# Collective of Artists Claim Responsibility Over Recent Mysterious Monoliths A local text copy of a third-party source linked from The Most Famous Artist headline archive. Inclusion preserves historical coverage; it does not independently confirm the source’s claims or imply that every linked source explicitly names or credits the artist. Status: available — reviewed article text. Original source URL: Retrieved source URL: Source title: Collective of Artists Claim Responsibility Over Recent Mysterious Monoliths Publication (archive label): Hypebeast Source author: Jeff Yeung Source publication date: 2020-12-08T09:59:33+00:00 Original archive label: Collective of Artists Claim Responsibility Over Recent Mysterious Monoliths, Hypebeast, December 2020 Original archive date label: December 2020 Archive entry: https://www.themostfamousartist.com/#press-84a61b2eec67 Retrieved at: 2026-11-03T17:27:21+00:00 Body word count (whitespace-delimited): 238 Body SHA256: a482c114795c5ab6624457711896e0868c076380925be2543d30c6d566e07ac5 Republished under rights confirmed by the site owner on 2026-11-03. Text formatting is simplified; images, video, and interactive elements are not reproduced. Historical archive date labels may differ from verified publisher metadata. ## Copy notes - Removed the unrelated Elsewhere in the arts recommendation; article paragraphs and embedded post text retained. ## Article text A collective of artists under the name The Most Famous Artist has claimed responsibility for the steel obelisks just as a fourth one was erected outside Joshua Tree, following appearances in Utah, Romania, and California. The group originally revealed themselves with an Instagram post of a monolith with the caption “monolith-as-a-service.com,” drawing attention from Internet users. Followers of the account then asked “Was it you?” to which the account repeatedly replied, “if by you you mean us, yes.” Since then, the group’s founder Matty Mo has also posted additional proof on Twitter, including a photo of someone working on a monolith, as well as dated renders of the structures. “I am not able to say much because of legalities of the original installation,” Mo wrote to *Mashable*. “I can say we are well known for stunts of this nature and at this time we are offering authentic art objects through monoliths-as-a-service. I cannot issue additional images at this time, but I can promise more on this in the coming days and weeks.” In addition to Mo, an art director named Carlos Estrada and a photographer named Erik Junke have also been tied to the project as potential collaborators. You mean it wasn’t aliens? pic.twitter.com/pxsPLkU1CV — Matty Mo (@morewoke) December 5, 2020 Here is the render. #monolith pic.twitter.com/LGe8uFyac3 — Matty Mo (@morewoke) December 4, 2020 Early Concept Art — August 2020 pic.twitter.com/3tdcj5PvgL — Matty Mo (@morewoke) December 4, 2020