Posts by chris
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would be a marvellous thing- but a copyright nightmare, eh?
put it on a Chinese server.
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Loro adorazione è religiosa.
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Just trying saying "I see it differently" rather than applying "scrutiny" to someone else's personal opinion.
Yes, you're quite right, I've been regretting that all day, sorry about that Islander. I think perhaps I should start drinking again.
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How about The Duke? the Lieutenant Brigadier of guerilla art? The Bin Laden?
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The idea of a reigning king of guerilla art is rather odd, I have to say.
In a culture that marketed a white boy as the King of Rock n Roll?
"high brow/low brow are a horribly hangover from an (unfinished) art history major"
I think when you get to the end of that road, the brow may furrow into a more benign bemusement. Bansky wasn't cooking big dishes when I studied 20th C Art History , but we were studying guerilla artists. and I'm sure he'd be mentioned today.
I think he cuts the mustard in that his work isn't exclusively tagging, he wasn't originally working as an authorized muralist, he didn't come through the galleries, his work contains
politically driven pop art iconography with stylistic integrity and aspects of performance required in terms of maintaining anonymity while rendering work illegally. (at least the original MO)he sold out. (allegedly the money is going to him/ her/ they)
But in the scope of western art history, artists are generally appraised in terms of their greatest contributions, not the myriad of followup cash in works they retire on. Very few of the (widely considered)master painters of the west, showed sustained innovation throughout their careers, and in terms of bringing guerilla Street Art to the mainstream, Banksy is one of the key figures and for that he'll retain a place in the canon.
subsequent performances such as walking into the Louvre to hang a work, not so into, but...
On that ledger I'd be more inclined to pin a charge of low brow on groups such as the 80s Parisian graffitti crew; the CTK (Crime Time Kings), who if i'm not mistaken were notorious for stealing all their materials (itself an exciting if somewhat derivative conceptual statement), but when members were offered the opportunity to exhibit works in galleries in the early nineties, they produced canvases that were a massive stylistic departure from their street art. Basically they conformed. and they sold, but that seems low brow to me. I, pretentious?
As for Lady Gaga...flash in the pan.
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What happened to your gravatar?
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ninjacloak is a reasonably reliable web based proxy. for stickier workarounds, download freegate. Freegate is quite interesting in that their prime purpose is to help out those blocked by politically motivated firewalls. It won't allow you to access porn, but you will be able to access some of the evilest free speech on the planet.
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I feel it's something of a miracle that the internet didn't cause the music industry to bottom out completely.
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easy Sacha...
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Pay me to tag your shop, it's still antibusiness.
I'm going to say no, it's not. Just a "new" idea in capitalism. There's plenty of corporate organisations that use anti-corporate messages to sell their products. Still selling shit.I'm going to say no, it's not. Just a "new" idea in capitalism. There's plenty of corporate organisations that use anti-corporate messages to sell their products. Still selling shop.
Yes, sorry i meant to type something along the lines of "pay me to tag his shop, it's still antibusiness", I was in the middle of something.
I mentioned anti business; not talking/thinking about corporate mural writers/ graffiti artists. I mentioned this in relation to genuine badasses, not doing it for the positive feedback, nor the money, but for nothing more than to see their tags around the place using stolen spray paint.
They deservedly get paid for this talent, and some do quite well out of it, although very few in New Zealand.
different genre.