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Citizen complaint of the day: We don't need some bozo with a stencil to tell us what is and isn't art
By adamg on Wed, 10/16/2013 - 8:10am
A fed-up citizen complains about all the "Not Art" stencils that have been showing up all over the place in recent months in general and about the "Not Art" stencil on an electrical box on Berkeley in particular.
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Is he saying that the items
Is he saying that the items he paints are not art, or that his "art" is not art?
It's no Mona Lisa, but I kinda dig it.
Vandalism
Seems like yet another Banksy-wannabe vandal. A tag is a tag, no matter how 'ceci n'est pas une tag' it is.
you know of one graffiti artist
congratulations on your cultural relevance.
You mean two. Blek le Rat
You mean two. Blek le Rat makes three.
Oaf.
NOT PERCEPTIVE
NOT PERCEPTIVE
A few in my hood too..
I see them on mailboxes and trash bins around my house, it's not art, it'a graffiti.. hope they catch the idiots doing this, like me need more graffiti?
Whats
Up the the pink dog with 100+ nipples spray painted everywhere?
Where was this guy ...
I'm sure there's some really insightful social commentary in this 'work', but I'm surprised it never showed up in Dewey Square. That'd be a whole different conversation.
I think the idea is to get
I think the idea is to get you to consider what is and isnt art. Everyday stuff you see around town could be art, it's all perspective. It might take someone telling you something is not art for you to consider that it actually is art.
How to Make Original Art
1) Purchase cardboard 2) Cut out a stencil 2) Purchase spray paint 3) Find something you don't own 4) Graffitize it with the mundane
Except that grafitti is
not art, it's vandalism.
Not observant
This guy has been around 10+ years. I appreciate his take but perhaps not always where he does it.
I don't know what's not art
But I know it when I don't see it.
Origin of NOT ART
I made NOT ART as a black print on white, round 3" sticker which I gave away in the 1000's but I never put them anywhere and did not tell people what to do with them.
I started the project in 1997, the idea, design and sticker was copied many times. Some even sold them. I never did.
I do not condone graffiti of any kind.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/10340814116_65e...
And what exactly...
Did you think people would do with 1000 stickers? I mean, there's a big difference between slapping up stickers and using a spray stencil -- but you didn't think vandalism would result from giving out these stickers either?
Not his problem
I had one of those stickers - and I stuck it over a dent on my own private personal car.
Stickers have perfectly legal uses, too.
Up next: should people be allowed to learn to write if it means they might write graffiti? And should schools be responsible for the misuse of writing?
Thanks for jumping the gun!
I never said it shouldn't be allowed. Nor did I say he was responsible. But for someone who allegedly holds such contempt for vandalism, you'd think he'd be careful about handing out free stacks of thousands of stickers to anyone.
I still have at least 3000 of
I still have at least 3000 of the original 10,000. I could sell them to you, but I never sell NOT ART. I sold 2 pieces of art in my younger years, never again. Way too valuable to let people pay for it with mere money.