During Banksy’s NYC residence last fall, I went in search of his “Mobile Waterfall”: a rainforest-like vista constructed inside a standard white delivery truck that moved around the city. To finally find the piece parked on a small street in Soho was a breath of fresh air:

Banksy’s “Waterfall” is not the only truck-based art to grace our city. Over the past few months, as we’ve emerged from a terrible winter and into a sticky summer, I’ve increasingly noticed the decorated delivery trucks that speed through NY, serving as little bursts of color and energy in the urban landscape. While these trucks are more about graffiti and less about conceptual art, en masse they form a worthy body of visual culture. Here are 9 of my recent favorites (spotted in Manhattan and Brooklyn over the past few months):