This week a series of seven anti-Kardashian signs have mysteriously appeared in rather conspicuous locations around Los Angeles including directly out front of the Kardashian-owned fashion boutique, ‘Dash’.
It appears they were the work of light-footed LA street-art mainstay, Plastic Jesus – often thought of as the US equivalent of famed UK street artist Banksy.
“I chose locations which are frequented by celebrities, including Robertson Boulevard near the Ivy restaurant, and an Italian restaurant near Melrose and Robertson called Cecconi’s,” Plastic Jesus told The Daily Beast after he had rather slyly installed them.
“And I had to put one outside the Kardashians’s store on Melrose, as well.”
Somehow we doubt the Kardashian Klan would pay any heed to the signs anyway!
Twitter users including the artist Plastic Jesus himself shared snaps of the signs around LA
So what exactly are the signposts in aid of? Apparently their a critique against the Kardashianification of LA and how celebrity culture has become so ubiquitous that the one family alone has the ability to stop traffic and cause the streets to swarm with paparazzi.
The artist said: “It comes from witnessing the Kardashians being out around Hollywood and the whole entourage of paparazzi—10, 20 photographers—who bring a location to a standstill. I’ve seen it myself and I wondered, ‘How has a family going shopping or going to lunch become a news event?’”
So how did the sneaky artist get away with it?
“I kind of looked official—I put a few cans out and wore a high-visibility vest, so they may have thought I was just a city official amending the street signs,” he said.
“It’s that whole congestion,” Plastic Jesus said. “If you or I went out in the streets and placed a piece of art, the police would pretty quickly move us on. But you assume a certain level of celebrity in this town and it is accepted as part of the culture—and part of the spectacle—of the city.”
