Metro Card Collages: works of art from metro tickets

These masterpieces by the German artist Nina Boesch, who has lived in New York for years, are called "Metro Card Collages". As the name suggests, these are three-dimensional mosaics made entirely with recycled MTA tiles.

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Giving added value to scraps and waste. Be to San Francisco old subway tickets become trees, the New York there are those who have thought of transforming them into real ones colorful artwork. These masterpieces created by the German artist Nina Boesch, who has lived in New York for years, are called "Metro Card Collages", and they are, as the name suggests, three-dimensional mosaics made entirely with recycled tiles area of Mta.

Di MetroCard scartate there are in piles at every subway station, recklessly put aside by the subway controllers when they are expired or by passengers when they are exhausted. In them, Boesch saw the perfect medium to create art and started collecting them, for later breathe new life. Precisely for this reason many of the artist's collages they are inspired by the subway and transport in general.

Using i limited colors of the cards, namely blue, orange, yellow, black and white, Nina Boesch has recreated many typical scenes from the Big Apple, come on yellow taxis at the skyline. And there is even the face of the Mayor Bloomberg, along with realistic portraits of famous people such as John Lennon e Conan O ‘Brien. “All the works are unique and vary in size from 5" x7 "to 39" x28 "- you can read on the artist's website -. The collages represent anything from monuments and objects to portraits and typography, and they are almost always New York related. "

The artist reveals that he has little time to update the project portfolio, but assures to work a lot on commission. “If you are interested in a collage, don't hesitate to contact Nina and ask her to create one for you! ”, explains the site again. but who wants to exhibit a piece of art that immortalizes New York, entirely made with this waste materials rather unusual, you can also buy it directly through Indiewalls.

Roberta Ragni

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