Stolen masterpiece imagery is fenced on the open market: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration...

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Figure 84a. Virginia Vale: Rinos and dinos and pitch forks, oh my!

In addition to their responsibility of scooping twice as much sidewalk as the average citizen, residents who live on corner lots have twice the yard-art workload as well. An increased need for visual imagery often leads to "borrowing" ideas from artistic masterpieces. In the photograph above, Grant Woods's classic American Gothic painting is interpreted in wire and rust, allowing this yard artist the chance to show his true metal...

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Figure 84b. Virginia Vale: Elephants and elegance.

The rusting replication of the American Gothic painting pictured above insinuates that it was completed as a community college arc welding class project. However, as seen below, this is just one of several stolen masterpieces...


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