Ben Broome presents 'From the Street I Can See the Moon' by David L. Johnson

Curated by Ben Broome (@drabl) and supported by @galerienoahklink, ‘From the Street I Can See the Moon’ presents sculpture and an eponymous video by New York based artist David L. Johnson 

The exhibited sculptural works, part of Johnson’s ongoing Loiter series, were formally installed by building owners in New York City to adorn standpipes (access points for fire hoses). These violent, retrofitted architectural interventions remove the possibility of the standpipe as a place to rest or sit: deterring the ‘loitering’ that gives the series its name. The inception of each Loiter work begins through its unauthorised removal — for Johnson, these works don’t need a viewer to be realised — the reclaiming of public space through this act of removal is as much the work as the sculptural by-product.

Image: Loiter (Kong), 2024. Courtesy of the artist.
Photo: Jorge Anthony Stride