Waves of Roosevelt Island
Gregg Emery made a splash on Roosevelt Island in 2017 with an 8,000-square-foot mural stretching the entire length of the pool deck at Manhattan Park.
Dubbed the "Pop Up Pool Club," the mural covers the space surrounding the pool in cerulean blue with touches of "zen-like" swirls in purple, blue and pink.
Gregg Emery took inspiration for the work from the colorful opening pool scene in "Goldfinger," Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's "Great Wave Off Kanagawa" and Sarah Sze's installation inside the Second Avenue Subway's 96th Street Station, he said.
The brightly colored mural, commissioned by Citi Habitats, K&Co and Pliskin Architecture, was the third mural of its kind at the pool.
"On the one hand, we have the frozen moment in time of the wave that encircles, captivates... with a barely perceptible boat of people tracing a course through it’s zen-like motion," Emery said of his work.
"On the other, we have Sze’s use of patterns of paper, buildings to move us through a space. Surrounding and enveloping, assisting and becoming part of the structure, the landscape as we move through the island of Manhattan, riding a subway train through the encircling motion much like the boat of people in Hokusai’s famous print."
Projects
NYC Poetry Festival
Every year on the last weekend of July, The New York City Poetry Festival invites poetry organizations and collectives of all shapes and sizes to bring their unique formats, aesthetics, and personalities to the festival grounds.
Gregg Emery’s work has been featured as part of their Milk Press program which focuses on collaborations between poets and visual, installation and performance artists.
Client Installations
Gregg Emery is proud to have sold his artwork to numerous clients around the world. Click below to view some examples.
The Last O.G.
Gregg Emery’s works appeared in the popular television show, The Last O.G. is currently available to stream on Netflix and Hulu.