Felipe Baeza A'09

Felipe Baez - Unruly Forms Artwork on bus shelter

Starting Aug. 9, Felipe Baeza A'09, whose home base is Brooklyn, will be giving people something to think about during their own public transportation journey, or purgatory as the case may be. As part of a Public Art Fund program designed to reach people where they live or commute, Baeza will have eight of his mixed-media, collagelike paintings reproduced on some 400 JCDecaux bus shelters in New York, Boston and Chicago as well as Querétaro and Léon in Mexico. They will also appear on digital kiosks and newsstands in Mexico City.

To read the full New York Times article about these mixed-media pieces by Felipe Baeza A'09  which will be displayed in public places in the U.S. and Mexico starting August 9, 2023, please click here.

 

 

 

 

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