Pursuits
David Bowie Portrait Hits Houston Street, Word by Word
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Artist Erik den Breejen spent most of his 37th birthday earlier this week on the corner of Elizabeth and Houston streets in Manhattan, with a paint brush in his hand.
He was finishing a 10-by-13-foot mural portrait of David Bowie, commissioned by clothing manufacturer Rag & Bone for the side wall of its Nolita boutique. Based on a photo from the late 1970s, the image is composed of about 900 words from two Bowie songs, “Fashion” and “Heroes.”