The only thing more tedious than the works above is the fact that some hipster mugs in trucker caps and check shirts will wank themselves silly after seeing them 3 months time in VNA magazine.
I quite like the canal boat piece If they painted the rest of the boat black it would disappear into the background and all we'd see would be the squid, swimming down the canal! or, paint the squid in colour, so it could be real (like the boat is in colour because it's real) so maybe it would look real and we might even do a double take
ouch, that hurt my brain to write and it came out wrong. I'm trying to be nice and encourage people, rather than just moaning and bitching, but it's so hard when the only colours that exist these days are black and white (which aren't even colours!) because all I end up seeing is grey
I find the Jeff Aerosol piece frightening. Why does the man want me to be quiet? Is he trying to say "shhh, you didn't see me paint this huge GRAFFITI. Tee hee, I got over!"?? It feels more like "sssh, don't tell Mummy" (ugh) What ever it is it makes me feel uncomfortable, a giant man staring at me and telling me to keep schtum. That's the government, the police, big business, abusive teachers/priests/parents, all rolled into one. Is the red arrow to help draw attention to the eye? An eye I couldn't ever hope to miss because it's as big as a car!?!? Or is it ABOVE's logo? A collaboration? Or maybe it's to distract me from Jeff's MASSIVE 80's style signature. In these modern times of holes in the ozone layer and global warming you'd think he'd at least have the decency to change his name to "Jeff Roll-On"...
Since there seems to have been so much to say about this piece, it must be good as it encouraged some mental interaction on my part. So...
Scores: Gold - Jeff Arseol Silver - Squid person Bronze - whatever else Funky posted (can't remember and can't be arsed to scroll up the page)
Please send my cheque to the usual address. Goodnight
Why can't some of these cunts like Jef Areosol learn to shade by hand instead of always relying on a computer? You'd think after 25 years in the game or whatever it is, that he might have learnt some basic art skills by now. Photoshop filters are fucking annoying enough even on a small scale, let alone 6 storeys high. Glad I don't have to live near this.
The boat one is twee, reminds me of cars or motorbikes airbrushed with fantasy art. The two large walls are horribly intrusive and overbearing, more so than any advertising I've ever seen.Instead of enhancing the city, street art is rapidly becoming a depressing blight on the landscape.
I disagree with your portrayal of Phlegm's squid as a lame attempt at illegal street art. It's obviously a mural of sorts, his blog has pictures of it being painted in its garage. The pictures on the water are very effective and it looks great. But hate on, that's what keeps me coming back.
It's all got so tedious that I can barely find the energy to summon up the hate any more. I'm exhausted by banality.
ReplyDeleteyoure right again
ReplyDeletehaters gonna hate.. ha ha.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing more tedious than the works above is the fact that some hipster mugs in trucker caps and check shirts will wank themselves silly after seeing them 3 months time in VNA magazine.
ReplyDeleteI quite like the canal boat piece
ReplyDeleteIf they painted the rest of the boat black it would disappear into the background and all we'd see would be the squid, swimming down the canal!
or, paint the squid in colour, so it could be real (like the boat is in colour because it's real) so maybe it would look real and we might even do a double take
ouch, that hurt my brain to write and it came out wrong. I'm trying to be nice and encourage people, rather than just moaning and bitching, but it's so hard when the only colours that exist these days are black and white (which aren't even colours!) because all I end up seeing is grey
I find the Jeff Aerosol piece frightening. Why does the man want me to be quiet? Is he trying to say "shhh, you didn't see me paint this huge GRAFFITI. Tee hee, I got over!"?? It feels more like "sssh, don't tell Mummy" (ugh) What ever it is it makes me feel uncomfortable, a giant man staring at me and telling me to keep schtum. That's the government, the police, big business, abusive teachers/priests/parents, all rolled into one. Is the red arrow to help draw attention to the eye? An eye I couldn't ever hope to miss because it's as big as a car!?!? Or is it ABOVE's logo? A collaboration? Or maybe it's to distract me from Jeff's MASSIVE 80's style signature. In these modern times of holes in the ozone layer and global warming you'd think he'd at least have the decency to change his name to "Jeff Roll-On"...
Since there seems to have been so much to say about this piece, it must be good as it encouraged some mental interaction on my part. So...
Scores:
Gold - Jeff Arseol
Silver - Squid person
Bronze - whatever else Funky posted (can't remember and can't be arsed to scroll up the page)
Please send my cheque to the usual address. Goodnight
sorry, didn't realise I'd written "Jeff Arse-ol"!!!
ReplyDeleteAreshole is hard to spell...
Why can't some of these cunts like Jef Areosol learn to shade by hand instead of always relying on a computer? You'd think after 25 years in the game or whatever it is, that he might have learnt some basic art skills by now. Photoshop filters are fucking annoying enough even on a small scale, let alone 6 storeys high. Glad I don't have to live near this.
ReplyDeleteThe boat one is twee, reminds me of cars or motorbikes airbrushed with fantasy art. The two large walls are horribly intrusive and overbearing, more so than any advertising I've ever seen.Instead of enhancing the city, street art is rapidly becoming a depressing blight on the landscape.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your portrayal of Phlegm's squid as a lame attempt at illegal street art. It's obviously a mural of sorts, his blog has pictures of it being painted in its garage. The pictures on the water are very effective and it looks great. But hate on, that's what keeps me coming back.
ReplyDeleteJeff Aerosol. He's funny...
ReplyDeletewhen's the Phlegm self congratulatory interview going to be in VNA then so ad lovers gonna love?
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