I’ve just stumbled across this Spanish urban artist. SpY. His website’s well worth a look. There’s some really fresh ideas.

www.spy.org.es

“This 14 meters high black silhouetted image of a bull in semi-profile is regarded as the unofficial national symbol of Spain. One of the biggest sherry companies erected these large images of bulls starting in 1956, in black with the maker’s name, as advertising boardings on sites near to major roads throughout Spain.
A law was passed in 1994 prohibiting roadside advertising and so the boardings were to be removed. By this time the signs were nationally renowned, and public response resulted in the signs being retained, but completely blacked out to remove all reference to the original advertisers. The Court eventually allowed these signs to remain on the grounds that it has become a part of the landscape where it is present and its “aesthetic or cultural significance” thus turning it into a figure of public domain. ” (from Wikipedia)

So that’s where they came from?!

inspiration spy