Amazing Miniature Sculptures of New York City Landmarks: CBGB, Katz’s Deli, Vesuvio Bakery & More

If you’re near Pasade­na, Cal­i­for­nia, stop by the Flower Pep­per Gallery and see Facade, the new exhi­bi­tion fea­tur­ing the work of visu­al artist Randy Hage. For decades now, Hage has been fas­ci­nat­ed by the beau­ty of aging struc­tures in New York City. This led him, begin­ning in the late 1990s, to start pho­tograph­ing aging store­fronts in the city, “with their hand paint­ed signs, lay­ers of archi­tec­ture, won­der­ful pati­nas and intrigu­ing his­to­ry.” Lat­er, he decid­ed to pre­serve their mem­o­ry in minia­tur­ized, hyper-real­is­tic sculp­tures (like the ones now on dis­play in Pasade­na through Novem­ber 18th). In the video above, see just how per­fect­ly Hage man­ages to recre­ate New York store­fronts in minia­ture. Here’s anoth­er famous-but-now-defunct facade you might rec­og­nize:

Minia­ture sculp­ture of CBGB. Real struc­ture was locat­ed at 315 Bow­ery, LES, NYC. Shown light­ed. Piece mea­sures 19″ x 17″ x 7″. Fol­low me on FB for event info. If you have friends who might be inter­est­ed in see­ing my work, please pass this on. Many thanks! #cbgb #omfug #bow­ery #scale­mod­el #Randy­hage #dis­ap­pear­ingNY #façade #flow­er­pep­per­gallery #graf­fi­ti #graf­fitinyc #minia­ture #minia­tureart #nyc #newyork #nycde­cay #nyc­store­front #nyc­store­fronts #newyork­store­front #newyorkin­spiredart #old­NYC #store­front #vin­ta­ge­newyork

A pho­to post­ed by Randy Hage (@rhageart) on Oct 5, 2015 at 8:19am PDT

To take a clos­er look at his work, vis­it Hage’s Insta­gram page where you will see mini sculp­tures of fad­ing New York insti­tu­tions like Katz’s Deli, CBGB, McSor­ley’s Old Ale House, Vesu­vio Bak­ery, and more.

via Super­Son­ic Art/Boing­Bo­ing

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