Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Banksy's Next Print
Coming soon, a three year old street piece to the salivating awaiting man boy hordes, urgently checking their balls have dropped and not their guts from standing in the cold for the opening of the latest Pow show.
So what does it tell us? That Banksy is relying on old pieces? That the inspiration is running dry? That since the promotional tour for Exit it's just not the same? That the Bristol piece was pretty witty and won't for the most part be understood by many? That we're almost at 300,000 hits and it means fuck all?
yeah all that and less
So what does it tell us? That Banksy is relying on old pieces? That the inspiration is running dry? That since the promotional tour for Exit it's just not the same? That the Bristol piece was pretty witty and won't for the most part be understood by many? That we're almost at 300,000 hits and it means fuck all?
yeah all that and less
Invaded Banally
Invader brings to you a couple of prints with his logo incorporated. Interested? There appears little to this both in terms of core creative idea or appealing imagery - but when has that ever stopped a print selling.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Hey now, don't dream, it's over
more utter emptiness from the master of the black hole of boredom and tired imagery. merry christmas mr magoo
Thursday, November 24, 2011
There's a show coming up, time to do a "Banksy"
On the one hand I want to like it, it's simple throwaway on a high street and sets out to do what it should.
On the other, the pieces appear as pow have shows, sell, sell, sigh.
On the other, the pieces appear as pow have shows, sell, sell, sigh.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Anonymous Says 'What were you doing in '85?'
'Okay then.....
"This is much better than the original, but then that's not really too difficult is it?"
You clueless fuck, the original was painted in 1985. Get some context....
The only exposure to graffiti in 85 (apart from slogans, poetry, and Crass's stencil campaign) had been in glimpses via Blondies Rapture Video, Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals/Duck Rock on TOTP, sets of Michael Winner films and the Clash/Futura 2000...... in late 84 Subway Art was published, Style Wars had just been aired on C4, LBC and Capital Radio started broadcasting late night underground Hip Hop imports from the US to London town....
Punk and Ska was losing its edge, Oi was taken over by the NF....there was a cultural wasteland,glue and special brew... Thatcher in power, nuclear war imminent,the peace convoy/hippy travellers trashed at the beanfield/Stonehenge festy over, the charts full of 95% shit....
At a time when the most clued up pioneers were still learning to write a decent tag freehand, Robbo, (previously a skinhead), had the bollocks to make a bold break from a culture that was becoming increasingly right wing, (with bands like Skrewdriver/Brutal Attack/Cock Sparrer etc) and embraced a new multiculturalism in the face of this entrenched aggression in his community and painted that Masterpiece of its time, a prophecy of what was to come, at the same time as he was starting to paint pieces on trains.
It's easy to say it looks weak in the light of what people are doing now, but its easy to say the same about the Willendorf Venus in the light of Computer Aided Design
Unsupported by acceptance or even awareness of the hip hop culture by the broader public, for no profit other than the joy of graffiti, in a very hot location (especially if you're painting freehand which would require a hell of a lot more time than required to do a stencil), and with Carplan and Dupli-Colour (not Beltons etc manufactured for graffiti); he set the pace for the whole culture to follow.
.....what were you doing in 1985 that gives you the right and knowledge to judge?? what was Banksy doing in 1985? Choir practise then tea and scones if the Daily Mail is to be believed...
"You only have to look at the art to see what level they are at. It's like
something you'd draw on your school exercise book when you're 12"
Whatever skewed misconceptions you may cherish regarding their contemporary output the collective historical diverse output legacy of wholecars and unseen new workof these guys cannot be underestimated, but is still largely unseen/unacknowledged by the average street art fanboy.
"Because they don't like the fact that what he does is better than what they do"
What, street pieces that copy the work and styles of Blek le Rat and Gee Vaucher, with the odd pinch of the iconography of every movement the true undergroundl lived 24/7 but used with the sincerity of advertising.???... with images either taken from existing (modified) photographs or created using posed life models in a studio, dressed and accessorised using a props department, then photographed and processed/separated in photoshop, machine cut into huge stencils in two minutes using a 'large format cutting plotter' and then painted by assistants....., (basically printing photos onto street walls) which are much of the time previously agreed with the buildings owners and passed off as illegal and released to the press via rewarded connections....thus turned it into an advert empty of any empathy or meaning, and with the magic of PR sold
to people who have largely never experienced the true underground, as a vicarious
substitute for actual life experience; and backed by a very dodgy 'security
firm'!
Yeah *so* much better than the real buzz of pure cultural expression.....
"I just wonder if he would be as magnanimous if the sneaker was on the
other foot and it was Banksy lying in a hospital bed"
Maybe if Robbo was suspected of putting him there and wanted to change the public perception.'
"This is much better than the original, but then that's not really too difficult is it?"
You clueless fuck, the original was painted in 1985. Get some context....
The only exposure to graffiti in 85 (apart from slogans, poetry, and Crass's stencil campaign) had been in glimpses via Blondies Rapture Video, Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals/Duck Rock on TOTP, sets of Michael Winner films and the Clash/Futura 2000...... in late 84 Subway Art was published, Style Wars had just been aired on C4, LBC and Capital Radio started broadcasting late night underground Hip Hop imports from the US to London town....
Punk and Ska was losing its edge, Oi was taken over by the NF....there was a cultural wasteland,glue and special brew... Thatcher in power, nuclear war imminent,the peace convoy/hippy travellers trashed at the beanfield/Stonehenge festy over, the charts full of 95% shit....
At a time when the most clued up pioneers were still learning to write a decent tag freehand, Robbo, (previously a skinhead), had the bollocks to make a bold break from a culture that was becoming increasingly right wing, (with bands like Skrewdriver/Brutal Attack/Cock Sparrer etc) and embraced a new multiculturalism in the face of this entrenched aggression in his community and painted that Masterpiece of its time, a prophecy of what was to come, at the same time as he was starting to paint pieces on trains.
It's easy to say it looks weak in the light of what people are doing now, but its easy to say the same about the Willendorf Venus in the light of Computer Aided Design
Unsupported by acceptance or even awareness of the hip hop culture by the broader public, for no profit other than the joy of graffiti, in a very hot location (especially if you're painting freehand which would require a hell of a lot more time than required to do a stencil), and with Carplan and Dupli-Colour (not Beltons etc manufactured for graffiti); he set the pace for the whole culture to follow.
.....what were you doing in 1985 that gives you the right and knowledge to judge?? what was Banksy doing in 1985? Choir practise then tea and scones if the Daily Mail is to be believed...
"You only have to look at the art to see what level they are at. It's like
something you'd draw on your school exercise book when you're 12"
Whatever skewed misconceptions you may cherish regarding their contemporary output the collective historical diverse output legacy of wholecars and unseen new workof these guys cannot be underestimated, but is still largely unseen/unacknowledged by the average street art fanboy.
