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Newark’s Hidden River

  2 March 2014 ,

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It is ironic that Newark should ignore the very river it was founded on, the Passaic River. It was the pristine wooded river our city’s founding fathers first saw in 1666. It was our city’s artery to the sea and our industries’ source of wealth. It was the throbbing, flowing heart of our city.
After the automobile drove people to the suburbs and globalization exported jobs abroad, the Passaic was no longer a water highway. It is now this industrial town’s polluted heart. The corporate towers of Newark’s “Renaissance” meet industrial history at the riverbank. The murky waters contain secrets of illegal dumping and toxic pollution that will remain buried for eternity, leaking their oils and toxins down stream. The industrial past clings on, refusing to vanish in forgotten waters. The river of change, the Passaic River, is a place of shifting contrasts, where past meets present.
The river flows on.
View this artwork as part of a short film titled Pictures of Newark

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Sunset on the Passaic River
Sunset on the Passaic River
Waiting for demolition at the "Little Annie Drawbridge"
Waiting for demolition at the “Little Annie Drawbridge”
Symmetrical bridges cross the Passic River
Symmetrical bridges cross the Passic River
Old drawbridge at Port Newark
Old drawbridge at Port Newark
The city's industrial past is still reflected in the Passaic River
The city’s industrial past is still reflected in the Passaic River
Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river
Dredging toxic industrial runoff buried in the river
A new park on the Passaic River
A new park on the Passaic River
Forgotten industrial waste on the Passaic River
Forgotten industrial waste on the Passaic River
Port Newark
Port Newark
Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands
Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands
New Jersey Meadowlands
New Jersey Meadowlands
Waiting for demolition at the "Little Annie Bridge"
Waiting for demolition at the “Little Annie Bridge”
Industial beachhead at Port Newark
Industial beachhead at Port Newark
Founding fathers
Founding fathers
City in autumn
City in autumn
After hours in Port Newark
After hours in Port Newark
Golden age city at sunset
Golden age city at sunset
Premonition of a city on the Passaic River
Premonition of a city on the Passaic River
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Artwork reflecting on the theme of surreal outer space

  2 March 2014 ,
When I gaze at the night sky, I wonder: “What does that infinite darkness contain?” I imagine a plethora of other worlds. I see worlds where gravity and inertia vanish. It is a world of my own fabrication, superimposed over the pitch black sky. While I cannot visit such a place, I can still put image to paper.

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Chirico

Inspired by the Tower of Babel and the Place Vendôme in Paris

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Sweet dreams
Sweet dreams
Sleepless night
Sleepless night
Mother moon
Mother moon
UFO landing strip
UFO landing strip
Security camera - inspired by Bentham's panopticon
Security camera – inspired by Bentham’s panopticon
Space station
Space station
My little planet
My little planet
Father Ttme
Father Ttme
Foreign land - inspired by Mars
Foreign land – inspired by Mars
Architect's nightmare
Architect’s nightmare
Inspired by the paintings of Chirico
Inspired by the paintings of Chirico
Inspired by M.C. Escher
Inspired by M.C. Escher
Paralax - inspired by the architecture of Eastern State Penitentiary
Paralax – inspired by the architecture of Eastern State Penitentiary
Vanishing point
Vanishing point
Toward infinity
Toward infinity
Inspired by Mondrian
Inspired by Mondrian
Space age church of science
Space age church of science
Gears of time
Gears of time
Chasm
Chasm
Death
Death
Wave
Wave
Detroit
Detroit
Inspired by photos of the Siege of Stalingrad
Inspired by photos of the Siege of Stalingrad
Invasion
Invasion
Geometry
Geometry
Biological warfare
Biological warfare
Piranesi's prison
Piranesi’s prison
Train
Train
Inspired by Hokusai's wave
Inspired by Hokusai’s wave
Space ship
Space ship
Imaginary night sky in New York City
Imaginary night sky in New York City
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Panoramic artwork of the New York City skyline

  1 March 2014 , ,
When I gaze across the Hudson River from New Jersey, the soaring towers, glassy behemoths, and dark canyons of Manhattan instill me with awe. The broad expanse of the city juts out of the water with crenelated and jagged skyscrapers as if proclaiming: “I am here to stay. Come sun, wind, or water, I will remain. I will grow.”

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 New York CityManhattan from Hoboken

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IMG_6256Misty Manhattan Morning

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Madison SquareMadison Square Park

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George Washington BridgeGeorge Washington Bridge from Riverside State Park

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George Washington Bridge PanoramicGeorge Washington Bridge from Riverside State Park

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New York HarborManhattan from Brooklyn Heights