The public can create collages at Street Art, Street Life:
From the 1950s to Now exhibit at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, September 14, 2008 - January 25, 2009

Grand Concourse, Bronx
October 15 – November 9, 2008

Public Art Fund is working with Fatimah Tuggar to present Transient Transfer; a selection of unique imagery displayed on bus shelters along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Collaborating with The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Tuggar photographed everyday sights from the streets of the Bronx, and is giving the public the opportunity to create collages with these images, using an interactive installation displayed in the lobby of the Museum and through the Museum's website. Tuggar will then select collages created by the public to be displayed on a series of bus shelters, two collages per bus shelter. In this respect, Transient Transfer is artwork that comes full circle — images are taken from the streets and reconfigured at the Bronx Museum, after which Public Art Fund extends them back into the streets where they become a new part of the Bronx landscape.

About the Fatimah Tuggar

Fatimah Tuggar lives and works in the United States and West Africa and is currently a research fellow at Duke University's Franklin Institute. She is perhaps best known for her collage work exploring notions of technology, ethnicity, and daily life. She has shown internationally in venues including the Bamako Biennale, Mali; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Location

Transient Transfer will be displayed at bus shelters along the Grand Concourse, between E 159 and E 161 Street; E 165 and E 166 Street (2 displayed at this location); McClellan Street and Tudor Place; E 167 and Tudor Place; E Clarke and 169 Street; and E 170 and E 171 Streets from October 15-November 9, 2008.

Subways: B, D, 4 to 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 167th Street or 170th Street Stations. This work is free to the public and is on view daily.

PUBLIC ART FUND is New York's leading presenter of artists' projects, new commissions, installations and exhibitions in public spaces. For over 30 years, the Public Art Fund has been committed to working with emerging and established artists to produce innovative temporary exhibitions of contemporary art throughout New York City. By bringing artworks outside the traditional context of museums and galleries, Public Art Fund provides a unique platform for an unparalleled encounter with the art of our time.

Transient Transfer is a project of the Public Art Fund program In the Public Realm, which is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts; and in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Public Art Fund is a non-profit art organization supported by generous contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations, and with public funds from National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Special thanks to The Bronx Museum of the Arts.