"Because they don't like the fact that what he does is better than what they do"
What, street pieces that copy the work and styles of Blek le Rat and Gee Vaucher, with the odd pinch of the iconography of every movement the true undergroundl lived 24/7 but used with the sincerity of advertising.???... with images either taken from existing (modified) photographs or created using posed life models in a studio, dressed and accessorised using a props department, then photographed and processed/separated in photoshop, machine cut into huge stencils in two minutes using a 'large format cutting plotter' and then painted by assistants....., (basically printing photos onto street walls) which are much of the time previously agreed with the buildings owners and passed off as illegal and released to the press via rewarded connections....thus turned it into an advert empty of any empathy or meaning, and with the magic of PR sold
to people who have largely never experienced the true underground, as a vicarious
substitute for actual life experience; and backed by a very dodgy 'security
firm'!
Yeah *so* much better than the real buzz of pure cultural expression.....
"I just wonder if he would be as magnanimous if the sneaker was on the
other foot and it was Banksy lying in a hospital bed"
Maybe if Robbo was suspected of putting him there and wanted to change the public perception.'
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Obama beachballs
Bollocks?
Crass, weak, appropriating to cause outrage and just simply not very good. But like, the gallerist is a great guy so it's all okay.
Crass, weak, appropriating to cause outrage and just simply not very good. But like, the gallerist is a great guy so it's all okay.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Josh Ikea Keyes for All Your Plain Bore Score Draw Needs
Another print, another monotonous dull fucking death take me away from this utter utter dull fucking terribly uninspiring old chap, doesn't he draw well, A-Level biology text book, i like the look of a good cold dead stare eye'd picture to keep me cold on a cold Winter fucking night.
Have I made my point?
Have I made my point?
Thursday, November 10, 2011
New Banksy - for Robbo?
In the spot where their petty argument grew. Is this way of apology? I hope so and if it is I'm glad to see some respect paid.
And yet, it's coming up to Remembrance Day, it's a weak facsimile of the Robbo piece, it's a piss take of the importance of the orginal.
Which is it?
And yet, it's coming up to Remembrance Day, it's a weak facsimile of the Robbo piece, it's a piss take of the importance of the orginal.
Which is it?
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Street Art is Street Painting for your pennies
go down covent garden and if your really unlucky you'll see a master painter creating a wonderful chalk piece on the pavement for your pennies. Well you know what street artists can do it too, but like bigger and with fucking lego men! So yeah that's what street artists are really for, the tourists and for your pennies and hopefully some dropped pints and guts.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Zeus Gives Banksy an Update
It would be kind of funny if it wasn't so tragic, I did a monopoly piece first please give me some credit, okay sure have some credit for a shit idea and while you're all busy with your hissy fit maybe try to remember what the fuck is happening? No i thought not, here's a fiver fuck off.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
One Last Circle Jerk Before they Blow Each Other's Brains Out
....we can but hope
'On Sunday 30th October 2011, an exciting Urban Art Sale is going to be held at Black Rat Gallery in Hoxton. The event will also feature a Live Art show with the featured artists from 6pm – 9pm.
This sale is for one night only! Exclusive print releases are available so don’t miss out on a chance to own a stunning piece of UK Urban Art'
For the fucking Apprentice BRP and Pure Evil will sell what's left of their tattered images for a little more fame and cash - FUCK OFF NOW.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Banksy Occupy Piece
protesting done nicely nicely for the kids? Lost as to the statement this makes, other than the obvious, which in this case isn't enough.(But acts as Banksy's mention in the press for another month). The positive though, maybe a few more fuckwits will bother to lift their heads from their arseholes and actually wonder what's going on in the world? Who's next to get some publicity?
Greed You Can Bank On
a piece placed to advertise an upcoming show, using a protest that at its heart is about the abuse of power by the few to fill their pockets
99% agreed what a K-unt Guy
99% agreed what a K-unt Guy
Friday, October 21, 2011
Anonymous Says 'The post mortem results are in'
'Art, Urban
Official cause of death
Smothering, malnutrition, exposure, aggravated by delusions of grandeur, paranoia, malignant narcissistic personality disorder and a Napoleon Complex,
Coroners note
it never really had a chance and was doomed from day one due to these serious mental delusions meaning its whole miserable life was about control and money, cronyism, censorship hypocrisy and cliches.
Arguments are currently underway about what to do with the corpse, as apparently many people have not yet realised it IS a corpse and many of those that have wish to prop it up and parade it around a little longer to keep stocks level and avoid risking a crash, and cover the putrescent smell with garlic, but friends of the deceased have pointed out that it's aversion to garlic due to its vampirical life as an unapologetic parasite may be seen as cruel and unusual and are suggesting a whitethorn stake to the heart to avoid any future disturbance.'
Some rabid dogs dragged the corpse out onto the street the other day and were seen fighting over the remnants of the dried worn putrid flesh hoping to find something edible, leaving just well worn bones behind.
And so it came to pass, the street took back the graf, raised a weary middle finger to the hapless cunts who had tried to take what they never understood. While the hipster street artists, realised their one idea now no longer needed the street, just the 'idea' of the street, a crooked gallery, a tired garage art fair, a total lack of anything worth even fucking looking at. Just a sad bunch of useless sticker collecting, penile dysfunctioning men boys, continually comparing their dwindling investment portfolio's and looking on in bemusement at Banksy's secretive money foraging strategies.
Amen.
Official cause of death
Smothering, malnutrition, exposure, aggravated by delusions of grandeur, paranoia, malignant narcissistic personality disorder and a Napoleon Complex,
Coroners note
it never really had a chance and was doomed from day one due to these serious mental delusions meaning its whole miserable life was about control and money, cronyism, censorship hypocrisy and cliches.
Arguments are currently underway about what to do with the corpse, as apparently many people have not yet realised it IS a corpse and many of those that have wish to prop it up and parade it around a little longer to keep stocks level and avoid risking a crash, and cover the putrescent smell with garlic, but friends of the deceased have pointed out that it's aversion to garlic due to its vampirical life as an unapologetic parasite may be seen as cruel and unusual and are suggesting a whitethorn stake to the heart to avoid any future disturbance.'
Some rabid dogs dragged the corpse out onto the street the other day and were seen fighting over the remnants of the dried worn putrid flesh hoping to find something edible, leaving just well worn bones behind.
And so it came to pass, the street took back the graf, raised a weary middle finger to the hapless cunts who had tried to take what they never understood. While the hipster street artists, realised their one idea now no longer needed the street, just the 'idea' of the street, a crooked gallery, a tired garage art fair, a total lack of anything worth even fucking looking at. Just a sad bunch of useless sticker collecting, penile dysfunctioning men boys, continually comparing their dwindling investment portfolio's and looking on in bemusement at Banksy's secretive money foraging strategies.
Amen.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Anonymous Says 'Monica's Minor tour'
'The Lazarides Minotaur will shortly be serving fine cuisine accompanied by an inhaled aperitif of
stale urine in the tunnels underneath London’s most boring commuter belt station. Naturally this is timed for the impending art market influx into London where gaily coloured tights on the
ladies will mingle with suits complaining they cannot get Blackberry reception below (or even above) ground.
Across town in the Shoreditch Village a rival fleecing operation will be in full swing under the guise of Moniker (which is East London vernacular for “overpriced”). Both will exude an edgy urban feel with the now customary private views for those with the money and cheap beer for those with the blogs. Range Rovers and fixie bikes will rest outside alongside each other but for a few hours then be off.
