Stage Restaurant
Product Description
Stage Restaurant by Randy Hage
18″ x 12.5″ x 5.25″, 1/12th Scale Model, Miniature Sculpture, unit comes housed, framed, and non-lighted
Material Used: Wood, Metal, Styrene, Glass, Paper, Cloth, Resin, Acrylic, Spray, Oil Paints, Water based and Petroleum based Adhesives
Stage Restaurant Storefront Address: 128 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Facade by Randy Hage from October 10th to November 18th, 2015
Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 3rd Year Anniversary Show from December 6th, 2014 to January 6th, 2015
- Group Show: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014
- Solo Show: Fleeting Moments – The Art of Randy Hage from October 5th to November 15th, 2013
- Solo Show: NYC Store Fronts by Randy Hage from May 19th to June 21st, 2012
About Stage Restaurant
Stage Restaurant in the East Village was a staple of New York. It was first opened in 1937. Kevin Kessler from Village Voice wrote that “An obsession with New York starts here.” He reported that “some of Stage’s patrons walked in years ago and became super-regulars. ‘We have a few guys who’ve come about every day since 1985…about two times a day,’ says Roman, the Stage’s owner.” After a controversy over faulty gas lines following the recent explosion in the East Village, the restaurant has remained closed.
Artist Biography:
Visual artist, Randy Hage, has always been fascinated by the character and often overlooked beauty of aging structures. In the late 90s, he began photographing the cast iron facades in the SoHo area of New York as possible subjects for future art projects (The cast iron and brick structure on this site is a product of that original research). His interest soon moved to the unique street level Mom & Pop storefronts with their hand painted signs, layers of architecture, wonderful patinas and intriguing history.
As he continued to photograph these storefronts, it became clear to him that this was becoming more than an art project; it was becoming a documentary project as well. These neighborhood storefronts were closing at an alarming rate, falling victim to large-scale redevelopment that was exceeding a normal pace for neighborhood change.
Hage’s work not only seeks to preserve a vision of the past, but also to call attention to the loss of established and diverse neighborhoods as urban renewal and gentrification displace the store owners and the area residents who make up the tapestry of these communities. Over the past 12 years, Hage has photographed more than 450 storefronts and in that time, more than 60% of those have closed or have been torn down.
Hage’s storefront project reflects a love for these iconic structures, as well as a passionate interest in the communities that they serve. His sculptures represent more than fading facades, they honor the very soul of the city, its people.
Randy Hage has been creating sets, models, and props for the TV/Film and small-scale hobby industries for over 25 years. He is a former instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, where he taught set and prop fabrication.
Artist Website: http://newyorkstorefronts.com
New Mini New Works by Jeremiah Moss at Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York Blog on September 14th, 2015: http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2015/09/new-mini-new-yorks.html
News & Articles About Randy and His Works:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/29/nyregion/album-storefronts.html?_r=0
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9275290
http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-work-from-randy-hage.html
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/10/its_a_small_world.php
http://gothamist.com/2013/09/10/photos_amazing_miniaturized_nyc_sto.php#photo-1
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