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What: Bridge as Icon, an art exhibition

When: Sunday, May 25—July 26

Where: Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Why: Celebrate the bridge on its 125th birthday. You’ve walked, biked, driven over it, and probably shared a picnic in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park beside it. This Sunday, meet the artists who have interpreted and brought to life this New York landmark through original contemporary paintings, photographs, and installations.

Cost: Free

How to get there: Take the yellow line’s southbound R Train to 45^th St., walk to 48^th St., turn right and walk down to #224. Exhibition reception Sunday 25th from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Gallery hours: noon – 5:00 pm Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through June. Call for updated summer hours. (Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48 St., Brooklyn, 917.880.8337, TablaRasaGallery.com).

Images: Courtesy Tabla Rasa Gallery and respective artists.

Joergen Geerds Brooklyn Bridge, Digital C-Print, Diasec mount, 96x30 inch

Ramona Candy, La Bridge, Collage and acrylic on board, 30” x 15”

Simon Dinnerstein, Purple Haze, Conte crayon, colored pencil, pastel, crayola and oil pastel 25 1/4 x 63 1/4"

Nick Savides

Gregory Frux, Brooklyn Bridge 2 , oil on plywood, 17 ½” x 26”

Sangbin IM, Brooklyn View, 20x20inches each, 3 panels, Lamdba print, diasec, 2007

Irma King, Labor Day ,Lithograph

Cesar Garcia, Enter the City, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 69

Michael Dalton, Under Manhattan Bridge, Pigment Inkjet Print13”x36”

Lucille Nurkse, The River and The Bridge, 30" x 22" Collage

Philomena Marano, Hear the Brooklyn Bridge Singing, cut paper on board 40" X 53"

Bascove, Erratica I, silkscreen, edition of 30, 23" x 17 7/8"

Stephen Basso, This Side of the River, oil on canvas 34x34

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