Meanwhile the streets of East London will remain bare of non permission street art, with barely enough surviving to warrant the £10 cost of a street art London walking tour.'
stale urine in the tunnels underneath London’s most boring commuter belt station. Naturally this is timed for the impending art market influx into London where gaily coloured tights on the
ladies will mingle with suits complaining they cannot get Blackberry reception below (or even above) ground.
Across town in the Shoreditch Village a rival fleecing operation will be in full swing under the guise of Moniker (which is East London vernacular for “overpriced”). Both will exude an edgy urban feel with the now customary private views for those with the money and cheap beer for those with the blogs. Range Rovers and fixie bikes will rest outside alongside each other but for a few hours then be off.
Meanwhile the streets of East London will remain bare of non permission street art, with barely enough surviving to warrant the £10 cost of a street art London walking tour.'
Friday, October 7, 2011
Kenny Random Master of Schlock
You've got to wonder about the intelligence of some of these cunts, this is almost fucking brillant, it shocks the Daily Mail readers of the urban art world, so rejoice, yet it's utter fucking shit, yeah it's Dface in disguise (is there a worse compliment)?
Monday, October 3, 2011
Keep your beer cold care of street art
Need some more fucking clutter? Want some affirmation of your coolness? Buy this fucking shit from steve powers - your wife's favourite master of the banal platitude.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
10k for this? - Update
a fool and his money, are easily parted, but remember Rich we'll always love you
http://bonhams.com/eur/auction/18931/lot/42/
And here's word from the winning bidder, sorry no, of course not, here's word from someone who really really really loveseasy money Rich
http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/forget-saatchi-jean-david-malat-is-the-new-man-in-art/335.article
http://bonhams.com/eur/auction/18931/lot/42/
And here's word from the winning bidder, sorry no, of course not, here's word from someone who really really really loves
http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/forget-saatchi-jean-david-malat-is-the-new-man-in-art/335.article
Anonymous Says 'Here's some Dolk Sales News For all you hardy Investors, or Norwegian loving Sycophants'
Dr Funky is currently convalescing on a massive pile of coke in sunny scunthorpe, so do some more posts for yourself, my anger is great but willingness to type low
'Here's an article that was pubished inNorway today about how well Dolks recent prints sold. Nothing shocking about it though, it is what it is I guess.
http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=10038794
I can't be bothered to translate the whole thing so use Google Translate or something, but in short:
• 250 Mushroom Girl-prints were put out for sale yesterday at handmadeposters.com. £175 ech. All sold within the first 40 minutes.
• Two of the prints appeared on ebay shortly after the sale ended, reaching $600 only yesterday.
Handmadeposters says they don't have a problem with reselling but that Dolk doesn't like it.
• The article also mentions that last year Dolk made NOK 375.000 (aprox. £37 000) on his Mona Lisa prints in only one day.'
'Here's an article that was pubished inNorway today about how well Dolks recent prints sold. Nothing shocking about it though, it is what it is I guess.
http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=10038794
I can't be bothered to translate the whole thing so use Google Translate or something, but in short:
• 250 Mushroom Girl-prints were put out for sale yesterday at handmadeposters.com. £175 ech. All sold within the first 40 minutes.
• Two of the prints appeared on ebay shortly after the sale ended, reaching $600 only yesterday.
Handmadeposters says they don't have a problem with reselling but that Dolk doesn't like it.
• The article also mentions that last year Dolk made NOK 375.000 (aprox. £37 000) on his Mona Lisa prints in only one day.'
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Anonymous Says 'Internet blah'
I watched the antics roadshow, I know its juat a compilation of old clips but it did good to confirm what I had been thinking for a while. Basically the internet is bollocks, the internet is shit. the shit that comes out online is just totally bollocks.
people get wrapped up in this web ass bull shyeet but fail to realise that the crap they saw online eg: the time lapse video of some jelly being flicked at 1zilliont fps is not "epic" but in fact is absolutely nothing.
Shit was going down big time and still is regardless of the inter wank, and I reckon in the future (I hope) people will move away from the web as a feed for "everything" and get the fuck back to reality, like these cunts in this antics roadshow shit, which is like youve been framed/kirstys home videos but without the graphical user interface of the pc. To confirm basically I'm saying, we see a lot of stuff on t'interweb and think its "now/good" but nothing is new and imho folks achieved a lot more stuff before the web bla bla.
anyhow this is anonnymous but it wont be hard to identify my ass probably.
people get wrapped up in this web ass bull shyeet but fail to realise that the crap they saw online eg: the time lapse video of some jelly being flicked at 1zilliont fps is not "epic" but in fact is absolutely nothing.
Shit was going down big time and still is regardless of the inter wank, and I reckon in the future (I hope) people will move away from the web as a feed for "everything" and get the fuck back to reality, like these cunts in this antics roadshow shit, which is like youve been framed/kirstys home videos but without the graphical user interface of the pc. To confirm basically I'm saying, we see a lot of stuff on t'interweb and think its "now/good" but nothing is new and imho folks achieved a lot more stuff before the web bla bla.
anyhow this is anonnymous but it wont be hard to identify my ass probably.
ElbowToe - meaningless pointlessness
ElbowToe provokes apathy and sums up why street artists need to be kept off the street
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Got Something to Say?
Well have you? Something interesting? Can't have your name attached? Funny? How much you hate the blog? Top secret shenanigans?
Well don't just fucking write a crappy comment, write a few more lines and email it in.
It will appear under the title 'anonymous says ....' (yeah that's right dip shits those posts aren't me).
This place needs some more non dr funky witless attitude, so get to it or face more aimless bollocks from the dribbling behemoth.
Well don't just fucking write a crappy comment, write a few more lines and email it in.
It will appear under the title 'anonymous says ....' (yeah that's right dip shits those posts aren't me).
This place needs some more non dr funky witless attitude, so get to it or face more aimless bollocks from the dribbling behemoth.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Anonymous Says 'The Truth Behind the T&J Art Walk in Oslo'
Just thought I'd point out some facts about the recent event T&J Art Walk in Oslo.
For those who don't know: In August D*Face, Faile, Fenx, Flying Fortress, Galo, Logan Hicks, Martin Watson, SEEN, Shepard Fairey, The London Police, Mizer and Will Barras were invited to paint some walls around the center of Oslo, in support of the organization Human Rights Watch.
Most, if not all of the walls in question are owned by the real estate investor, art collector and billionaire Christian Ringnes.
The neon sign smack in the middle of the London Police mural is from one of his companies. Art lover Ringnes has been quoted as a supporter of Oslo's infamous zero tolerance policy on graffiti. A policy that not only attacks illegal grafiti but also aims to rid the city of legal graffiti. At least one non-profit art show has lost it's funding from the city because it included local graffiti writers. And there is constant talk of closing down the city's only three legal graffiti walls as part of this policy.
D*Face's mural is painted on a building that houses the HQ for the rent-a-cop company Securitas. Now isn't that just lovely! Maybe D*Face was trying to comment on this with the clown he painted? I don't know. Still, I can hardly think of a single wall in Oslo that deserves a "nice" painting less than this place.
