Prepare for a watered down version of the street art anyone cares about,
where political statements that may cause offense are too much.
Deitch's inglorious stumbling included asking Blu to play along. Blu
was quoted by the LA Times:
It is censorship that almost turned into self-censorship when they asked me to openly agree with their decision to erase the wall. In Soviet Union they were calling it 'self-criticism.'
Deitch invited me to paint another mural over the one he erased, and I will not do that.
See the backstory.
image by Brian Forrest / MOCA via LA Times
Another great billboard takeover done this weekend as part of the New York Street Advertising Takeover (NYSAT); one of I Am's
Muybridge sequences
.
See more NYSAT
here, and more I Am
here.
artist: I Am
location: NYC
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stumbleBack in April Jordan Seiler's Public Ad Campaign organized
a takeover of about 120 illegal billboards in NYC; each was whitewashed, and repainted by an artist.
Yesterday was round two; this time another 114 billboards were targeted; some of the results are below:
Phil Lumbang
Phil Lumbang
Shai Dahan
Gaia & Clown Soldier
Gaia & Clown Soldier
Phil Lumbang
Beth Whitney in the Meat Packing district
Posterchild
Unfortunately the illegal billboard companies (chief offender:
NPA Outdoor) swiftly reclaimed a lot of the billboards with fresh low-budget ads.
Read more of the story on
the New York Times, the
Public Ad Campaign's website, and see more images on
Animal NYC and
The Street Spot.
update: see more of NYSAT on unurth here.
images by Shai Dahan, Stephany Won, Posterchild, PAC & Gaia
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One of the billboards from the nyc illegal billboard takeover I liked most was the skateboard jump progression.
It turns out the artist ('I Am') did a couple of others too - a high five and raising a sign introducing himself
artist: I AM
location: NYC
120 illegal billboards whitewashed around nyc this weekend, and then used as blank canvases by artists; this is one of my favorites.
See more at the
public ad campaign,
wooster,
cronicasbarbaras
update: the image above is by 'I am' -
see more here
pc: Cronicasbarbaras
