BREAKING NEWS: Creeptastic “10 Freeway LA Marathon Mural” Still There
By Ryan - Thursday December 28th 2006
LOS ANGELES (Losanjealous) ::
Losanjealous has just received notice that the creeptastic LA Marathon Mural on the 10 Freeway near National is Still There at press time, 12/28/2006.
Expected by drivers every single day of its existence to have been either mercifully whitewashed or fully covered by the rampant MOMO-inspired graffiti which drapes it like so much ivy, Year 2026 (Kent Twitchell, 1990 R. Fauve, 1994) has once again surprised the entire city with extraordinary resilience in what may yet prove to be the longest-running marathon in existence. Tune in tomorrow for another update.
Dude, you better hope this shit don’t get painted over.
Kent Twitchell had a mural in downtown painted over a few months ago, and all hell broke loose (okay, lots of people complained and people passed the buck around over who was responsible for the mistake).
Upshot is that Twitchell is probably going to sue and probably going to get money. From the city. And the mural will have to be restored.
So I don’t know about you, but I don’t wanna pay for that stuff. Let the thing sit there.
I read about that. The one you’re referring to was the Ruscha tribute. Same thing happened to one of his murals years ago & he successfully sued that time as well … he’s getting good at this.
Certainly one of Twitchell’s more enduring works. In addition to the Ruscha mural paint-out I was heartbroken this summer to find Twitchell’s Steve McQueen mural at Union and 12th is gone, too.
Every time I pass this marathon mural I’m always particularly amused by the avuncular white dude sporting the No. 1 bib and leading the pack.
Uh, dammit… that should’ve read “Certainly NOT one of Twitchell’s more enduring works.”
“…the avuncular white dude sporting the No. 1 bib and leading the pack” has always reminded me of th late Rodney Dangerfield who, like many of Twitchell’s murals, gets no respect.
UPDATE:
after further digging it appears Twitchell’s marathon mural is NOT the one on the 10, but rather the 405 near LAX. (How many cities can sustain two marathon murals?)
Creeptastic mural is credited to Ramiro Fauve. Years ago it looked like this…
http://fauvecreations.com/wrtings.html
Three marathon murals, actually. Don’t forget the one on the 101 downtown.
There’s also one on the 5 near Dodger Stadium. It was recently restored only get tagged back up in a matter of weeks.
Wait…. someone please explain to me how you can sue for getting your mural covered? Who paid for the mural? Isn’t it on city property? Did the city sell him a portion of the wall? Head about to blow up… someone explain.
I can’t wait for graffiti to take over this one. It’s SO damn ugly. Not to mention creepy. Look at the old lily-white pudgy-soft man leading all the other runners. He looks like he’s crapped himself. Is he a wealthy Century City executive? And next to him, his wife? They’re in the lead – and they have to stay there or the poor people with pigment in their skin will overtake them. Run! Run for your lives!
As if traffic at this point on the 10 wasn’t bad enough, sweet jesus I hope they never restore this thing… ugh.. somebody just knock some cans paint over the side of this thing and call it a day.
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