As for Shepard Fairey. To the best of my knowledge he wasn't even in Oslo himself, and his posters were put up by his interns. According to Shepard the wall is a tribute to the victims of the 22/7-bomb. Thats nice and all, but it would be even nicer if it wasn't a mass produced ad for his brand Obey.
And then there is Martin fuckin' Watson. I don't even understand why he was included in the artist roster, which to be fair, did included several heavy weights and could be labeled as pretty impressive – if you are into this sort of thing. Could it be that his invitation were nothing more than a gesture from the organizers? A 'thank you' for helping them connect with all the big name artists?
Logan Hicks painted house facades on a house facade as usual (now isn't that clever?), Galo's piece looks painfully out of place, Fenx' shit looks bloody awful, and Faile…. No fuck it. I can't even be bothered.
Considering that Oslo has been and to some degree still is a city well known for it's graffiti – at least within graffiti circles – the lack of local graffiti artists seems at best ignorant, and at worst it's disrespectful and could almost be considered a big 'fuck you' to the local artists that have been producing art in Oslo's streets for the last 25 years.
To be fair, the two girls who organized the whole event most probably have no idea of Oslo's graffiti-history and the city's standing within the graffiti world. And of course they are free to choose stencils, brushes and posters over actual graffiti. But I honestly can't decide if that's a valid excuse or if it just makes the whole thing worse. Probably the latter.
For those who don't know: In August D*Face, Faile, Fenx, Flying Fortress, Galo, Logan Hicks, Martin Watson, SEEN, Shepard Fairey, The London Police, Mizer and Will Barras were invited to paint some walls around the center of Oslo, in support of the organization Human Rights Watch.
Most, if not all of the walls in question are owned by the real estate investor, art collector and billionaire Christian Ringnes.
The neon sign smack in the middle of the London Police mural is from one of his companies. Art lover Ringnes has been quoted as a supporter of Oslo's infamous zero tolerance policy on graffiti. A policy that not only attacks illegal grafiti but also aims to rid the city of legal graffiti. At least one non-profit art show has lost it's funding from the city because it included local graffiti writers. And there is constant talk of closing down the city's only three legal graffiti walls as part of this policy.
D*Face's mural is painted on a building that houses the HQ for the rent-a-cop company Securitas. Now isn't that just lovely! Maybe D*Face was trying to comment on this with the clown he painted? I don't know. Still, I can hardly think of a single wall in Oslo that deserves a "nice" painting less than this place.
As for Shepard Fairey. To the best of my knowledge he wasn't even in Oslo himself, and his posters were put up by his interns. According to Shepard the wall is a tribute to the victims of the 22/7-bomb. Thats nice and all, but it would be even nicer if it wasn't a mass produced ad for his brand Obey.
And then there is Martin fuckin' Watson. I don't even understand why he was included in the artist roster, which to be fair, did included several heavy weights and could be labeled as pretty impressive – if you are into this sort of thing. Could it be that his invitation were nothing more than a gesture from the organizers? A 'thank you' for helping them connect with all the big name artists?
Logan Hicks painted house facades on a house facade as usual (now isn't that clever?), Galo's piece looks painfully out of place, Fenx' shit looks bloody awful, and Faile…. No fuck it. I can't even be bothered.
Considering that Oslo has been and to some degree still is a city well known for it's graffiti – at least within graffiti circles – the lack of local graffiti artists seems at best ignorant, and at worst it's disrespectful and could almost be considered a big 'fuck you' to the local artists that have been producing art in Oslo's streets for the last 25 years.
To be fair, the two girls who organized the whole event most probably have no idea of Oslo's graffiti-history and the city's standing within the graffiti world. And of course they are free to choose stencils, brushes and posters over actual graffiti. But I honestly can't decide if that's a valid excuse or if it just makes the whole thing worse. Probably the latter.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Dolk Show in Oslo
A slow steady descent into high gallery prices, fewer interesting ideas, a disintegration of any style to push him apart from the average stencil artist and a seeming inability to prove there's any real talent behind the obvious puns. Dolk short for disappointment.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Graffiti Wars - Formal Letter of Complaint !
'The artist is so disturbed by his portrayal in Channel 4's Graffiti Wars, shown last month, that he has resorted to more conventional protests – a formal letter of complaint to the broadcaster'
There was rumour that Banksy was preparing an 'action' against Graffiti Wars I had assumed this was malicious gossip from Robbo fans but this article confirms its reality. I'm surprised and shocked that Banksy wants to draw further attention to this show, the salient point seems to be the implication he may have been involved somehow in Robbo's injuries. Having watched the show it takes a leap in logic to go from what is said, to this conclusion, I'm not sure highlighting this helps?
Behaviour indeed that seems incredibly out of keeping with a counter culture image based on critiquing society, seemingly so touchy about criticism through TV.
There was rumour that Banksy was preparing an 'action' against Graffiti Wars I had assumed this was malicious gossip from Robbo fans but this article confirms its reality. I'm surprised and shocked that Banksy wants to draw further attention to this show, the salient point seems to be the implication he may have been involved somehow in Robbo's injuries. Having watched the show it takes a leap in logic to go from what is said, to this conclusion, I'm not sure highlighting this helps?
Behaviour indeed that seems incredibly out of keeping with a counter culture image based on critiquing society, seemingly so touchy about criticism through TV.
Stealing a Street Piece
So for the main it's Banksy street pieces that get nicked, which these days is particuarly stupid as you'll never get authentication so only someone very stupid would ever buy it. Having said that it's always heartwarming to be reminded of man's inherent greed and what it looks like in action:-
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/how-to-steal-banksy-work-from-its-original-street-location
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/how-to-steal-banksy-work-from-its-original-street-location
Friday, September 2, 2011
Brainwash the billionaire!
Some more seemingly heart warming pieces of information from Ron English, on Brainwash and the 'real' reason he was 'allowed' close to Shep and Banksy, even a few years back it was about working within the system, more found here
'The only glaring detail that they leave out that helps you understand the story is that Thierry is like a billionaire, a very wealthy guy. He doesn't come off as wealthy. His family are some kind of merchants from France, and when he was 17 years old he met with his financial advisor and told him that he wanted to move to the United States. His financial advisor says "It's very hard to immigrate to the United States, but it's a lot less hard if you own a bunch of property in the United States." So the family bought a bunch of buildings up and down Melrose and some other really prime real estate in Los Angeles.'
'The artists all tolerated him because he hooked you up, when you went to LA, the first thing people told you is "You have to meet this guy Thierry because he's got all the main spaces, all the best walls, and you can do something without getting arrested." '
'The only glaring detail that they leave out that helps you understand the story is that Thierry is like a billionaire, a very wealthy guy. He doesn't come off as wealthy. His family are some kind of merchants from France, and when he was 17 years old he met with his financial advisor and told him that he wanted to move to the United States. His financial advisor says "It's very hard to immigrate to the United States, but it's a lot less hard if you own a bunch of property in the United States." So the family bought a bunch of buildings up and down Melrose and some other really prime real estate in Los Angeles.'
