{"id":4770,"date":"2012-11-30T08:10:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T13:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2013-10-26T20:35:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T00:35:03","slug":"rochester-spaceman-banksy-style-streetart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2012\/11\/rochester-spaceman-banksy-style-streetart\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Spaceman?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"This<\/a>
\nA few months ago this woman caught the attention of motorists \"external<\/a> on I-490 near downtown Rochester. The image immediately made me think of early works by Banksy \"external<\/a> or Shepard Fairey \"external<\/a>, artists who catapulted themselves into pop culture stardom by plastering their towns with often graphic and politically-charged poster art. I wondered, was this Rochester artist making a political\/social statement? Or is this half-nude character with the peace sign pasty simply a random piece of visual titillation?<\/p>\n

A few people on Facebook claimed to know the artist, but my attempts to track him (or her) down were fruitless. Then yesterday a friend* of mine spotted a similar image stuck to a 490\/590 support column at the Can of Worms interchange…<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
\nI’m not sure if this is the same woman, but it’s definitely from the same artist. Again, half nude (and a bit more so this time) and glued to the wall like an advertising poster. Have a closer look… go ahead… I’ll wait<\/p>\n

\"Spaceman?<\/a>
\nOk quit ogling. Did you notice something? This time the artist has left us a clue. “SPACEMAN” printed across the woman’s eyes. AH HA!<\/p>\n

Turn your car around and head back down I-490, to where the speed limit changes from 55 to 65. Stuck to the side of a railroad bridge overpass you’ll find this…<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
\nBingo! There’s our SPACEMAN! And a few smaller Spacemen have popped up around town at gas stations \"external<\/a> and signal boxes \"external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, if only Spaceman could talk. I’ll bet he has a story to tell. Earth to Spaceman! Please contact me<\/a>!<\/p>\n

*Thanks goes to my buddy Jason “Eagle-eyes” Adlowitz for spotting these new artworks.<\/small><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> The first image of the lady with the peace sign pasty was not done by the same artist as Spaceman. This was by a different artist, A.K.A. Ax \"external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> We caught up with Spaceman… Read the interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> Spaceman art available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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