Bureaucracy strikes again, as LADWP decides Lori Powers' lighthearted art is a Mar Vista nuisance.
The great Mar Vista street art skirmish took place shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Neighbors who love the whimsical metal sculptures that artist Lori Powers has stealthily attached to utility poles since 2017 faced off against hard-hatted Los Angeles Department of Water and Power workers busy unbolting one of her signature pieces. No one on either side looked happy.
Her fanciful creations, some with comforting messages like “Be You,” are welded together from all kinds of cast-off materials, painted in bright colors and securely attached to the utility poles with four-inch bolts and chains. She says she inspects them weekly, repainting and repairing when necessary. She began making them after she retired from her career as a computer consultant and realized she needed a hobby. She took up welding, and her fanciful artwork soon evolved.
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