'The artists all tolerated him because he hooked you up, when you went to LA, the first thing people told you is "You have to meet this guy Thierry because he's got all the main spaces, all the best walls, and you can do something without getting arrested." '
John Doe - Eelus's laddder holder comes up smelling of ....
decomposing rotting diseased trainers but with far less merit.
no that doesn't make sense
but then again neither does this fucking awful artwork
I get the reason for being called John Doe, because you make enough of this shit you'll need to remain anonymous for the rest of your life.
no that doesn't make sense
but then again neither does this fucking awful artwork
I get the reason for being called John Doe, because you make enough of this shit you'll need to remain anonymous for the rest of your life.
Pertwee Anderson & Gold
Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to how they're still producing shows? And how in someway they can be praised for this, because I'm fucked if I know.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Anonymous Says 'Hating Banksy'
A comment taken from here
Funky, it's not so much that Robbo's fans have a 'blind hatred' for Banksy...it's rather that a lot of people have very valid reasons for hating Banksy.
I won't go too deep into it as most of it has been said before, but basically Banksy came to London and traded off of the underground protest scene to create an inane, insincere parody art that appealed to moronic Shoreditch hipster twats and Sun readers. It's the equivalent of a Chinese bootlegger churning out comedy mugs and t-shirts for tourists, but then somehow being lauded as an art genius through a combination of public ignorance and marketing PR bullshit. It just goes to show that often it's not about originality or talent, but how loud you're prepared to shout and how far you're willing to dumb down for money.
That's not to mention that he's consistently stolen most of his ideas from other artists, and used the illegal and rebellious nature of being loosely associated with graffiti as an empty pose to further his career. As if all of this wasn't enough, he's also well known to be a nasty little arrogant prick of a man.
A lot of people make the lazy assumption of thinking that people dislike him because of a mindless jealousy, but the reality is that subcultures give genuine respect to the people amongst them who are authentic and are in things for the right reasons, whereas they tend to viciously turn on people who rape those cultures and other people's hard work for profit. The mainstream public can't understand the reasons behind this and mistakenly see it as 'blind hatred' because they only really have a superficial overview (if any) of the history and circumstances behind all of this, so they misinterpret the motives and incorrectly view the impostor as the originator.
I tend to think of it as the 'Vandalog mentality'... vacuous instant experts worshipping all that is insipid, consumer friendly and fraudulent.
Funky, it's not so much that Robbo's fans have a 'blind hatred' for Banksy...it's rather that a lot of people have very valid reasons for hating Banksy.
I won't go too deep into it as most of it has been said before, but basically Banksy came to London and traded off of the underground protest scene to create an inane, insincere parody art that appealed to moronic Shoreditch hipster twats and Sun readers. It's the equivalent of a Chinese bootlegger churning out comedy mugs and t-shirts for tourists, but then somehow being lauded as an art genius through a combination of public ignorance and marketing PR bullshit. It just goes to show that often it's not about originality or talent, but how loud you're prepared to shout and how far you're willing to dumb down for money.
That's not to mention that he's consistently stolen most of his ideas from other artists, and used the illegal and rebellious nature of being loosely associated with graffiti as an empty pose to further his career. As if all of this wasn't enough, he's also well known to be a nasty little arrogant prick of a man.
A lot of people make the lazy assumption of thinking that people dislike him because of a mindless jealousy, but the reality is that subcultures give genuine respect to the people amongst them who are authentic and are in things for the right reasons, whereas they tend to viciously turn on people who rape those cultures and other people's hard work for profit. The mainstream public can't understand the reasons behind this and mistakenly see it as 'blind hatred' because they only really have a superficial overview (if any) of the history and circumstances behind all of this, so they misinterpret the motives and incorrectly view the impostor as the originator.
I tend to think of it as the 'Vandalog mentality'... vacuous instant experts worshipping all that is insipid, consumer friendly and fraudulent.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Graffiti Wars - What Happened Next?
Graffiti Wars was a documentary that was shown earlier this month on Channel 4 during the street art weekend also featuring the 'Antics Roadshow'. It told of the recent 'spat' between Robbo and Banksy. That started because of this piece :
A straightforward enough affront to Robbo as Banksy's incorporated Robbo's piece without asking permission. Big deal? You may say. And to an extent I agree, as a piece it was great, but it was also a calculated diss. Banksy knew what he was doing. And the documentary follows Robbo as he changes Banksy pieces and then Banksy changes them once more. To the outsider it's pretty puerile. Eine is interviewed discussing the difference between graf and stencils. Blek has a little whinge about Banksy stealing his ideas, which for the most part is sour grapes (yes they've both used stencils, rats etc etc, but Blek wholly failed to develop the idea). Robbo goes on to have a show at Pure Evils, a smack of hypocrisy, but who am I to criticise him trying to cash in, actually I did fucking criticise it. And then the show disarmingly ends with the news Robbo has fallen from a ladder and is now in an induced coma.
What next?
There were two inaccuracies as far as I could tell. They stated two people at Pure Evil's show were connected to Banksy and one was his publicist. That person was not. It has since be said that they were plants by the show? True or not? I don't know. They also stated Pure Evil's gallery put Banksy 'on the map' which is plainly fucking insane. These were the only inaccuracies I could see.
What did this show tell us? (comments please, as I learnt very little).
Banksy had an issue with Robbo (possibly dating back to Robbo giving him a slap when they met in the 90's)
The show was plainly from the Robbo camp, Banksy was asked to comment but did his usual 'sage' lines of little note, that didn't help at all.
Banksy's not the first person to use stencils
Robbo sold some work as a result of this argument
That Robbo's fans have blind hatred for Banksy, monotonous to say the least(comments after the tv show)
That Banksy's fans for the main will blindly follow him like snvelling wretches who are ever so slightly pathetic (comments after the tv show).
Robbo is now in a coma and the argument should be laid to rest.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
http://pobel.no/
Pobel has a new site to browse. It's refreshing to see stencils in a new scenery, with a different take on humour and message. Yes stylistically similar to Banksy but apart in content, which is enough.
And the below, street art in the gallery space again enough originality to work.
Dolk needs to take a look and reevaluate.
And the below, street art in the gallery space again enough originality to work.
Dolk needs to take a look and reevaluate.
Perspexed Life
Street Art gets a layer of Perspex, what does it become? What else on our streets has a layer of Perspex? Why the need for protection? Are we scared to let go? Does everything of monetary value need protection?
Friday, August 26, 2011
Coffee Table Street Art Culture
It's official the chattering classes are interested
This Guardian piece proves street art is firmly ensconced in the radar of the dull and witless. Unable to grasp the difference between graffiti and street art the writer flails around, making some cannily accurate descriptions of what's going on.
'No wonder an event described as "the UK's biggest street art project" (60 artists from all over the world decorating Nelson Street in Bristol last week) went down fairly quietly in the national press. It's not that new or surprising any more, let alone controversial. Nowadays, doing a bit of street art is as routine as checking your emails. There's probably an app for it.'
Whilst missing the point wholly, other than to point out the obvious.
