![]() Well, in 2000 the building went up for sale for a ridiculously low price. Everyone that made it special for me got pushed out. I was in hog heaven and then all of a sudden it felt almost like someone unplugged a drain and all my heroes slipped through it. Almost anyone that wasn’t a bum was someone quite celebrated. And all the old beatniks like John Giorno, Robert Frank, who I’d see hanging out with that Broadway legend Uta Hagen. You’d go to the deli and you’d see Suicide or two of the Ramones, and on the other corner, Gerard Malanga, Lenny Kaye lived next door so Patti Smith was always around. It really was the encyclopedia of CBGB’s. I know she would have been happy that a friend and fellow artist took the space. As much as I miss her, out of everyone I’ve ever known she crammed the most in to the fewest years. DJ, glam rock muse (Roxy Music), punk rock muse (Vivienne Westwood), and then she was the queen of the Blitz. Had they diagnosed it she would have had to live her whole life in germ free seclusion, but instead she had this insane career as a Carnaby St. She had the boy in the bubble disease, but before they had even discovered it. She was only in the apartment for eight hours when she caught spontaneous meningitis and basically exploded. I was close friends with Luciana Martinez de la Rosa. How did you end up getting this apartment? Also, in the early cartoons, the backdrop for Popeye was always The Bowery, and I thought, “That looks great. So the fact that I love strippers so much now makes perfect sense. You can only see it if you stop and actually look at the individual frames. I read that when Betty Boop danced, every tenth frame she would be nude. ![]() I had a special interest in him because my great aunt was his nurse. He created her, Felix the Cat, and Popeye. I was a big fan of Max Fleischer cartoons. Was she your first introduction to burlesque? He became Mugler’s muse for his iconic Vampire collection, starting a collaborative friendship, and long, wild ride through the height of the acclaimed designer’s dominance in fashion. Scott’s fairy tale introduction to New York began with being discovered by Thierry Mugler while still an architecture student at Princeton. His militancy about this has made him a leading expert in downtown subculture, some of which he’s lived first hand, playing a leading role in what are some of the city’s best moments. As he speaks, he connects lines through history in order to explain where concepts in fashion, art, music, and culture began. The star pieces were his depictions of gangs of seductive devils roaming through intricately detailed cityscapes of Time Square at the height of it’s sleazy, chaotic glory a decadent zone where all pleasure is encouraged. His last show at Participant Inc., was a grand installation that mixed theatre signage, wallpaper, and memorabilia. In his own work Scott continues this obsession, blurring the lines between collector, historian, and visual artist. His one-of-a-kind collection celebrates the trailblazing performers and venues of New York City’s legendary burlesque scene. In 2000, when Giuliani’s mission was to clean up Times Square, Scott’s mission was to save as much of it as he could possibly store. It inspires his art, has guided his career, and has lead to many friendships, but it’s perhaps most apparent in the spectacular interior of his East Village apartment. ![]() Artist Scott Ewalt’s life-long passion for burlesque is unparalleled.
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