..:: IAMRAV ::..

"To create something out of nothing. To leave something behind. To have something in front. With graffiti, you are in effect stealing from a culture already stapled into our system. So best make it as good a steal as you possibly can."












USUALLY I JUST POST 3 EXAMPLES OF AN ARTIST'S WORK BUT I COULDN'T THIS TIME. I CAME ACROSS THIS REMI/ROUGH'S WORK AND FOUND OUT HIS EXHIBITION CAME AND WENT ON 1ST AUGUST 08 - I WAS LIVID! TOTALLY MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT THIS ABSTRACT GRAFFITI ARTIST...THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP BLOG-WATCHING PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY MINE :D FROM THE BIO OF HIS WEB PAGE IT SAYS - '

'He is a proud graffiti writer, artist, designer, art director, curator, musician and loving partner and father.''

ALL I'M THINKING IS THIS DUDE'S GETTING PAID! JUST JOSHING, WELL HE MUST BE MAKING A GOOD BUCK OR TWO BUT HE DEFINITELY HAS HIS FINGER IN MANY PIES. HIS ART BOASTS AN ABSRTACT VIBE BUT IT'S FRESH AND STEERS AWAY FROM TAGGING AND THE 'BANKSY' TYPE STENCILS. CLICK ON THE LINK...ENJOY PEOPLE

UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN TRAPPED UNDER JIM ROYALE'S ARSE I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE THE ICONIC OBAMA 'HOPE' ARTWORK ABOUT. BEHIND THE STENCIL WAS GRAFFITI CREATIVE SHEPARD FAIREY, WHO IS NOW BEING SUED FOR HIS RECREATION OF THE ORIGINAL IMAGE! THIS WAS SOURCED FROM THE GUARDIAN ONLINE...


''Shepard Fairey, the graffiti artist whose Obama Hope poster became the face of Obama's presidential campaign, was sued this week by the Associated Press, owners of the original photograph on which Fairey's artwork was based. Fairey filed a preemptive lawsuit against AP last month, claiming he had changed the image so dramatically it didn't violate copyright law. It'll be up to the court to decide whether Fairey's portrait is classed as an original work in its own right, or a copy made without permission''


...WELL MR. MANNIE GARCIA, THE GUY WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE LEFT OF THE ARTWORK, FAIREY'S WORK IS A STENCIL RECREATION! HE IS NOT CLAIMING THE ORIGINAL IMAGE TO BE HIS OWN BUT THE ARTWORK THAT WAS MADE. EVERY CREATIVE KNOWS THAT RE-INTERPRETATION OR RECREATION OF AN ARTWORK DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS LEGIBLE THAN THE ORIGINAL. I MEAN DAMN HOW MANY OF US HAVE TAKEN A IMAGE, SHOVED IT IN ILLUSTRATOR AND USED LIVETRACE? ITS THE EFFECT WE LIKE, WE'RE NOT BOTHERED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL IMAGE THAT'S JUST A REFERENCE! SO PLEASE, STOP CRYING ABOUT THE FACT THAT NO ONE TOOK NOTICE OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPH UNTIL IT WAS STENCILLED...CAPICHE?