There's fresh red paint on the shed outside the Baller Art Ware on Tracy Street in Silver Lake.
It's freshly painted because on Monday Shepard Fairey and his team will create a new mural there.
It will say "Make Art, Not War," in white letters reversed out of the red background.
The photo above is a mock up.
Baller manager Carol Blanding invited Fairey to paint the piece through his best friend, who she has known for many years.
Fairey is also a Baller customer, stopping by for paints and other materials on occasion.
A long-time Silver Lake resident, Blanding knew the busy commuter traffic on Hyperion Avenue would make sure the message wasn't lost on folks.
The building's owners have also approved the installation.
AND TELL US: What do you think of this new mural going up along changing Hyperion Avenue? Do you have any advice for Fairey?
Dion Neutra, architect AIA, FISD 2440 Neutra Place Los Angeles, CA. 90039 Phone/Fax: 323 666 1806 Website: www.neutra.org E-mail: dion@neutra.org
(But didn't Obama end the war in Iraq? Sure, if you count his unsuccessfully trying to renegotiate Bush's Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq -- in order to allow more troops to stay there -- as "ending" that war. And of course, he escalated our involvement in Afghanistan by raising troop levels 50%, and thousands of NATO troops are slated to remain even after we "withdraw.") In announcing his support for Obama's reelection in 2012, Fairey wrote: "I could go on and on about the flaws of the system itself, but short of a violent revolution (which I don't advocate), the only way to improve the governance of the country, and the system itself, is to vote people in who will make positive changes for government and for the people."
Hopefully, the now relatively-dormant Occupy Movement was just a first phase in a nonviolent movement to bring us to a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable society. Mr. Fairey would do well to lend his talents to such efforts, and not be so wedded to politicians who stand in the way.