Foxy Fresh Vegetables mural - Salinas, California
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N 36° 39.080 W 121° 39.712
10S E 619606 N 4057028
The scene of John Cerney's first mural, this building false-front has been repainted several times and currently sports a mural "billboard" for Foxy produce.
Waymark Code: WM5MZ6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2009
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This is a complicated and self-referential mural which appears to show members of the Nunes family helping the Acme Sign Company install a new billboard for their vegetables. The woman in the green shirt is a standing cutout who creates the illusion that she is holding a sign-painter up in her cupped hands. To her left is another standing cut-out of one of the Acme workers - the only life size figure - adding to the impossible perspective.
The models are real members of the extended Nunes family, who really do own the Foxy Vegetable brand. The intense coloration and hyper-realistic style is meant to be visible from a busy highway.
This empty building on the Salinas-Monterey highway has hosted a John Cerney mural since 1983. At that time, his only payment for his work was $50 for putting some friend's licenses on the cars in the mural (the first version of Tony's Friendly Auto Service).
City: Salinas
Location Name: (unmarked) Sam Eastman's building on Highway 68 west outskirts of town
Artist: John Cerney
Date: 2006
Media: acrylic on wood
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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