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 5 on the
map. The medium is industrial metal primer, yellow paint and black outdoor vinyl.
This box depicts a man whose head is a jigsaw puzzle piece. Graffiti painters appear to have added an extra swash of black paint to this art work.
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 Powell Street near the NW intersection of Beaudry Street. 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 Times
2005
Black outdoor vinyl, paint
17 traffic signal boxes throughout Emeryville
City of Emeryville
Art in Public Places Program
05-01
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