Fake Anti-MAGA Sanitation Posters Want To 'Keep NYC Trash Free'

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NYC has a rich recent history of artists and graphic designers putting fake posters up around the city for everything from Pride Trains to guerrilla Subway Etiquette tips to Lord Of The Rings parodies. And while many of those were focused on emulating MTA signage, the NYC Sanitation Department is getting a taste of it now as well, with a series of fake #KeepNYCTrashFree posters that seek to make NYC #MAGA-free.

The parody posters feature a slovenly-dressed man wearing a MAGA hat with a Confederate flag heart tattoo—he is also holding a Chick-fil-A drink, in case the message and symbolism of the poster was not apparent enough. There are at least three of them up in the city so far, though artist Winston Tseng did not want to comment on them for now: “I’ll let the poster speak for itself," he told Gothamist.

(Winston Tseng)

"It definitely caught my attention!" said Christine Champagne, an East Village resident who spotted the poster on Avenue A near St. Mark's Place on Tuesday. Unfortunately, by yesterday evening, the poster had already been ripped up:

Tseng's previous work includes last year's "Your Train is Delayed" MTA parody ads, along with designs commenting on Colin Kaepernick, the Catholic Church, hypebeast culture, and most controversially, the relationship between Sean Hannity and Trump. Tseng told Poster House that he's worked with big brands like Urban Outfitters and Adidas to create prints and apparel, but he viewed these personal projects as an attempt at subverting the cliches of the industry: "Realistically no company is going to hire me to do this kind of work, so I decided to just do it myself."