This black on yellow utility box in Emeryville, California is
one of 25 in the series
Sign of the Times done by artist Seyed Alavi. This box is number 16 on the
map. The medium is industrial metal primer, yellow paint and black outdoor vinyl.
This box depicts a man holding a U-turn sign.
In 2009, the Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America, named Sign of the Times: Phase II one of the forty best public art projects in the U.S.
The box is located on Shellmound Street near the exit from the IKEA store. The utility box can be seen in Google Street View.
A sign on the left side near the base reads:
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SEYED ALAVI
Sign of the Time, Phase II
2008
Black outdoor vinyl, paint
23 traffic signal boxes throughout Emeryville
City of Emeryville
Art in Public Places Program
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