After the weekend's New York Street Advertising Takeover, the main illegal billboard operator (NPA Outdoor) quickly repasted a lot of the billboards with new posters.

Fortunately some decent people caught these posters while the glue was still wet, so managed to uncover Phil Lumbang's 'Hug Life'.

artist: Phil Lumbang
location: NYC

images via Shai Dahan/ Abztract

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Usually Banksy's work on the street has a tough life: it's either prized off by profiteers (later sold or exhibited in lame exhibitions), vandalized, or put behind plastic to protect its value. Occasionally a Banksy survives for a decent length of time in reasonable condition.

Rarely though is a Banksy just ignored, as the 'girl with watering can' is. It seems fitting that of all the places a Banksy might be ignored, Hollywood is the place, where churning through former stars is business as usual.

See the full piece here.

artist: Banksy
location: La Brea, Los Angeles

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