Darien artist plants 5K Jack Davis campaign signs on his property

A reader e-mailed me about this earlier this week and I've not had a chance to get down to Darien and check it out.

Charlie Flagg, muralist, has planted some 5,000 Jack Davis signs on his property. He says it's a project where politics meets art.

The Jack Davis campaign made the video of Flagg and his signs.

A press release after from the Davis campaign after the jump:

You know it’s election season when the lawn signs sprout like mushrooms after a spring rain. And they sure are sprouting on Charlie Flagg’s lawn – 5,000 of them. The Western New York artist has turned his property into a statement of support for Jack Davis, the independent candidate for Congress in the special election on May 24th.

“I’ve incorporated the world of art and politics together. I’m making an artistic statement to the electorate – Jack’s in the race, he’s a good man, probably better than anyone else who’s come along for the district in a long time,” says Charlie Flagg.

Charlie Flagg is known for the murals he has painted throughout Western New York. He says his support for Jack Davis is rooted in his distrust of professional politicians.

“I’d like to see Jack get in because he’s not a political person. From my experience dealing with political people, I will never vote for anyone who ever came up from the political ranks,” Flagg said.

“When I was a kid growing up in the Sixties, you could walk out of a job at 12 o’clock and by 3 o’clock have another one. Now that’s not the case.  They’ve sold all our jobs overseas. We need to get some of those back, and you’re not going to do that with a professional politician,” Flagg said.

You can see the installation at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-Y5LDPUSk and by visiting Charlie Flagg’s property in Darien at the corner of Tinkham and Chick roads in Darien.

For high quality video of the installation and to contact Charlie Flagg, contact Curtis Ellis.