Art Battles at 5 Bryant Park

In an empty, undeveloped building lobby on 40th Street at Sixth Avenue, a massive mural has been painted by four artists. I was there on Friday evening, November 15, 2013 and took some pictures,

 

I then went back on Monday, November 18, when I realized I missed the center of the mural.

Here is a description of the work from the "Untapped Cities" website:

"Art Battles" at 5 Bryant Park Converts Unused Space Into Street Art Gallery: Collaborative street art project comes to the lobby of 5 Bryant Park that is still under construction.

An unused space in Midtown has been converted into a fishbowl of street art. The building's owners, Equity Office Properties, collaborated with street art collective Art Battles to paint a mural inside the empty space on the corner of 40th Street and Avenue of the Americas, as part of the lot's rebranding as 5 Bryant Park. Art Battles enlisted four international artists: Max Bode and Don Rimx from Brooklyn, Chor Boogie from San Francisco, and Polish artist Natalia Rak to paint the 100' by 25' rear wall of the building's lobby, which is encased in floor to ceiling windows allowing passersby to peek in to watch the artists touch up their pieces."

Go to the website for more:

 http://untappedcities.com/2013/11/12/art-battles-5-bryant-park-converts-unused-space-into-street-art-gallery/

 

 

 

 

And here are four videos I took of the mural, from different angles and distances:

 Here's the closest I got:

 

I don't know how long this mural will be up, so you'd better hurry over there.