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Mike Kelley & Tony Oursler — Singing Stop Sign (Señalización de Pare Cantante)

Singing Stop Sign (Señalización de Pare Cantante)

A battered metal stop sign, riddled with bullet holes and adorned with reflective tape and vibrant screenprinted colors, merges the mundane authority of urban infrastructure with raw, street-level violence. Collaborating artists Mike Kelley and Tony Oursler animate the damaged sign with an embedded speaker and boom box, transforming it into a singing, sound-emitting object that blurs the line between institutional control and absurdist performance. The work channels themes of defiance, decay, and dark humor, subverting the sign's commanding directive through unexpected musicality and the unmistakable evidence of destruction.

Medium
Reflective tape and screenprint in colors, on metal with bullet holes, speaker, boom box, CD and sound,

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April 25, 2016

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Mike Kelley & Tony Oursler, Singing Stop Sign (Señalización de Pare Cantante)

A battered metal stop sign, riddled with bullet holes and adorned with reflective tape and vibrant screenprinted colors, merges the mundane authority of urban infrastructure with raw, street-level violence. Collaborating artists Mike Kelley and Tony Oursler animate the damaged sign with an embedded speaker and boom box, transforming it into a singing, sound-emitting object that blurs the line between institutional control and absurdist performance. The work channels themes of defiance, decay, and dark humor, subverting the sign's commanding directive through unexpected musicality and the unmistakable evidence of destruction.

Medium
Reflective tape and screenprint in colors, on metal with bullet holes, speaker, boom box, CD and sound,
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Street Signage, Bold, Collaborative Work, American Artists, Bold Colors, Conceptual, American, Screenprint And Reflective Tape, Mixed Media Installation, Conceptual Art, Sound Art, Metal And Speaker, Interactive, Whimsical, Urban Themes, Contemporary Art, Pop Culture, Playful Mood, Contemporary

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