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Street artist Agata Olek has struck again, this time covering the cube at Astor Place with a surprisingly snug sweater.
If you’re not familiar with Ms. Olek’s work, she’s the type that can cover the Wall Street bull in yarn and still manage to get a write-up from the Journal. Cooper Union students are sure to get a kick out of this one.
“Knitting is for pussies,” Ms. Olek recently told PBS. “I crochet.”
[via Bowery Boogie]
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Does anyone know how long her publically installed work stays “on” the targeted item? I wonder if individuals try to take them …?
[...] – Astor Place Cube Yarn Bombed: Street artist Agata Olek has covered the large cube in New York’s Astor Place — right outside the art and engineering school Cooper Union — with her trademark pink, purple, and black crochet. We hope her design gets to stay awhile before being taken down; everyone (er…everything?) deserves a sweater at the beginning of fall. [Observer] [...]