He wouldn't be the first artist that found the process more satisfying than the result, and frankly, I'd imagine he was seeking to inspire conversations such as this one; conversations concerning the legitimacy of his work.
I mean, that's really the whole idea, isn't it? Moreso than creating art isn't he aiming to make statements, anyway? It's not as if anything he's doing isn't utterly cliched. Don't get me wrong, I think it's super fUcking cool and all, but the work itself isn't; it's the presentation. It's not beyond simple graffiti, it's just simple graffiti painted by a man who could be making lasting works if he wasn't such a rebel.
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Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:
He wouldn't be the first artist that found the process more satisfying than the result
Totally agree.
That's why reproducing hiw work on a canvas would be ****. Everything that's cool about it would be lost. Even the stuff he does now, being fanmous and all, is not the same as what he did when no one had any idea who he was.
It's the presentation, but also the context, the authenticity. It's the whole package together. And it's not like people are asking for security fences around them so that other grafiti artists that come close can be shot on sight, people are just asking for inaction.
Which, for a local council, is about as natural as breathing.
Monsieur RedPhoenixxx wrote:
It's the presentation, but also the context, the authenticity. It's the whole package together. And it's not like people are asking for security fences around them so that other grafiti artists that come close can be shot on sight, people are just asking for inaction.
Which, for a local council, is about as natural as breathing.
Which, for a local council, is about as natural as breathing.
Yeah, but would his work be near as cool if the rules didn't exist? He needs the rules as much as he wants to break them.
Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:
Yeah, but would his work be near as cool if the rules didn't exist? He needs the rules as much as he wants to break them.
Yeah totally.He needed the rules, and the CCTV cameras, and geting caught by the police repeatedly. Without all that, his work would be almost meaningless.
But, once he's achieved "fame" without seeking it, once people recognise his stuff in the streets of london and once Holllywood celebs buy his stuff, then the "game" is over and he doesn't need the rules anymore, since he's already past them.
In other words, he only needs the rules until he wins the game, which he has. A while ago.
Wow. And here I thought that once I broke the law it was a rather definite thing.
Like, usually I get restitution, not praise. I should totally take up art.
Don't get me wrong, because I think what he does and how he does it is fUcking cool, but it's akin to performance art. It's all about the moment, and while we might want to hold onto it, polite society has to draw a line somewhere or we'll all be drawing diCks in the mouth of every poster we see with impunity.
And nobody wants diCks in every mouth.
Red, you don't want a diCk in the mouth, do you?
Edit: I am hammered. It's three in the morning. I totally cracked myself up, with the whole diCk in the mouth thing, ha. Night.
Edited, Oct 30th 2007 3:32am by Barkingturtle
Like, usually I get restitution, not praise. I should totally take up art.
Don't get me wrong, because I think what he does and how he does it is fUcking cool, but it's akin to performance art. It's all about the moment, and while we might want to hold onto it, polite society has to draw a line somewhere or we'll all be drawing diCks in the mouth of every poster we see with impunity.
And nobody wants diCks in every mouth.
Red, you don't want a diCk in the mouth, do you?
Edit: I am hammered. It's three in the morning. I totally cracked myself up, with the whole diCk in the mouth thing, ha. Night.
Edited, Oct 30th 2007 3:32am by Barkingturtle
Good night BT 
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