Pictured above is a close-up from a huge mural painted by members of Fountain House and the Hells Kitchen community with lead artist Andrew Frank Baer. The face on the left is the work of Fountain House artist Anthony Newton. What follows are several more faces, fashioned by outsider artists:
Philadelphia-based Isaiah Zagar
Yonkers-based Michael Cuomo’s artwork riding the NYC subway with unidentified commuter
The legendary Jean-Michel Basquiat
Brooklyn-based RAE
Contemporary master George Condo
Photos of artworks by Lois Stavsky