Focus on this artwork and analyze the Background.
If you have not seen that sign, you have nothing to do with art or you've never been to SoHo.
René has described the murals as a thumb in the nose to the art community he helped pioneer but by which he later felt ignored.
The artist — a very vocal opponent of censorship, hypocrisy and oppression — explains some of his activities as stemming from a desire to liberate not only the art world but also the world at large.
It is attributes such as that, he has reflected in hindsight, which may qualify him as "the best artist", having nothing to do with artistic skills.René's ubiquitous declarations, spelled out in large, capital letters punctuated by his signature "René" written in a flowing font, were a topic of conversation and debate at the time, and provided a backdrop to photographs taken by a multitude of tourists, art students and advertising layouts in magazines worldwide.
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