David ArceW 23rd St between 10th Ave and 11th AveHeart Two · Location 114 · Drawn November 2001123Select a number to open a drawing state.The published 2006 collage is shown above. The numbered links open archival images. Use your browser’s Back button to return here.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Video podcast0:00This drawing was located on West 23rd Street, west of 10th Avenue.0:05Miraculously, the temporary wall that this drawing was made on is still there four and a half years later.0:11It may not be the exact wall, but it is the same location.0:15The advertisements have changed, the color of the wall has changed, but their love of construction has not.0:22This is David Arst. He was drawn in November of 2001.0:27His drawing is counting ten people.0:30Behind this temporary wood wall is a construction site.0:34A couple of days after drawing this fireman, I returned to find that someone, I think from the construction site,0:41had very carefully filled in the figure with red spray paint.0:45Whoever did it spent the time to do it with precision.0:48This is the first tape art figure I've ever seen filled in.0:52I considered it nothing but an honor that my drawing had been elaborated on.0:56there for a while. David Arce, a firefighter, would answer them by delivering wish for toys1:01year after year. He's always been like that, always bringing home stray cats, stray dogs,1:07stray kids, she said. Growing up, it was the same thing. He was always bringing someone home to me1:13who needed a meal or who needed a coat. David grew up playing with fire engines and the desire [unclear]...← Location 113Heart Two · Location 114Location 115 →
