I am not sure about the charges, though. "larceny" doesn't really apply, since he didn't take the barrels from their original site, nor does "injury to personal property" apply, since the barrels are not owned by an individual.

True.

And the Barrel Monster reminds me of Bert. Harmless.

I would guess vandalism at worst, and only if the company owning the property (barrels) pressed the issue.

I'm with you debjanew, reminds me of Bert. I can see why the company that owns the cones/barrels, wants the sculpture to use in advertising. They should give the starving artist a job to see what other creations, he could come up with--driving down the interstate, I'm sure people would slow down if one of these were in a line of barrels/cones.

Of course, it might cause more accidents--people looking at the sculptures, get rear-ended, or forget about their exit and cut somebody off. Maybe not a good idea.