Ranjit Bhatnagar - Brooklyn in Color

During the week, I pass this subterranean exhibit in Brooklyn's "vanilla" Atlantic Terminal (subway). One day in rush hour traffic, I noticed the name. It was a Desi person, named Ranjit Bhatnagar. Luckily with the web, I was able to track this guy down. Although there isn't anything Desi about this work, the colors caught my attention. The "Brooklyn in Color" exhibit is a large scale illuminated exhibition of color that greets rushing commuters by surprise. The images focus on colorful compositions of Brooklyn life. As Ranjit says on his website, "The exhibit is open 24 hours a day through 2007 for the price of a subway ride, so go take a look!"

The work is part of the"MTA's Arts for Transit Program" which has two temporary art programs where artists may be selected to participate - the Transit Poster Program and the Lightbox Project.



About Ranjit Bhatnagar, from his website www.moonmilk.com

Ranjit Bhatnagar discovered sound art around age 14, listening to weird late night programs on KPFA. He now works with interactive and sound installations, with scanner photography, and with internet-based collaborative art. Recent works have been exhibited at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, the Parc d’aventures scientifiques in Belgium, Flux Factory in Queens, in the Artbots series at Eyebeam Atelier and the Pratt Institute in New York, and the Mermaid Show at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn. He recently taught “Mister Resistor” at Parsons School of Design, a studio course and rock band with homemade instruments.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Ranjit received a BA from U.C. Berkeley and an MS from the University of Pennsylvania, and was certified carnie trash by the Coney Island Sideshow School in 2002. He lives in Brooklyn and works at GameLab.