True Love in Brooklyn by Alan Wolfson
Actually, these are “miniature urban sculptures” by Alan Wolfson, but they look like mini sets from Taxi Driver to me. Wolfson is an artist who has also created architectural models and visual effects for film. Working in 1/2 dollhouse scale, these miniature worlds depict a combination of real and imagined NYC places, and are filled with expertly executed details. “The real impact of my work is not in how small everything is but in the stories these small things tell,” claims the artist.
Hopp's Luncheonette by Alan Wolfson
Hopp's Luncheonette by Alan Wolfson
Brooklyn Rooftop by Alan Wolfson
Times Square Hotel Room by Alan Wolfson
New York Army-Navy by Alan Wolfson
For more information, check out this interview with Wolfson by Vanishing New York, or this Q and A with the artist. The artist’s site has a complete archive of work.
these are brilliant.
Such an imaginative artist
It’s pretty incredibly rendered detail at a really small scale, and I appreciate seeing these scenes of a grittier NYC that reminds me a bit of things I encountered in my childhood there. [Not to wax nostalgic...]