Artistic trickster Jesse Malmed launched Western Pole in 2015, a “platformist space,” where he invites artists to create an 8.5-inch-by-eleven-inch work to display on a telephone pole along Western Avenue. Over a hundred artists have contributed, most riffing off the format: mock (and mocking) advertisements, absurdist event announcements, political declarations and bursts of poetry. The current pole is at 2201 South Western. The gallery’s always open and it’s worth a walk-by. (Kerry Cardoza)
