Photos 12 Oct 2008 08:11 am
PhotoSunday Signage – 3
- In past postings, I’ve pointed out that I am a fan of hand painted signs that cover the rougher surfaces in the city.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
Not all signs, of course, are hand painted. Some small ones (above left)
are stenciled, most are just pasted (above right).
The area of town that I think is becoming the new “42nd St” – meaning there’s an
overwhelming number of posters everywhere you look – is in the Village at Houston St.
& Broadway. The signs in this small are are all of the highest technology.
However, none are hand painted signs.
In this 4 block square area, the closest is this, ads for Adult Swim that are
draped over the surface of a brick wall – ON TOP of windows, I might add.
There are those that have been sitting for years and are slowly disintegrating
in front of our eyes, like this sign on 25th St, across from the Flat Iron building.
I had meant to photograph this poster that is an exact duplicate of
one seen all over the city, especially within the subways.
But some advertising terrorist seems to have arrived, armed with paint of their own.
They covered the hand painted sign with their own paint and did this.
However, I keep wondering if this isn’t something that FOX
has designed to rouse my curiosity for a follow-up ad.
It almost looks too professionally done.
on 13 Oct 2008 at 1:45 am 1.Ward said …
I agree with you on that one, Michael. It’s much too large for any culture jammer/graff artist to take on by themselves. Looks like they’re trying to do a rip-off of Banksy, what with the rat with a paint roller thing.
on 13 Oct 2008 at 2:40 pm 2.Pete Emslie said …
I hope that rat also whites out that ugly “Superjail” garbage too. Blecch!
on 14 Oct 2008 at 5:17 pm 3.Jenny Lerew said …
I love that graphic of the rat…but you’re probably right in your suspicions.
on 14 Oct 2008 at 5:53 pm 4.Lorelei said …
the rat graffiti IS Banksy’s work- he teamed up with Colossal media. You can check out this Gothamist news break: http://gothamist.com/2008/10/08/banksygate_2008_the_bombings_contin.php?gallery14606Pic=1#gallery
on 19 Oct 2008 at 5:25 pm 5.mike said …
Superjail looks funny though, because I’ve watched a lot of those jail programs on Discovery and what not. It looks like it’s going to be a funny spoof.
on 22 Oct 2008 at 5:05 pm 6.Elliot Cowan said …
These advertising canvases are printed on a clever screen that you can see through. so if you were to look out of the window you’d see a vague darkness and not the back of the Superjail man.
(I think Superjail looks terrific, btw)…