So there’s this artist, Alex Schaefer, who makes a bunch of paintings of Chase Bank burning.
There’s just
so many of these
and I think it’s incredibly funny but
I just read this bit from the artist and
This is a "plein air" painting which means I set up my easel right across the street of this Chase bank in my city and painted it like it had caught fire. The police questioned me on the spot. Three weeks later Homeland Security was knocking on the door to my home. The question they kept asking me was "Do you hate these banks?" I can honestly say yes.
And I just think this is the greatest artist statement I’ve ever read.
an addition from his insta:
{ID - several oil paintings of various banks on fire, and a photo of Alex Schafer, the artist, painting a new one outside a bank of america that is very much not on fire (though the one in the painting is)
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Also pictured: Schaefer is wearing a T-Shirt which has logos parodying various banking institutions, such as:
Bad for America in the style of Bank of America
ShitiBank in the style of CitiBank
We're Felons in the style of Wells Fargo
Crooks in the style of Chase
If interested, one can support Schaefer by purchasing one of these shirts (or a 'solo' design, or one featuring a burning bank painting) from the artist's website.
