The Great Wall of Brooklyn in Fort Green is a public art project founded by Charlotta Janssen, an international artist, business woman and arts advocate.
It will feature the work of Brooklyn-based and international artists.
The first display is a work entitled, Achtung Baby… Here Comes the Next Great Depression,” originally developed as a painting, and transferred into a digital mural, for the Great Wall. The Great Wall of Brooklyn Web Site
This current work re-imagines discarded and archival images of poor and working class Americans, taken before, during and after the Great Depression. While at once cautionary, her images attempt to celebrate both the individual dignity and group solidarity of her subjects.
Located on the side of a four-story building at the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt Avenues, The Great Wall introduces large-scale art made in Brooklyn to the community each quarter.
A news release describes the wall this way:
This self-funded project will be utilized to build community awareness about The Great Wall, and to build partnerships for the presentation of new and exciting quarterly projects with local and international artists.
As the owner of Chez Lola and Chez Oskar (as well as the talent behind Lola’s lollipop chandeliers and Rousseau-esque triptych), Ms. Janssen has been active in the community for many years. With the onset of the downturn, she said, she wanted to find a way to turn her wall into a canvas for timely expository art.
