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Originally in: The Economist's Intelligent Life.
New York Police seem to have apprehended a clever billboard graffito who calls himself Poster Boy. Last summer, Jeffrey MacIntyre interviewed the man himself for this retrospective of his work.
For four seasons running, the city’s greatest art crawl has been the New York subway system, courtesy of an anonymous razor-witted and -wielding graffito who calls himself Poster Boy. His flair for remixing subway advertisements into strident polemics on late capitalism has drawn an enthusiastic following. But that gig may be up. [read more]
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