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The Day Before by $makepictures

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Oscar in shrouds on what will become the famous "red carpet" the day before the Academy Awards broadcast.


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PARKING LOTAll in one parking lot of art on Melrose Avenue between Ogden and Genesee in Los Angeles, CA right across the street from Fairfax High School.

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INTOLERANCE
 
Andy Warhol let it happen.  As the leading conduit of popular and unpopular culture in his time he presaged what we take to be commonplace today. Nothing good has been as edgy since Andy.  In letting it happen he embraced it all. We may need a hundred years to catch up -  - who's to know?

This "Thank You" to Andy hit the sidewalks along Melrose Ave in Los Angeles some months ago.  The blue butterfly, added by another, I believe, is Andy Warhol iconography.  It reminds us all of how much he contributed and of the vibrancy of his legacy, still thoroughly modern after all these years.
 
Someone scrawled onto this tribute the word "Jew" in yellow paint; in the same color of yellow demanded by the Nazi for the Stars of David forced to be worn by Jewish people as they were herded into the ghettos before th
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