ads suck, well most of them do. They surround us in a bombardment of relentless commercialism. Luckily there is a cure, Poster Boy! Brooklyn subway riders certainly know him by his work. Altering the same stale subway ads into new compositions and thoughtful juxtapositions, the collage pits the same advertising imagery against itself to great affect. Sometimes using elements from two or more posters right next to each other. Yes its vandalism, he get’s in trouble all the time. Slicing into ads must be bad for MTA advertising sales. And Poster Boy (Henry Matyjewicz) has been almost as prolific as Richard Poultry. While heat from the police may limit future altered ads from his conceptual razor blade, you can always pick up his new book Poster Boy: The War of Art
