who endured the dreadful long line to see Yayoi’s NYC exhibition.
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Title: Graveyard, New York
Scores of MTA employees collaborated to create this collage, gradually tearing away layers of ads to express themes of depression and misery. The
deconstructive nature of their process is most likely a statement on the current condition of late-stage American capitalism.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: Odd-Man-Out, New York
This piece of functional sculpture was purposefully designed with a small aperture to ensure that more trash would collect on the exterior than on the interior. The resulting effect is a powerful statement on human apathy and poor aim.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: The Coffin of Street Arts, Bedford Ave, NY
This collaborative piece is a historical documentation of territorial marking that is commonly indicative of turf wars amongst local street artists.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: Not a Bathroom, New York
According to the artist, locked doors marked “bathroom” such as this do not actually contain public facilities, and function to create impromptu performance pieces that use feelings of panic and pain to highlight the frailty of the human condition.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: Underground Amazon, New York
Running for miles beneath the city, this “discount Amazon River” is a commentary on the recent allocation of billions of dollars to Amazon.com for its NYC headquarters in the midst of a decaying public transportation system.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: Emotion Therapy, New York
The tear- and oil-streaked stains on this and other glass cases represent the anger and frustration of the general public in response to the delays and service changes that interfere with MTA rides. .
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: The Iron Tears, New York
This expressionistic painting was created via a slow process of drips from faulty plumbing, and captures a sense of commuter depression.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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Title: Territory War, Chambers St (J,Z)
This politically-charged pee stain was created as a statement of power that demarcates the borders of one New Yorker’s transit territory.
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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York.”
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