“Masterpieces of Everyday New York: Objects as Story”

If you had to choose one thing to symbolize this city, what would it be? That’s the question the New School posed to its faculty, and the resulting collection of flotsam is now on display. A short essay accompanies each of the 62 items and images, which include Richard Hambleton’s “Shadowman” paintings that appeared on NYC streets in the 1980s, garment-factory worker Ruth Rubinstein’s sewing box, and a broken umbrella.