Poop Street Art

Before the pooper scooper laws in NYC there was an artist who would quietly and stealthily add whipped cream and a cherry on top of the mounds and mounds of dog poop that lined Minetta Street in Greenwich Village NYC. I wish I had a photo of that because it looked amazing!

Many years and a pooper-scooper-law-in-place later, there is a new dog poop decorater in town now on Manhattan's Upper East Side according Jennifer 8 Lee of the New York Times. Stan O’Connor, a local tour guide posted a video of the work on YouTube. The artist spray-paints dog droppings that are being left on the sidewalk and after the dog waste is removed, the bright rings of orange and green spray paint remain, reminding passers-by of what used to be there.

Bravo, brave and intrepid pooch poop artist!

Shepard Fairey

First a program on his work on Ovation and now an artist in the Smithsonian? I love the fact that Shepard Fairey is getting the recognition he deserves. His work is amazing and a treat to see on the streets of New York and Miami (and probably many other cities as well).

This article in today's New York Times however demonstrates how a street artist can achieve (and should achieve) the pinnacle of art recognition. HIs portrait of President Obama is now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. Congratulations and well deserved!