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Mystery art pops up along Shilshole

Posted by Geeky Swedes on July 1st, 2010

A piece of art has been nailed to a couple poles in Ballard.

Seattle Art tweets, “Anyone know what this is? Object near Shilshole and 17th in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.”

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  • 1 Gil Gal // Jul 1, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Its a local artist fella from my hood, East Ballard. I think he just has extra artwork and is spreading it around.

  • 2 gurple // Jul 1, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Well, it’s definitely a depiction of a shoggoth, but how it got there is anybody’s guess.

    Anybody noticed any fishermen starting to walk a little strangely and mutter “Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fthagn!” under their breath?

  • 3 ballard65 // Jul 1, 2010 at 10:01 am

    I saw this leaning against a tree on side street between Fred Meyers and Market (closer to Fred Meyers). Probably the same person Gil Gal mentioned.

  • 4 Alexis // Jul 1, 2010 at 10:44 am

    I would love to see more of this guy’s stuff, if he has a website or anything.

  • 5 Foghorn Leghorn // Jul 1, 2010 at 11:45 am

    Ah say some of those there fisherman do seem to be sportin’ a bit of the old “Innsmouth Look”, if you follow me son.

  • 6 Walker // Jul 1, 2010 at 11:59 am

    This guy lives on the corner of 51st and 11th. He usually has several of this paintings out for sale along the sidewalk. So Alexis if you would like to see more, swing by there.

  • 7 Puck11 // Jul 1, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    Looks like a bicyclist that was run over by a Salmon Bay truck because there was no bike trail for him to safely ride on.

  • 8 motorrad // Jul 1, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    I bet ballard oil and SB$G are getting their lawsuits started as we speak to stop this proliferation of art for the sake of safety.

  • 9 liberalquietscan // Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    Art on telephone poles is so guerilla. Yawn.

  • 10 MikeG // Jul 2, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Another reason why I love Ballard and Seattle. Very nice.

  • 11 Pablo // Jul 2, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    Is it still art if I add a cardboard sign underneath it that says “FREE”?

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