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The subway mosaic is believed to be the first permanent piece of LGBT public art in New York.
Muniz based his piece, entitled “Perfect Strangers”, on staged photographs of various people he knows in real life.
Fort-seven-year-old Kellog, who currently works as a computer programmer, is pictured dressed in the overalls he used to wear as an electrician.
“We were given no direction on how to look. I think we are supposed to be standing waiting for a train — not really posing or smiling as you would for a personal portrait,” Kellog said of their pose.
“Just average New Yorkers,” he said.
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
It would be several years later that they found out both their likenesses would appear on the subway walls.
“They are just people you would expect to see,” Vik Muniz told Seattle PI in an interview. “You would expect to see men holding hands.”
Thor Stockman
One criticism the couple noticed online is the sentiment that they are “too white” to be featured in the mural — a criticism Kellog admits the couple has to agree with.
“There should be more art in New York featuring people of color. More representations of gender,” Kellog said. “I don't think Thor and I are supposed to represent the entirety of the gay community in New York City — there is no way we could.”
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