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Wed 29 Apr 2009

Subway Sketcher Gets Documentary

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Underground artist Ami Plasse, who creates pretty cool sketches of his fellow subway riders while riding the rails, is the subject of a short film that airs in Brooklyn Monday.

The 13-minute flick airs at Scene: Brooklyn Independent Film Festival in DUMBO, which describes “Ami Underground” thusly:

NYC artist Ami Plasse’s subway drawings capture the distinct flavor of New York. Sketched fast and loose in the rush hour crush, together they form a continuous narrative of the city’s daily flow. Ami Underground takes a ride with Ami one hot summer day in the city and provides a glimpse of his unique perspective on life beneath the street.

 

Fri 25 Apr 2008

Subway Sketcher at Brooklyn Flea

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Check out the talented subway sketch artist Amitai Plasse’s stuff at the Brooklyn Flea at Bishop Loughlin High in Ft. Greene this weekend. “Ami” does some interesting artwork centered around the people he sees on the train.

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Wed 30 Jan 2008

Sketchy Stuff: Drawing Your Fellow Subway Riders

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Our experience with art has pretty much been limited to attending gallery openings until the chardonnay ran out and that Keith Haring/apartheid poster we had in college.

So we’re hardly an art critic, but we must admit we were particularly grabbed by this work stemming from the New York City subway system. Brooklyn-based Amitai Plasse describes his work as “illustrating the characters and moments that I encounter and observe, most every day, riding the NYC transit system.”

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Every day, Ami posts his sketches on his blog, along with captions describing exactly what was going on as he drew a fellow rider on the train. (We give him points just for bravery…don’t people get mad about that stuff?)

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As an art critic might say, Ami’s work is raw and honest and emotional. As we might say, it’s kind of cool.

Check it out.