VENICE, CALIFORNIA — On a bustling corner along Venice Boulevard about a mile and a half from the beach, artist Ali Eyal stood outside a Chevron gas station last Friday, May 29, posing as a black-market petrol salesman.

VENICE, CALIFORNIA — On a bustling corner along Venice Boulevard about a mile and a half from the beach, artist Ali Eyal stood outside a Chevron gas station last Friday, May 29, posing as a black-market petrol salesman.