AltWeeklies Wire
Fiberglass Giants: Chicago's Last Bastions of Marketing Kitschnew
During the 1960s and 1970s, the sight of massive pop-art fiberglass figures greeted drivers on streets and smaller highways across the country. From California to Maine, drivers and their families were alerted by figures in the forms of hotdogs, hamburgers, cowboys, clowns, alligators and oranges, lobsters and loons.
Chicago Newcity |
David Witter |
08-06-2008 |
Art
What Happens When Corporate Art Goes 'Urban'?new
Since launching in 2004, the D.C. art collective AM Radio has found some key supporters for their urban art project: People trying to sell stuff to an "urban" demographic.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
06-13-2008 |
Art
