New York

At the beginning of the 20th century, New York represented the gateway to the American continent with the passage through Ellis Island. Today, this gathering of people from diverse backgrounds is now one of the most important, and most visited cities in the world . Cinema, literature, and visual arts have tried to capture the unique complexity of the city that never sleeps.

From Lewis Wickes Hine's famous photograph of workers having lunch sitting on a steel beam at a skyscraper construction site to Vivian Maier's street scenes, the city's fascination lives on today.

And yet, of the immunrable artworks depicting the city, none of them has managed to fully represent the buzzing atmosphere of the big apple, a place full of history, dreams, disillusions and skyscrapers.

It is hard to depict all these things, but perhaps even harder to choose only one aspect to focus on. Because what would one choose? To successfully capture New York's essence and unique atmosphere, the artist has to consider its colours, avenues, the diversity of its crowds, its decadence. Then they must depict Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty, the Chrysler Tower and the Empire State Building as well as touch upon the scars of terrorism or the asphalt vibrations created by the metro rumbling through the underground tunnels. But New York is also a city filled with joy, music, success, a city of love and with an intoxicating atmosphere, it can be as red as the Brooklyn Bridge or as green as Central Park's leaves. In short, it is a city that goes beyond words and even perhaps beyond images.

Gottfried Salzmann's work highlights these complexities. A multidisciplinary artist, he works on fluidity and transparency, calling himself a painter of water. He produces artworks that hover at the frontier of drawing, prints, and photography, evanescent and surrealist. As for painting, Daniel Castan and Patrice Palacio create urban landscapes of empty streets, where the vapour that surrounds the contours of buildings reveals the city's unstoppable activity. On the other hand, Jerome Liebling, a street photographer, focuses on the individual, like as a child leaning against a 1949 car, taken by surprise by the photographer's gaze.

These artists take us on a wonderful journey to New York City and their artworks leave us wondering: are we really seeing New York as it is or are these images only showing us the city as it appears through the artists' eyes ?

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The Alwyn Court Building in Manhattan, New York City

Vertical Panorama of Manhattan Bridge

Panoramic view of The MET in Manhattan, New York City

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Panoramic view of XYZ Buildings in Manhattan, New York City

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Panoramic view of New York City, Manhattan Skyline from Long Island City

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Panoramic view of New York City, Manhattan Skyline at dusk

Love Sculpture from Manhattan, New york City

Ghandi and Mother Theresa, Street Art Mural from New York City

LL Cool J, Street Art Mural from New York City

Ice Cream, Street Art Mural from New York City

Stop Guns, Street Art Mural from New York City

Statue of Liberty Street Art Mural from New York City

I love NY, Street Art Mural from New York City

Infamous Kissing Sailor Street Art Mural from New york City

Benches in Central Park, New york City

Central Park, New York City

Bow Bridge in Central Park, New York City

The Mall in Central Park, New York City

Bethesda Terrace Steps in Central Park, New york City

Panoramic view of Bethesda Terrace in New york City, Central Park at Night

Panoramic view of Bethesda Terrace in New york City, Central Park in daylight

Bethesda Terrace Steps in Central Park, New york City

Flat Iron Building aerial view

Flat Iron District aerial view

Flat Iron Building seen from Empire state Building

Flat Iron Building Black and White

Ghostbusters Headquarters in NYC

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall at night

Radio City Music Hall with Christmas Tree

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Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge in the background

Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge

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Chrysler Building Closeup

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Empire State Building and One World Trade Center at night

Empire State Building at sunset

Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center view from Jersey

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One of many 1

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One of many 3

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