I took a tour with the New York Transit Museum of the artwork in the new Q-train stations. The artwork are all mosaics, but they are they are not all the same type of mosaic. This is the second of four blog entries to show some of the amazing mosaics.
The 86th Street station has mosaics by Chuck Close titled “Subway Portraits.” There are twelve mosaics in different mosaics styles. Several mosaics are glass, and others are different types of clay tiles. While all the mosaics are lovely, there are some that are made with so many different pieces, I was awestruck by how much time it must have taken to put then together. There are two self portraits of Chuck Close, and the one in glass has slivers that must have required tweezers or some other type of tool to carefully put the pieces in.
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: Kara Walker’s portrait
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: up close view of Kara Walker’s portrait
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: Philip Glass’s portrait
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: self portrait
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: self portrait, up close view
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: self portrait, up close view
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: self portrait
“Subway Portraits” by Chuck Close: self portrait, up close view
They are all amazing. Thanks for posting.