Barton Lewis

Photographer

Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Artist Statement

I chronicle the impermanence, continuous evolution, and elusive forces that form the visual fabric of city life. My work lies at the intersection of fine art, documentary, advertising, popular culture and archaeology. My current projects include “wall cuts” (panels in the New York City subway system where print advertising is hung) and “urban topographies,” which investigates features of the urban landscape, including building facades, construction fences, doors, mailboxes, and vintage signs. I am particularly interested in how these subjects are manipulated by street artists working independently and further transformed by natural forces. The motivation behind my work is to call attention to arresting combinations of color, form and texture that daily surround us, in the process expanding the definition of what we call art, how it is made, and where it appears.



Barton Lewis
wall cut, 031-021, 25th St., BMT Fourth Ave. Line, Brooklyn,
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 028-017, Union St., BMT Fourth Ave. Line, Brooklyn
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 322-043, 14th Street/Sixth Avenue, New York, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 229-283, 14th St., IND Sixth Ave. Line, New York, NYUntitled
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 268-011, 65th St., IND Queens Blvd. Line, Queens, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 220-029, 155th St., IND Concourse Line, Bronx, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 153-003, 125th St., IND Eighth Avenue Line, New York City
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 213-005, Fordham Rd., IND Concourse Line, Bronx, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 144-009, Dyckman St., IND Eighth Ave. Line, Bronx, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 029-069, 4th Ave. & 9th St., BMT Fourth Ave. Line, Brooklyn, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, 124-075, Montrose Ave., BMT Canarsie Line, Brooklyn, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, Unnumbered no. 2, 4th Ave. & 9th St., IND Culver Line/BMT Fourth Ave. Line, Brooklyn, NY
Barton Lewis
wall cut, Unnumbered no. 1, 4th Ave. & 9th St., BMT Fourth Ave. Line, Brooklyn, NY
Barton Lewis
“Liquor Store” vintage neon sign (facing north), 235 W. Broadway, New York City
Barton Lewis
"Liquor Store" vintage neon sign (facing south), 235 W. Broadway, New York City
Barton Lewis
5 columns no. 2, 14th St.-Union Sq., New York City
Barton Lewis
5 columns no. 1, 14th St.-Union Sq., New York City
Barton Lewis
US postal relay box no. 65, New York City
Barton Lewis
US postal relay box no. 57, New York City
Barton Lewis
US postal relay box no. 46, New York City
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