MTA Museum — Hajung Song

While old and dirty, the NY subway system is a 114 year-old living story of how New Yorkers have been collaborating with each other for 114 years.

We celebrated this history by turning the oldest stations into the most captivating art history museums.

In collaboration with Thomas Shim, Abe Chuang, Bowook Yoon

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Art pieces @MTAMUSEUM

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Photo zone

Find out more at

@mtamuseum Instagram account.

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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

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“MTA is not just old. It’s the history of New York

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 cu

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 apath

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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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 hi

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

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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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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