{"id":7334,"date":"2011-10-07T08:44:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=7334"},"modified":"2011-10-07T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T14:46:16","slug":"olekur-art-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2011\/10\/07\/olekur-art-here\/","title":{"rendered":"~OLEK\/UR ART HERE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nthis late summer going into Fall 2011 – on the venerable Chelsea corner of 10th Ave and 24th St . . . .<\/p>\n

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\nyou could catch a . . . psychedelic-hued camo-patterned street crocheted shopping cart by OLEK.
\nit said: UR ART HERE – on one side.
\nmaking one pause: put your art in<\/em> here. . . . and contribute to the street par-tay ?
\nor this being Chelsea: your art is commercial – so it belongs in a shopping cart ?
\nor even worse: your art – belongs in the ‘bin’. ha. <\/p>\n

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\nwhile the other side was pure camouflage-riff.
\nin fact I think I’ve seen the yarn she uses. it’s readily available in the big craft shops that dot the tri-state area.
\nthe mass-produced, and cheap, pop-colored synthetic yarn comes already pre-patterned to produce a camo effect as you knit or crochet, merrily along. <\/p>\n

it was attached to a traffic pole by a cheap ‘bike’ lock – by its handlebar.<\/p>\n

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\nyep, that’s crochet-slammed, not knitted. look at the stitches.
\nthe cart – had no interior handi-work . . . last time I was in the area – it was still there.
\nI hear OLEK gets really pissed off – if you remove her ‘public’ art. so be warned, she looks like a feisty one.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NYC. SEPT 15, 2011<\/p>\n

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\nOLEK \/ AGATA OLEKSIAK born April 5, 1978, (an Aires – I just knew it !!) . . . is a Polish-born artist, specializing in fiber arts, installation, and street art. lucky for us, she is currently NYC-based.
\nyep, she’s up on: WIKIPEDIA, if you want to know more.<\/a>
\nPHOTO SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nshe also maintains a colorful up-to-date website, which currently features video of her latest crochet slam: the cube at ASTOR PLACE. <\/p>\n

see: OLEK – the official website.<\/a><\/p>\n

yeah, go back and watch it !! super stealth, or what.
\nit’s interesting to note for all ya hard core crafties – the large crochet piece, which was already pre-assembled before it went up over the cube – is based on a traditional quilt pattern, also the simplest and most elemental of knit or crochet blanket\/afghan patterns, which is simply to build up attached squares of equal dimension. the better to work – upon your lap. <\/p>\n

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\nthe video has close-ups on OLEK and her trusty crochet hook – at work.
\nthe piece seems to have a lettered border – but its impossible to decipher the words – from the video.
\nplus note her leather jacket – it has custom-crocheted long sleeves in a great vertical stripe pattern.<\/p>\n

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\nthe finished crochet-slammed cube.
\nwow. they were able to get that up – with no one stopping them.
\nnote: the sweet ‘street’ video – was produced by embrown23. whoever . . . nice job.
\nthe cube crochet slam – went up this past Monday Oct 3, 2011.
\nI heard from sources on the street – it was already down by the very next day.
\ntaken down by who – that’s the interesting question. I’m thinking the authorities, but nobody knows.<\/p>\n

p.s. at the very bottom of her website – home page – it states:
\nall works produced with “Red Heart” – a widely available, and cheap commercial brand of synthetic yarn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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