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Hi all,
Robbie Conal was one of my key influences when I saw his Ronald Reagan CONTRA-DICTION poster in 1987. He has continued to hit the streets with great political posters, and his most recent, FO$$IL FOOL(Mitch McConnel), is a poster that needs to be spread far and wide. If you are in NYC this Fri. you have the chance to support a great message and great art with a bit of mischief… by helping Robbie to put posters up. Consider it an opportunity to get the adrenaline flowing and do more than complain from the sidelines. Thanks for caring.
-Shepard
WE’RE HEADING TO NYC! POSTERING ON FRIDAY APRIL 17TH, WITH GUERRILLA STREET ARTIST ROBBIE CONAL!
Hi Everybody,
First, I’d like to send huge thanks to everyone who came out postering with us in Los Angeles on April Fool’s Day. With your generous help, we managed to get up over 300 FO$$IL FOOL (Mitch McConnell) posters that night! (Check out photos of your awesome postering technique below). Now we aim to do the same with our intrepid co-conspirators in NYC!
Since the 2012 election, after Mitt Romney’s empty thought bubble burst, I’ve tried my best to be “Mr. Positivity.” Our last street postering was Nelson Mandela—you can’t get more positive than Mandela, right? But I’ve been tracking Mitch McConnell, the senior senator from Kentucky (and Jon Stewart’s pet “turtle,”) for a while now. Mitch became Majority Leader of the Senate on January 3rd, but I’ve been kind of chillin’—you know, giving the “Turtle” some time to make his move.
Two whole days later Mitch confided that finally, “There’s a glimmer of hope in the economic outlook…” Why? Mitch KNOWS why: “…the uptick tends to coincide with the expectation of a new Republican Congress!” Yuuuup. That’s genius at work! Albeit, delusional spin genius. A good start, but not, “My Old Kentucky Home” bourbon soaked, barbecue and hot sauced, let’s-fire-up-those-toxic-charcoal-briquettes-and-breathe-deep—good!
Ahh, but then Obama signed an executive order requiring the states to develop new carbon — “fossil fuel” — emissions standards. Otherwise, the Environmental Protection Agency would have to impose Federal emissions regulations on each State individually. That literally caused Mitch to blow his smoke stack. He fired off a letter to every Governor of every state, encouraging each not to comply with the President’s executive order, essentially urging them to break Federal law! That’s an unprecedented act by a Senate Majority leader.
Now, that’s what I’m talking about! Mitch finally went all “FO$$IL FOOL” on us… We got this!
Please join us on Friday, April 17th from 10PM-11PM, at Joseph Gross Gallery in Chelsea (see address below). We’ll be there with glue, brushes, and plenty of brand new posters for all. Oh, please hit “reply” and tell me how many will be in your crew! THANK YOU!
Bunnyhugs,
Robbie.
Note: Feel free to share this info with friends, using only email forwards and texts. Please do not post this on social media until after we get the job done! 😉
Follow Robbie Here: #robbieconal #fossilfool
Joseph Gross Gallery
548 West 28th Street, #232
New York, NY 10001
(646) 535-6528
http://josephgrossgallery.com/
Friday, April 17, 2015
10:00—11:00pm
More details to follow on postering in San Francisco TBD
