A new
exhibition is arriving at Columbia Street Waterfront District from a
local. Elliot Arkin – an artist hailing
from Brooklyn – just returned to his roots to feature “The Spanish Gardener.”
This 10-foot sculpture of Pablo Picasso mowing the lawn. The exhibition was
opened on June 1st and will continue until July 15th.
Arkin does not just do art though. He is actually a real estate salesperson at
Brooklyn Heights Real Estate on Montague Street. Of this position he explained:
“I’ve been in Brooklyn since 1983, when I graduated from Amherst College. Originally, I lived above the Queen restaurant [on Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn]. Now, I own a little building at Hicks and Union streets, the one that has La Petite Crevette on the ground floor.”
For other artistic appreciations, a non-local – Erwin Wurm –
is putting out his Hot
Dog Bus for the summer. Free hot
dogs will be available in Brooklyn Bridge Park between June 9th and
August 26th in an effort to get people to view “the human body as a
piece of art, specifically as a sculpture.
The venture is in conjunction with the Public Art Fund.
