Artist Paints Fake 'Low Flying Planes' Sign Near Ground Zero

WNBC.com ^ | May 13, 2003

[MEG33]

Unlike a gallery or a museum..one can't help but view this.I'd say it's insensitive.

[chance33_98]

"It's disturbing but I guess it wouldn't be art if it didn't disturb you in some way," said real estate agent Vanessa Low.

Uhhhh Yeah.

[Arkinsaw]

After hearing the artist, I have to conclude that the point of the work was to show the pure doofusness of the creator. On that level it works quite well.

[zip]

That "artist" is one sick son of a gun. Cruel, cold, evil, sadistic are a few words I can think of to describe him. There is no humor in that anywhere.

[MizSterious]

Someone needs to paint a "Low-wattage dork warning" on his apartment building.

[Scenic Sounds]

I really can't imagine anyone doing that and not doing it for the purposed of offending people. Sick, I think.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Artist Paints Fake 'Low Flying Planes' Sign Near Ground Zero

To paraphrase Will Rogers:

I don't know much about art but I know what I like. And that sucks.

[Normal4me]

""I was walking down the street one day and I saw a caution sign," he said. "It just all came together in my head. And then I was like, I just saw the wall and I went up and did it."

36?!?!? How much dope has this guy smoked?

[mystery-ak]

*It wasn't meant to be offensive*....I can't imagine what he was thinking....

[Arkinsaw]

Someone needs to paint a "Low-wattage dork warning" on his apartment building.

I think that would probably be helpful.

[Rebelbase]

Probably the same guy who photoshopped this:

[HighWheeler]

[HighWheeler]

A wall painting cautioning people to be on the alert for low flying planes is seen on the wall of a building at 17 Leonard St., in New York's Tribeca neighborhood, about 10 blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood, Tuesday, May 13, 2003. James Peterson, 36, the artist who painted the fake 'CAUTION Low Flying Planes' sign, said he did not mean to offend anyone. The painting has angered neighbors and provoked complaints to the city Landmarks Preservation Commission. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

[MEG33]

That's it..get rid of it.

[HighWheeler]

Can't. It's Aaaarrrrrt".

[HitmanLV]

This is tasteless but pretty funny: 9-11 humor is ok. It helps people deal with the issues better. I lived in nyc and was cracking jokes about it before noon on 9-11.

[MEG33]

Oh baaaarf!

[cubreporter]

He's not an artist he's an attention getter.

[Dog Gone]

I lived in nyc and was cracking jokes about it before noon on 9-11.

I think you were one of the few, outside of the West Bank, anyway.