An elusive street artist known only as Listen04 has amended a Hedon Road billboard with an obscene word – but is it art?
The East Riding-based artist, who has been compared to famed guerrilla mural painter Banksy, daubed over a billboard advertising the new Toyota Aygo, subverting its advertising slogan Go Fun Yourself with something slightly less wholesome.
The 29-year-old artist, who describes himself as "obsessive and intensely private" on his website, posted a picture of himself underneath the new legend "Go F*** Yourself" on Twitter and Instagram.
He had signed the work with his signature, or tag, at the bottom.
Other works on his website include a childlike picture of pop star Britney Spears being pierced by a javelin, entitled Britney Speared, and a painting of former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson on a three-wheeled bike, entitled Trike Tyson.
A spokesman for billboard advertising company JC Decaux, which owns the site, declined to comment on the merits of Listen04's art, but pledged to remove it as soon as possible.
