Showing posts with label street art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label street art. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

Oh Graffiti, What Have You Done This Time?



Funny story.

I am not one to really give two shits about what happens to a piece I do after it's done. If it gets buffed then it gets buffed. If it gets dissed by some no name scrub then so be it. I personally think getting your poo say bent out of shape over some spray paint is pretty dumb. As a rule if you are not overtly trying to rag something I painted I will pay your ignorance no mind.

But.....

Like any good rule it is meant to be broken.

Icepick and I had painted over a street art wall last summer and this street art dude took are pieces over his character thingy majig personal. I suppose he thought we would notice his character thing. A bald head or whatever wannabe Obey thing this dude puts up. So we went over it with some pieces. Dude came back the next day and "reclaimed" his little spot with another big head contraption complete with roller paint and the whole nine.

So we painted pieces again and then again.

I think dude got the message.

We then found out that this street art dude is a ballerina. A real deal ballerina. Not like some weekend warrior ballerina, but like an actual pro ballerina.

YES!

So here you go dude.

Congratulations big homie.

Your work has been noticed.

You will go down in the history books.

As the ballerina that battled the graffiti gang bangers.

Here is the gold at the end of your rainbow.

Ballerina sticker attachments courtesy of the homeboy Sprayze So Crazy.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Banksy Movie



Everyone has their own opinion of Banksy.

He was everybody's favorite before your mom knew who he was. It's funny how once something or someone gains mass appeal they usually get banished from the group that championed them first.

Personally, I think Banksy is great. If I have to see some street art non sense on a wall it better be funny. Dude is funny. You can hate on him all you want, but if you say he isn't funny you're just lying to yourself. And it's no secret the dude can paint. Brushes, oils, stencils, he even did that burner on a cow I think. You try painting on a cow, b!

I'm not trying to defend dude's honor. I don't own any Banksy books, art, or commemorative dishware so it doesn't matter to me.

The trailer looks pretty good and I'm sure there is much more to it than what they are revealing now which is usually the case with that cheeky fucker.

As far as street art is concerned. It is what it is. It's not graffiti. It is simply wheat paste, stickers, and such. Is it art? I don't know. I don't really care. I don't think graffiti is art either so I guess it isn't something I even care to think about.