Sing Along: "One of These Things Is Not Like The Other!"
New vote for most bizarre mural in Los Angeles: This work, being finished up right now on the side of an apartment building at the corner of Wilton Place and Santa Monica Blvd.
You're seeing it right. It's a painting of Elvis hanging out with Marilyn Monroe... and Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Who, oddly enough, looks like JFK -- perhaps the original intended subject, until California went Ahnold-crazy -- but with sunglasses and on a motorcycle.)
JFK with Elvis and Marilyn would have (ahem) at least made sense. But the bizarre time warp of this Elvis/Marilyn/Arnold work gives me a weird headache everytime I drive by (which is every day, since it's on my commute to work).
From what I can tell, this is another piece by the Sign and Art Co.'s Hector Ponce, who's also responsible for the much less puzzling Beatles mural on the next wall over. The company is also behind this piece, which previously held the title for most bizarre mural in L.A.
Yes, that's Monica Lewinsky. And yes, her mural is next to one featuring Jesus healing a sick man. Discuss.
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