Monday, May 21, 2012

Sometimes One Piece is Better

Obey hit this spot on La Brea with a giant dirty face of Andre. A short time later, FM III came along and put character face next to it.

 A lot of folks are calling this a spot jock, and even though the FM piece is as big as the Obey, it does seem like that is what is happening because the 2nd face doesn't add anything to the location. Sometimes it is a good thing when one piece goes up and then that area become flooded with art. And sometimes one piece has a better interaction with the location.

The image FM III uses is actually pretty cool, just not right here. And the dude gets up like crazy. Really hits some hot spots and even comes back to spots at times.  Online research indicates FM III is promotion for a movie, which does seem to change the message. At the same time, the campaign does feel pretty organic. Anyone know the full scoop on what FM III is about?

14 comments:

  1. isn't FMIII some sort of advert? It shouldn't be getting press like this if it is.

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  2. Franklin Marshall III mmm kay

    Be gentle, He's Fragile, handle with care.

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  3. Those ugly faces are put up by that dude Fragile and his soft friends.

    I think its some lame advertisement for stand up comedy. It's toy as hell, and this is a major spotjack.

    Oh and the Andre face isn't "dirty" it's supposed to look like the Misfits logo.

    Fragile & Company - please stop now.

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  4. The artist is "Fragile". The piece is FM III.

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  5. That is a side bust/spot jock. It rides on the coat tails of the fame that Obey has already achieved, not to mention it's crowding the Andre on an otherwise vacant wall. blah.

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  6. That face annoys the FREAKING SHIT out of me. I suppose that means Fragile is doing a good job. Props!

    ...dick..

    I'm so torn!

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  7. plain and simple, SPOT JOCK, Jackoff.

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  8. i think FM or whatever is dope. gets up. i researched it to n' it seems like an artist just took some unknown comedians face and played a joke on everyone. doesn't seem advert to me.
    thats my 2cents

    obey is awesome here

    also it was obey and fm that hit up dat wall before if y'all remember

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  9. 1 silly face toooo many.
    spot jackers have no imagination like their ART
    F.H

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  10. whats with the rules, street art people? who cares. this makes me wanna go make more stupid faces and put them all over that building. i wanna put stupid faces next to everyones art. im gonna remain anonymous but you will know me because im gonna make a bunch of stupid faces and spot jack myself everytime i go out. im gonna have an alter ego and his name is gonna be -stupid face spot jack guy- and he will look as stupid as im making this idea sound. i cant wait. its going to be so stupid. if you want, we can also have a -big stupid face jack- crew.
    ....and you will know us by the trail of our stupid faces.

    by the way, i love all you LA street artist, even if you fight amongst each other. i still love you all. i dont care what you do, youre doing it, and thats cool. stay up, even stupid spot jacked faces. im going to stop writing and go get up now.

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  11. Why can't two faces just be friends and hang out together

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  12. FMIII, comedian extraordinaire, and even better artist. That face is sick, and he tears it up around town. We all know what its like to mix our artist selves with our hobbies that were doing, right bankrupt slut?

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  13. I've seen that spot covered with some posters. FM could of possibly gotten a bit hurt and want his spot back? .... maybe

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