Remember this awesome Dewars ad on the building across the street from me:
death of a dream
Well, no sooner had I finally snapped a photo of it than someone (presumably the owners of the garage on the other side of the wall) painted over this amazing piece of art so that it now looks like this:
the nothing
They didn’t repaint the entire wall. They just specifically painted over the coolest part of the wall. In gray. Gray that doesn’t match the other gray (which I suppose would be impossible with the weathering effect of… um… weather). Why the paint job/censorship? Methinks someone objected to the message of the ad, as the artistic quality cannot be in question. They probably objected to the very laissez faire attitude I found so heartening. This is New York after all, where you’ve got to fight for your right to party (and by “party” I mean “sustain a tolerable existence”), so you can’t afford to be doing/being/saying nothing and you sure as hell can’t avoid criticism.
"Excuse me, sir, but I take issue with your conduct."
I will have to follow up with the owners of the garage to understand the motivation behind the painting’s removal. Maybe someone is a recovering alcoholic. Maybe they’re more Jim Beam drinkers. Or Evan Williams. Or maybe they’re just pricks.
Tags: art, business, dumbasses, New York, puritism, red hook, wishful thinking
Maybe the Dewers people bounced a check to the garage owner?
“The less you do, the more you do”
–Koonu
you know, it occurs to me that being painted gray to match the surrounding wall is probably the complete realization of the ad’s message. nicely done, world. nicely done.
that shit is so meta it hurts
“All things end badly. Otherwise they wouldn’t end.”
- Coughlin’s Law