Then there's this which starts with a complete load of shit
'A household name. That’s what Banksy is. Not since Thomas Pynchon has a more unwilling man been more sought after'
Unwilling really? You haven't noticed the media machinery that encapsulates everything he does then? But this article goes on to point out the process of 'institutionalization':
'Call it “commodification of dissent”, the production of a “commodity form”, or the “culture industry”, once subculture gets into the machine, it never comes out again intact. Cultural theorist Stuart Hall calls this process of institutionalization “a moment of profound danger”. For once you’re on their turf at their behest, what exactly is it that you’re doing there?'
There's something for you to discuss while you're at Ikea. The question is, where does this art form go next? Yes the graffiti will continue as it's neither pretty, funny, astute enough to be commodified to any great extent...yet. Will any make it out of the Street Art market? Will any step back realise there's is a bastardised form with little to no merit ? Step fully into the art arena and stop with the false pretense? Or will a few decide they did this for another reason?
You see Dr Funky doesn't mind that street artists sold out, he doesn't mind that they sell work, he doesn't mind that scene changed, what Dr Funky does mind, is the fucking bullshit, the weak lame insipid work, the lack of any social motive, the lack of 'spark'. This blog is a fucking challenge to any of you that will listen. Head in the sand make a few more dollars before people see you for what you are? Or do something, re-evaluate, show that a wall is still a weapon? Or just fuck off.
This Guardian piece proves street art is firmly ensconced in the radar of the dull and witless. Unable to grasp the difference between graffiti and street art the writer flails around, making some cannily accurate descriptions of what's going on.
'No wonder an event described as "the UK's biggest street art project" (60 artists from all over the world decorating Nelson Street in Bristol last week) went down fairly quietly in the national press. It's not that new or surprising any more, let alone controversial. Nowadays, doing a bit of street art is as routine as checking your emails. There's probably an app for it.'
Whilst missing the point wholly, other than to point out the obvious.
Then there's this which starts with a complete load of shit
'A household name. That’s what Banksy is. Not since Thomas Pynchon has a more unwilling man been more sought after'
Unwilling really? You haven't noticed the media machinery that encapsulates everything he does then? But this article goes on to point out the process of 'institutionalization':
'Call it “commodification of dissent”, the production of a “commodity form”, or the “culture industry”, once subculture gets into the machine, it never comes out again intact. Cultural theorist Stuart Hall calls this process of institutionalization “a moment of profound danger”. For once you’re on their turf at their behest, what exactly is it that you’re doing there?'
There's something for you to discuss while you're at Ikea. The question is, where does this art form go next? Yes the graffiti will continue as it's neither pretty, funny, astute enough to be commodified to any great extent...yet. Will any make it out of the Street Art market? Will any step back realise there's is a bastardised form with little to no merit ? Step fully into the art arena and stop with the false pretense? Or will a few decide they did this for another reason?
You see Dr Funky doesn't mind that street artists sold out, he doesn't mind that they sell work, he doesn't mind that scene changed, what Dr Funky does mind, is the fucking bullshit, the weak lame insipid work, the lack of any social motive, the lack of 'spark'. This blog is a fucking challenge to any of you that will listen. Head in the sand make a few more dollars before people see you for what you are? Or do something, re-evaluate, show that a wall is still a weapon? Or just fuck off.
give up give up give up
A poster for your daughter's bedroom, for the kitchen wall, a contrite message for those that need to be reminded not to fall out the car and get their head caught under a tyre. If people think this print will be worth anything other than in the next ten minutes on Ebay, maybe they should give up.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Nuart…………..CAPITALISM?
Where to begin with this? Firstly, if you've the willpower read this page ..... fucking hell, someone sat down with a thesaurus and tried and tried and trieddddd to find a reason for this 'show'.
If you've haven't the time, I've pulled out some choice quotes below.
'The street art scene has a long tradition of commenting on issues related to capitalism. '
Really? I must have missed those in recent times, I've seen very very little in terms of any critique of capitalism from street artists. Alot of repeated imagery of artistic styles but incredibly little in the way of critique. But Funky what about those damning stencils of of of a large masked boy with kiddie hankie on? Surely that's commenting on issues of capitalism? Why yes, in such a forthright way that it's mistaken for a pastiche and enjoyed for totally the wrong reasons. You see street art no longer comments on anything other than it's ability to sell an image to it's adoring public. No cause, anger, intrigue or raise wit to raise questions, there's no one with balls enough to take it on. Just a steady stream of artists getting work up to sell a print, a canvas, a fucking mouse mat.
'“______ capitalism?” may seem like a simple (and incomplete) question, but it is loaded with information about what the Nuart/NHH art-project is all about.'
It's loaded with the possibility of realising street artists love the mechanics of capitalism, are a microcosm of it's workings and have no idea of the economic principles at play.
'Second, “_____capitalism?” make a clear reference to the history of anti-authoritative capitalist critique coming from the street art scene, where the word “f**k” usually has filled the blank. '
'anti-authoritative capitalist critique' repeat that enough times and someone may believe you? No I can't remember anyone using it, but I'm sure someones creating a print with that slogan as we speak.
'Third, “___ capitalism?” makes a clear reference to the 75 years anniversary of NHH'
FINALLY the real reason behind this decrepit idea, the anniversary of this educational institute + of course an advert for Nuart.
'The project offers a unique opportunity to bring the work of often subversive and anti authoritarian political artists into the “lion’s den” of the economic and political elite.'
The lions den? An educational institute is the lions den? Forgive me if I point out this is the most likely place to find those harbouring the most knowledge and ability to critique capitalism.
So to surmise, a show that brings together economists and street artists. A meeting as meaningful as bringing together Stephen Hawking and Usain Bolt. And like hopefully to get some students to come along to Nuart.
If you've haven't the time, I've pulled out some choice quotes below.
'The street art scene has a long tradition of commenting on issues related to capitalism. '
Really? I must have missed those in recent times, I've seen very very little in terms of any critique of capitalism from street artists. Alot of repeated imagery of artistic styles but incredibly little in the way of critique. But Funky what about those damning stencils of of of a large masked boy with kiddie hankie on? Surely that's commenting on issues of capitalism? Why yes, in such a forthright way that it's mistaken for a pastiche and enjoyed for totally the wrong reasons. You see street art no longer comments on anything other than it's ability to sell an image to it's adoring public. No cause, anger, intrigue or raise wit to raise questions, there's no one with balls enough to take it on. Just a steady stream of artists getting work up to sell a print, a canvas, a fucking mouse mat.
'“______ capitalism?” may seem like a simple (and incomplete) question, but it is loaded with information about what the Nuart/NHH art-project is all about.'
It's loaded with the possibility of realising street artists love the mechanics of capitalism, are a microcosm of it's workings and have no idea of the economic principles at play.
'Second, “_____capitalism?” make a clear reference to the history of anti-authoritative capitalist critique coming from the street art scene, where the word “f**k” usually has filled the blank. '
'anti-authoritative capitalist critique' repeat that enough times and someone may believe you? No I can't remember anyone using it, but I'm sure someones creating a print with that slogan as we speak.
