East Village artist Tom Manco was back at it again, recently riffing on April Fool’s Day.
He set up another cardboard creation — jumbo-size letters spelling out “FOOL” — beside his usual backdrop, the Tompkins Square Park Temperance Fountain. The letters of the Reynolds Wrapped structure also spell “FOIL.”
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Making it an interactive artwork, he provided markers and post-its and asked parkgoers to post a note on “The Fool,” answering the question, “What Is The Most Foolish Thing You Have Ever Done?”
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Responses ranged from smoking and cocaine to not appreciating oneself more to mistakenly going on a date with a person’s twin.
The fun public artwork fittingly bore the trademark slogan of Mr. T from 1980s TV fame, “I pity the fool.”
As of Saturday, “The Fool” was still there collecting post-its.
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