The famed Barracuda Wall plays host to the Street Art conversation in LA once again with this ironic installation from Cyrcle and Muska, captured here by photographer Carlos Gonzales. Post No Bills, for readers who live outside of Metropolis, is a standard warning that appears on the walls of construction sites to discourage outdoor advertisers from plastering their entreaties for you to purchase deodorant, electronic devices, hair straightening goo, and cruises to Killarney.
(image © Fading Ad Blog http://www.fadingad.com/)
Naturally, poster companies routinely ignore the admonition and plaster thousands of ads every year upon them despite the warnings and usually with indemnity.
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Sandwiched between the ads you’ll find the Street Artist, whose voice jumps out from the commercial cacophony and this installation is a commentary on the claim commercial entities have on public space, while the tiny public voice is often squeezed out. While some real estate developers have actually hired Street Artists and others in recent years to adorn their construction sites with their work, the majority of these lots simply are a toggled message of “Post No Bills” one day and hoochie mamas in thongs shilling energy drinks the next.
In this installation Street Artists Cyrcle and Muska playfully draw attention to these signs and cast them as fine art installation, a deliberate postmodern repetitive rhythmic visual chant for pedestrians and drivers in the city to enjoy.
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
For those who need to have their street art labelled, Muska and Cyrcle helpfully provide this placard. (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Cyrcle + Chad Muska (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
Carlos Gonzalez is a LA based photographer and contributes regularly on Street Art topics to BSA. Click on the link below to see more of his work:
http://www.facebook.com/CarlosGonzalezPhotography
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