Vincent Kane2nd Ave between E 65th St and E 64th StHeart Three · Location 329 · Drawn July 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Video podcast0:00If you want to see an example, a ghost of the tape art drawings, you can go to the intersection of East 64th and 2nd Avenue.0:10On the northeast corner of this intersection is H&R Block and 1-800-Mattress.0:17Between those is a painting of an American flag.0:21This drawing was done on the red and white vertical stripes.0:24The red, white, and blue paint and our green tape stayed together for approximately two0:30years after the drawing was made.0:32This rendition of the American flag is hit by direct sunlight most of the day.0:37And over the course of the two years the tape was on it, the adhesive from the tape left0:43a permanent mark on the wall.0:45You can clearly see this drawing.0:47This is perhaps the single best example left in Manhattan as of spring 20060:53as a representation of all the drawings and all the firemen and all the airline passengers that we made.1:01This is Vincent Kane. He was drawn in July of 2003.1:08His drawing is counting five people.1:11Will you look at that?1:13I struggled for a second about whether drawing on top of the flag was a good idea.1:17Being able to juxtapose the two of them on top of each other seems almost too obvious.1:22The weak graphic designer in me crumbled easily before this obvious combination,1:27and shortly, without reservation, I set out to draw Vincent Kane.1:32Everyone who walked by gave an increased number of approving nods and comments.1:36We were artists working on top of the artistic inclinations of another person.1:41The collective result of those two efforts combined made for some pleasing imagery.1:45But as I sit here now looking at the pictures, I can't shake the extensive collection of Photoshop flags of the United States used in so many websites, billboards, and on television.1:56Eagle, flag, towers, dove, images of Jesus, have soared above all other images as a standard fare for representing patriotism and the disaster.2:06Ben Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.2:09Sure, the eagle is an arguably more majestic and fierce-looking creature.2:14actually it is remarkable in a lot of ways, but I am partial to the turkey also. Ben Franklin in2:20a letter to his daughter justified the idea quite well. He ended his letter with this sentiment,2:26for the truth the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and with all a true2:33original native of America. He is besides, though a little vain and silly, a bird of courage,2:38and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards2:43who should presume to invade his farmyard with a red coat on.2:48Vincent [unclear] stood out.2:49He lived on the Upper East Side and spent hours in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,2:54and he went to performances of the New York Philharmonic,2:58something that still amazes his friends in Engine Company 22.3:02He was also an environmentalist who regularly patrolled the firehouse trash for recyclables.3:08ago he became a vegetarian though the other firefighters insisted on piling3:14red meat onto his plate← Location 328Heart Three · Location 329Location 330 →
