{"id":8642,"date":"2020-03-22T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8642"},"modified":"2020-03-17T16:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:47:59","slug":"farah-al-qasimi-with-public-art-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/22\/farah-al-qasimi-with-public-art-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Farah Al Qasimi with Public Art Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting for the bus (or just walking past the bus stop) isn\u2019t quite so mundane if you\u2019re fortunate enough to encounter one of 100 bus shelters in all five boroughs currently hosting Farah Al Qasimi\u2019s photographs.\u00a0 Brooklyn-based Al Qasimi cites her upbringing in the Emirates for her attraction to an abundance of color and pattern and explains that in her series \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/farahalqasimi.com\/Back-and-Forth-Disco-1\">Back and Forth Disco<\/a>,\u2019 presented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicartfund.org\/exhibitions\/view\/backandforthdisco\/#section_1\">Public Art Fund<\/a>, personal style choices combat anonymity in the city.\u00a0 In this image, spotted on Graham Avenue in Brooklyn, a woman performs a beauty treatment, blocking the procedure but enlivening the salon\u2019s subtle d\u00e9cor with her own vibrant outfit.\u00a0 (On view through May 17th.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8643\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8643\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8643\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8643\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farah_al_qasimi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farah_al_qasimi.jpg 2432w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farah_al_qasimi-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/farah_al_qasimi-289x400.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farah Al Qasimi, from the series Back and Forth Disco, presented by Public Art Fund, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting for the bus (or just walking past the bus stop) isn\u2019t quite so mundane if you\u2019re fortunate enough to encounter one of 100 bus shelters in all five boroughs currently hosting Farah Al Qasimi\u2019s photographs.\u00a0 Brooklyn-based Al Qasimi cites her upbringing in the Emirates for her attraction to an abundance of color and pattern &hellip; 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