'Third, “___ capitalism?” makes a clear reference to the 75 years anniversary of NHH'
FINALLY the real reason behind this decrepit idea, the anniversary of this educational institute + of course an advert for Nuart.
'The project offers a unique opportunity to bring the work of often subversive and anti authoritarian political artists into the “lion’s den” of the economic and political elite.'
The lions den? An educational institute is the lions den? Forgive me if I point out this is the most likely place to find those harbouring the most knowledge and ability to critique capitalism.
So to surmise, a show that brings together economists and street artists. A meeting as meaningful as bringing together Stephen Hawking and Usain Bolt. And like hopefully to get some students to come along to Nuart.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Anonymous Says 'Are You Scared of the Big Targets Funky?'
'Are you scared of the big targets? Why do you pick on Vandalog when you could instead focus on the hugely influential but totally self sucking BS that is Wooster Collective. Media professionals who milk the scene for every last wallet filling vanity massaging drop, they screw the gullible with their fan boy shite and you stand by mute.
You need to look real close to understand how they exercise an editorial selectivity designed to promote their own self importance (perceptible only to themselves). At least from time to time what Vandalog farts into the ether is based on their own leg work, experience and opinions. Compare and contrast with Wooster whose efforts are limited to a selective read of their own inbox and a print out of their own public engagements diary. Fuck help us if they ever put a film out.
Yet you pick on Vandalog, you fucking bully, Wooster too big for you?
PS I think you are a cunt too so I have sent a similar but opposite message to those cunts at Wooster, just for balance and to see if either message survives in the public realm. '
Dr Funky says - no agenda, not out to get anyone more than anyone else, fucked if I care if they're big or small, although actually the smaller and insignificant the less likely I'm going to say anything
think I miss something or someone? fucking tell me, email me, comment, you'll get a post out of it, just like this opionionated fucker did
You need to look real close to understand how they exercise an editorial selectivity designed to promote their own self importance (perceptible only to themselves). At least from time to time what Vandalog farts into the ether is based on their own leg work, experience and opinions. Compare and contrast with Wooster whose efforts are limited to a selective read of their own inbox and a print out of their own public engagements diary. Fuck help us if they ever put a film out.
Yet you pick on Vandalog, you fucking bully, Wooster too big for you?
PS I think you are a cunt too so I have sent a similar but opposite message to those cunts at Wooster, just for balance and to see if either message survives in the public realm. '
Dr Funky says - no agenda, not out to get anyone more than anyone else, fucked if I care if they're big or small, although actually the smaller and insignificant the less likely I'm going to say anything
think I miss something or someone? fucking tell me, email me, comment, you'll get a post out of it, just like this opionionated fucker did
Monday, August 22, 2011
D*Faces critique of rabid consumerism!
or you know some bright colours to advertise a street art night on tv
or you know a plainly awful clown falling over gag, the kids will hopefully like it
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Street Art the co-opting, weak, tired, corporate, bloated, pathetic goodbye
'Weapon of Choice are proud to present the official ‘See No Evil pop up gallery’ based at the heart of the event on Nelson Street. Which will be showcasing original artwork, limited edition prints and clothing from a wide range of the artists taking part in the event, along with official ‘See No Evil’ merchandise.'
fuck
fuck
fuck
FUCK
fuck
fuck
fuck
Is this what we're left with? a pop up gallery. Nothing says an exciting city to visit, like a fucking shop. Nothing says an exciting city to visit like painting some walls, in a safe productive manner, look at the pretty pictures mummy, we can all feel safe knowing that wonderful creative individuals can be brought in from the cold and help society in a positive manner.
What are you doing?
It all becomes nothing. If all you want is to do is be an advert writer for the tourist board than so be it, don't expect me to pretend to respect, or regard it as anything worthy of analysis. Let's bury our head in the sand and sell some more art and be sure to dress it up as something worthy. Let's try not to think of the heritage of protest of what the fuck is going on in the world. The walls the last non-moderated canvas, don't ask for permission, don't say yes to corporate paymasters who want to use you, it's not getting 'up', it's nothing, nothing but a tired joke for the molly coddled, middle classes to scared to ask any real questions.
Street artists travel the world painting murals, mundane, tired, effective murals, to advertise something here, something there, a show here, a show there.
The world is burning, regimes fucking disintegrating, fat fucking bloated bankers taking the working people for every last penny they have, governments creating soundbites to hypnotise people too tired to think, cunts at all levels looking for cheap fixes for long term problems. Greed burning people's souls, leaving empty vessels fed with quick fixes of reality bullshit, the next fucking trend, the twitter generation too quick and too slow to read anything.
Do you see anything, anything other than your wallet? Your artistic credibility? Your forumblogflickrtwitter followers cupping your balls and saying an empty 'sweet'?
Street Art is Dead long live Market Economy Town Art
you're time is up, you're part of the problem.
fuck
fuck
fuck
FUCK
fuck
fuck
fuck
Is this what we're left with? a pop up gallery. Nothing says an exciting city to visit, like a fucking shop. Nothing says an exciting city to visit like painting some walls, in a safe productive manner, look at the pretty pictures mummy, we can all feel safe knowing that wonderful creative individuals can be brought in from the cold and help society in a positive manner.
What are you doing?
It all becomes nothing. If all you want is to do is be an advert writer for the tourist board than so be it, don't expect me to pretend to respect, or regard it as anything worthy of analysis. Let's bury our head in the sand and sell some more art and be sure to dress it up as something worthy. Let's try not to think of the heritage of protest of what the fuck is going on in the world. The walls the last non-moderated canvas, don't ask for permission, don't say yes to corporate paymasters who want to use you, it's not getting 'up', it's nothing, nothing but a tired joke for the molly coddled, middle classes to scared to ask any real questions.
Street artists travel the world painting murals, mundane, tired, effective murals, to advertise something here, something there, a show here, a show there.
The world is burning, regimes fucking disintegrating, fat fucking bloated bankers taking the working people for every last penny they have, governments creating soundbites to hypnotise people too tired to think, cunts at all levels looking for cheap fixes for long term problems. Greed burning people's souls, leaving empty vessels fed with quick fixes of reality bullshit, the next fucking trend, the twitter generation too quick and too slow to read anything.
Do you see anything, anything other than your wallet? Your artistic credibility? Your forumblogflickrtwitter followers cupping your balls and saying an empty 'sweet'?
Street Art is Dead long live Market Economy Town Art
you're time is up, you're part of the problem.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Anonymous Says 'Dr Funky's F*cked Up Sh*t'
late last night Funk towers echoed to my lone ukuele strumming out a sad song of cleaning windows only for them to be smashed in the gay abandon of capitalist sin, ah to dream a dream of a green and pleasant land where life was somehow less putrid.
I digress, a day or so ago Dr Funky wrote a frankly weak post on a Jaz piece and got this in return, a deserved swift kick to his disco nuts, MORE of this you lazy fuckers so I can think even less than now.
'wow, AWESOME, this is some crazy fucked upness! Like those horses and riders don't have heads, that's some serious shit right there! Good spot Funky...
