mike
Full Member
Posts: 154
|
Post by mike on Nov 10, 2009 22:01:31 GMT -8
If that's true then I suggest you look at more street art.
|
|
|
|
Post by origo on Nov 11, 2009 5:52:40 GMT -8
May be so, but you gotta start somewhere. Even wise, almighty people like yourself started out somehere.
To each his own and all that, right?
|
|
|
|
Post by hellosir on Nov 11, 2009 7:39:25 GMT -8
yeah i just saw some of his stuff in a shop in Brussel, and across the wall from a shep fairey installation, granted they are two completely different styles, I was more interested by Roa's raven/crow/blackbird. It was just so intriguing. But yeah still lots to look at out there and he is not the end nor the beginning
to each his own is right
|
|
mike
Full Member
Posts: 154
|
Post by mike on Nov 12, 2009 3:55:29 GMT -8
May be so, but you gotta start somewhere. Even wise, almighty people like yourself started out somehere. To each his own and all that, right? Not sure that the sarcastic reply is warranted really but each to their own. The best thing about roa is that his work only really works on the street. The drawings and canvasses I've seen have just been average to poor representations of animals which devoid of the scale and presence they have on the street look pretty weak.. And fairey is a poor comparison, not only due to the vast difference in style, but due to him not having been interesting let alone amazing for years. |
|
|
|
Post by origo on Nov 12, 2009 6:44:36 GMT -8
May be so, but you gotta start somewhere. Even wise, almighty people like yourself started out somehere. To each his own and all that, right? Not sure that the sarcastic reply is warranted really but each to their own. The best thing about roa is that his work only really works on the street. The drawings and canvasses I've seen have just been average to poor representations of animals which devoid of the scale and presence they have on the street look pretty weak.. And fairey is a poor comparison, not only due to the vast difference in style, but due to him not having been interesting let alone amazing for years. It was more like a tongue in cheek comment, nothing more. About Roa, I wasn´t refering to his work on canvas or paper, but what I´ve seen from his streetwork which the thread also refers to. I wouldn´t compare him to Fairey either, not at all. Totally different subjectmatters and very different style. Should I compare Roa to someone else it would be Ericailcane or Blu. I think Roa´s work posses a certain stroke of genius, it makes me wanna look at it and for a long time. Just like Blu and Ericailcane. I feel that streetart lacks originality in general and I definetely think that Roa brings something new to the scene, and it´s very, very good on top. |
|
mike
Full Member
Posts: 154
|
Post by mike on Nov 12, 2009 11:58:51 GMT -8
Tongue in cheek is hard to do via text. Apologies for misinterpreting it as sarcasm..
I'd not even dream of comparing roa to either of the Italians who really are in a league of their own in terms of imagination and execution of work on the street. As for you finding that street art in general lacking is originality then, again, I'd suggest you look a little harder. For every talentless chancer such as LEVI C there's a Mark Jenkins out there pushing the definitions and boundaries of what street art is and the effects it can have on the viewer.
|
|
|
|
Post by hellosir on Nov 12, 2009 15:28:34 GMT -8
Yeah I didn't mean to draw comparisons, it was just simply the fact that both of these pieces where inside the same store and not in the normal street setting, off of the street.
Obviously the owner cared very much about the look and feel of his shop and had another interesting with a wall made of burnt fluroscent tubes with different degrees of filament smoke stains. All i was trying to say was that street art speaks to people differently, and in this case seeing two pieces in such close proximity, I found myself surprised to be drawn to the ROA over the Fairey.
I was just emphasizing that yeah to each their own. If comparisons are being made with Roa and Blu, I find it difficult to believe that that argument would last to long.
|
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Nov 22, 2009 23:52:54 GMT -8
Nice and simple.   |
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Nov 30, 2009 20:13:49 GMT -8
Specter   |
|
|
|
Post by bram on Dec 1, 2009 11:53:00 GMT -8
That is a truly great stencil
|
|
|
|
Post by COOPER COLE on Dec 1, 2009 14:56:12 GMT -8
Its actually a hand painted wheatpaste
|
|
|
|
Post by origo on Dec 15, 2009 2:17:04 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Dec 16, 2009 16:59:11 GMT -8
Nice idea with the different views from different angles... Thanks Origo. Here were some street signs we saw in Miami.    |
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Dec 29, 2009 9:03:04 GMT -8
Piece from Escif.  |
|
|
|
Post by Estudio Pedro Matos on Dec 29, 2009 10:59:06 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Feb 10, 2010 7:07:02 GMT -8
Zilda  |
|
|
|
Post by bspear on Feb 14, 2010 8:23:23 GMT -8
Caught this Know Hope on my way to Josh Liner's gallery last night. Sorry for the crappy camera phone image.  |
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Mar 23, 2010 14:23:50 GMT -8
Some cool collage pieces from Various & Gould.   |
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Mar 30, 2010 8:02:50 GMT -8
Dimitris Taxis' - 'Floating In Ignorance' in Athens, seen on Unurth   |
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Apr 24, 2010 8:12:27 GMT -8
Adres from Portugal  |
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Jun 3, 2010 19:35:05 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by sleepboy on Jul 3, 2010 5:22:39 GMT -8
Ethos.  |
|
|
|
Post by danbarry on Jul 3, 2010 22:04:00 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by danbarry on Jul 3, 2010 23:38:24 GMT -8
San Lorenzo neighborhood -- Rome 2010  |
|
|
|
Post by astrogirl on Jul 5, 2010 21:29:10 GMT -8
|
|
