Moving from one place to another you take certain bits of comfort with you. For sculptor Derek Weisberg, the move from Oakland, California to Brooklyn, New York was all about retaining the thread of street culture from one city to the next — some underlying pulse to connect his cities and help bridge the gap of newness.
In a place as vast and confrontational as New York City, the artist says he’s wedging his way in and channeling street artists like Barry McGee, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and Os Gemeos, role models who have made cities their own as well.
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