Electric!
Decorated Utility Box
Easthampton, MA
N 42° 15.918 W 072° 40.153
Short Description:
A painted utility box at 50 Payson Avenue is entitled "Electric!" by the artist.
Long Description:
Easthampton City Arts has commissioned Amy Johnquest to paint this utility box, which was completed in August 2015. In a bit of whimsy, her design represents what is inside the box. The utility box is painted in bold colors and is suggestive of a circus poster. The front of the utility box is painted with a stage with curtains. A large orange banner has the word ELECTRIC in bold white letters. Below a red circle proclaims ALIVE . Yellow lightning bolts surround the circle.
The curtain and stage continues on both sides. The street closest to the street contains a single large yellow lightning bolt striking the stage. The back shows the stage and a blue backdrop for the pun POWER TO THE PEOPLE . Yellow lightning bolts radiating from the message.
The meter side has the meter painted as a clown face. On the left the word ZING is written in lightning bolts. The artist has including the following message:
ANOTHER JOLLY NOVELTY
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
AMY "BANNERQUEEN" JOHNQUEST
WITH LOVE AND THANKS TO
EASTHAMPTON CITY ARTS & (♡ BURNS!)
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL,
& TO MANCHESTER HARDWARE - for helping
provide the paint
AUGUST 2015
See you
in
Electric
Lady
Land
XOXOXO
Thanks for making this post! As a result it wound up on another site: http://weburbanist.com/2015/12/13/art-of-power-12-visually-shocking-electric-utility-boxes/
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