NYC artist attire as a Van Gogh self-portrait yearly for the Village Halloween Parade
He Gogh-es all out.
New York Metropolis artist James Haggerty has attended the Village Halloween Parade for the final 15 years dressed as “totally different incarnations” of a self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh — and revelers discover his costume brush-taking.
“Throughout one night time, I may take a whole lot of images,” Haggerty, 52, instructed The Publish.
The Massive Apple native — who’s additionally an artwork trainer — spends two months annually engaged on his costume for the parade, which expects 80,000 members and greater than 2 million spectators this Halloween.
“A body is within the foreground, there’s a background, and I’m type of within the center,’ he mentioned. “Every thing is related in order that I’m a strolling canvas down Sixth Avenue.
“Through the years, the extent of authenticity has elevated, the place I spend quite a lot of time taking note of the interval clothes, the brushwork. And I actually attempt to get that pure emotion that Van Gogh has in all of his works.”
The van Gogh wannabe takes three to 4 hours to use face make-up to appear like the manic Dutch painter, who famously reduce off a part of his ear — and died by suicide on the age of 37.
“I feel his vitality and emotion and magnificence lends itself very nicely to Halloween,” Haggerty added.
The perennial parade-goer is so dedicated to the costume, he even has a second one in thoughts in case the primary one takes too lengthy.
“There have been quite a few years the place I used to be engaged on one costume, wasn’t in a position to end it, but in addition had a backup plan for one that will take much less time,” he defined.
This Halloween, the climate forecast is predicting excessive winds, however Haggerty isn’t frightened.
“I’m within a body, so it retains me dry.”
