This is about the worst piece we have seen on the streets. Seriously, keep it on your laptop, cause the streets are getting clogged up with 'Amateur Hour'.
There seems to be a grip of bad 'art' that looks more like a middle school art project than legitimate street art. We usually try to take the 'if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all' approach, and we have found ourselves having to pick and choose more and more of what is put on the blog. We aren't trying to hate, but it needed to be said.
There is really no filter for what goes up on the streets. Anyone can put up junk, and many are. This piece seems to capture a good chunk of the worst elements all at once.
This piece is lame, heavily pixilated, nonsensical, has poorly executed graffiti on it and caps legitimate artists all at once.
It says 'Let he/she who is without shade cast the first size 13 pump. Directly from the Bible. Echofon 2/15/11 5:45', and has a dude running his hand through his hair.
The picture does it more justice than it deserves. Even the writing is not clean. Seriously, if someone is going to put art on the streets, no matter what the content, it should be a quality product. Street art gets talked down to as being a simple cut and paste job on the computer, and if you can't even get that right, stay off the streets.
We think this is more 'farting on the streets'. Sure, the streets are open to anyone. There are no rules, but there are guidelines. And just like people shouldn't fart in a crowded room of people, don't fart on the streets, either. (And if you look at the upper left hand corner of the box, the streets seem to agree and it looks like an F in front of Art right there-Fart)
How is this any different than X, Alec and 2 wenty?
ReplyDeleteWho are you to judge the quality of a piece? There are many many many artists out there whom you may think are "legitimate" t who's work actually sucks. Dont judge until you put your own work out there....all you do is take pictures.
ReplyDeleteNo he's right, this peice does look terrible! Heavy pixlated printed out stuff shouldn't be put in the street and called art.. yes there are no rules but come on! That's just being a litter bug... save some trees and learn how to paint... and BTW that box got capped by another artist last night...
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ReplyDeleteThat shit is wack!!!! Thank god someone thought the same and masked that fart with a dope Felix peice!!! I passed by it today and saw it!!! Go green and keep the streets clean!!! If you wouldn't put it in an art studio dont put it in the streets!!! Even god is scratching his head at that!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere is it? I want to go tear it down, and take a shit on top of it.
ReplyDeleteThis is what street "art" is all about, though. People putting whatever they want to out there. (You're the ones calling it art.) Lots of crappy stuff goes up all the time, it's the nature of the canvas.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love about this is the enigmatic message. What the heck is that supposed to mean? Sounds like something my mentally ill uncle would send to whoever is the target of his latest conspiracy theory.
What does god have to do with anything ? You speak of his actions as if you were sitting next to him. People who expose their art dont look for opinions, only for self expression. There have been insignificant pieces of art out there but only the person knows why they came up with it. Like the second person who posted, if all you do is take pictures, why put it up if you didnt really like it ? To make fun ?
ReplyDeleteI think its an attempt at street Quality Control. the streets need it
ReplyDeleteThis piece and the "raja" piece are probably by the same person... The guy in this photo is the same person in the raja piece. (S)he can be seen on RuPaul's Drag Race (Contest for Drag Queens). His drag name is Raja.... he is the winner of the current season that is on air.
ReplyDeleteIs there any street artist in LA that has real talent that can paint or draw and doesn't hide behind photoshop?
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