Or is it a really mundane hobby-craft art piece! If you like this sort of craft you should check out the endless Brazilian brightly coloured ethnic craft (thats all starts to blend into one) and is constantly pushed by Vandalog and the likes of Tristan Manco. You're going to dig that shit (in a good way). Also that stuff same as this piece will give your tastes an air of sophistication, an easy one step approach to separate yourself from "Pop" thus defining yourself as a more worthy commentator, same short-sightness and laziness here that plays out on Vandalog.
Just post a piece that fits a preconception of a more cultural intelligence to a small group of people (this is usually done with work that has an ethic, abstract, or elements of surrealism)... Then you just have to say "Fucked up Shit" "Awesome" or an otherwise empty comment and then hey presto, validation for the publishers' worth as a critic, in their minds anyway! You're not so different any more Funky to all the other blogs!
The more i see this shit enjoyed by a select few that supposedly know more about the scene and take delight in showing people what they're into with little thought... The more i want to try and like the big bright crap letters of Eine, at least he is not pretending that he is not a cooperate artist and not excepting any thought from his audience.... Where as this, Funky, is empty pretentious crap...
So it is just fucked up shit! (how ever you want to be seen)'
I digress, a day or so ago Dr Funky wrote a frankly weak post on a Jaz piece and got this in return, a deserved swift kick to his disco nuts, MORE of this you lazy fuckers so I can think even less than now.
'wow, AWESOME, this is some crazy fucked upness! Like those horses and riders don't have heads, that's some serious shit right there! Good spot Funky...
Or is it a really mundane hobby-craft art piece! If you like this sort of craft you should check out the endless Brazilian brightly coloured ethnic craft (thats all starts to blend into one) and is constantly pushed by Vandalog and the likes of Tristan Manco. You're going to dig that shit (in a good way). Also that stuff same as this piece will give your tastes an air of sophistication, an easy one step approach to separate yourself from "Pop" thus defining yourself as a more worthy commentator, same short-sightness and laziness here that plays out on Vandalog.
Just post a piece that fits a preconception of a more cultural intelligence to a small group of people (this is usually done with work that has an ethic, abstract, or elements of surrealism)... Then you just have to say "Fucked up Shit" "Awesome" or an otherwise empty comment and then hey presto, validation for the publishers' worth as a critic, in their minds anyway! You're not so different any more Funky to all the other blogs!
The more i see this shit enjoyed by a select few that supposedly know more about the scene and take delight in showing people what they're into with little thought... The more i want to try and like the big bright crap letters of Eine, at least he is not pretending that he is not a cooperate artist and not excepting any thought from his audience.... Where as this, Funky, is empty pretentious crap...
So it is just fucked up shit! (how ever you want to be seen)'
See No Evil Bristol - what's the point?
Some big big murals going up across Bristol, here's Walkers
Spindly vandal is throwing away his paint? Let's hope so.
An urban art exhibition to promote Bristol, to show it's a creative dynamic hub - is there anything more fucking shitty than the council using street art? Possibly the artists who think that getting involved will help their careers.
Fucking hell.
What a dire mess of shit work, but at least your kid gets a picture. It's Leicester square with urban authenticity. It's time a load of you fuckers packed up your spray cans, moved to Milton Keynes and lived the modern dream.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Once upon a time Dr Funky had an opinion
then he realised, oh fuck it, just read some shit I came across the other day
' First up, do you reckon that street art will/can keep its integrity in the future, or will it just be consumed as another commodity by the art market?
' First up, do you reckon that street art will/can keep its integrity in the future, or will it just be consumed as another commodity by the art market?
Part of it will keep its integrity, that part being the illegal unwanted, confrontational part. The part that is angry that’s disaffected, that believes society needs to be reminded that there’s more to life than endless consumption and believing everything you’re sold. Not everything has a price for some there is more.
What about the relationship between advertising and street art? Agencies using similar techniques and ideas to street art in order to get their product out to the consumer, which are sometimes hard to identify as an advertisements for instance.
The modern market economy sanitises everything and sells it back to us. Counter culture is mass produced on t shirt slogans, on cups, on posters, in adverts; the relationship has been there for as long as there’s been demographic analysis within advertising.
What are the implications when collaboration with brands?
The implication is simple, you sell your inspiration to the highest bidder, it lessens its creditability and begs the question ‘what does it mean, if you’re willing to be a prostitute for the society you’re supposedly critiquing?’
The relationship between galleries and street art is becoming increasingly close. What do you think are the peculiarities when deciding to work with a gallery?
It’s an outlet for your work from which you want to make money. Is it wrong? It depends on what you stand for and whether you choose it as a career or as a passion outside of your paid life.
Beyond doubt, the context of street is what its all about. What happens with this urban context when a show is put up in a gallery?
The context is simple, it’s no longer street, it is contemporary modern art.
All the big auction houses have established proper urban art sales. Is the sale, and financial profit from street art not a bit of a contradiction?
yes
You can buy mugs, bags, posters, canvases, if you’re well off even a wall with a Banksy on… so how does this commercial and consumer hype affect the essence of street art?
It affects the essence of Banksy’s street art, by reducing its message and meaning.
What about the allegations of street art and/or its artists selling out?
Many were always about making profit, you can’t sell out if you were already sold.
Do you think that the artist, as a creative individual gets lost in the whole process?
If all they’re sole aim is money the creative process wasn’t there to begin with.
Being commercial is obviously not the aim of street art, so how can artists work against this phenomenon?
By getting back on the street, getting a shit job they hate and remembering what made them fucking angry.'
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Welcome to the West Country
hmmm, its tough to be critical when it's the street art equivalent of the wurzels song (but less funny) hang on that maybe critical.....
Pochoir 'Riot'
this is the street art contribution to all the shit of last week, an 'ha' , not even a 'ha ha'
Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Antique Joke Show
So Banksy produced 'The Antics Roadshow' which aired this weekend, worryingly it felt like being transported back to the 90's and Eurotrash, if this is a career move I guess we can expect a slot on Daybreak soon?
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Anonymous says 'Vhils Levis Work'
was reading this article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/levis-riot-ad-uk-violence?intcmp=239
and had a look at the advert it mention on YT and was recommended the vid below.
Levi's - Now is our TIME! launch in Berlin - Vhils explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=HQUUknfjqNY
Is raging against commercialism like pissing into the wind.?
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
London Credit Card
Pow maybe be insipid, but what the fuck is this?
An edition of 2 from an artist I struggle to even acknowledge Leftery, riots, brick, cunt
An edition of 2 from an artist I struggle to even acknowledge Leftery, riots, brick, cunt
Pacolli at Pow
The latest artist and show to feature at Pow, an 70's tribute artist? Is that cool? Maybe. But if this is the high point I'm worried
Back from a Night on the Town
just in time to witness some more ill conceived badly timed dross
And just when you thought they couldn't get anymore deseparate, to drum up a little interest how does this joke sway you? A timely reminder of who Pure Evil is
Monday, August 8, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Blu at Draw the Line Italy
Another imposing, provocative mural, but, does this seem wide of the mark when it comes to the monetary shitstorm Italy is very much in the middle of?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)