wall cut, 214-229, 182nd-183rd Sts., IND Concourse Line, Bronx, NY

This is a photograph of a wall cut in the New York City subway (see the “wall cuts” Gallery for a general description of these panels).  This panel was scraped of posters, exposing a bare cement wall, layers of paint and broad strokes of graffiti reminescent of a Jackson Pollock painting.