Weimaraners

Every day is good dog day at the newly re-opened 23rd Street (F,M) station!  William Wegman’s Stationary Figures features eleven glass mosaic panels of his famed Weimaraner portraits. Photographed with the artist’s deadpan sense of humor, the dogs take on human attributes, from wearing street clothes like a shiny raincoat or flannel shirt, to being grouped like passengers as they gaze into space or peer down the platform as if waiting for the train. Situated in bold blocks of color, the larger-than-life mosaic dogs are bursting into space and interacting with commuters. The mosaic fabricator, Mayer of Munich, interpreted the photographs taken for this project by meticulously transforming the facial expressions, skin textures and patterns of the dogs’ vibrant attire into glass mosaic. Wegman has lived and worked in the neighborhood for decades with his dogs Flo and her brother Topper, and together they have created images that enliven this busy station.