Graffiti 108: Kitsch continued
Well, this is definitely a case of publishers cashing in on the popularity of graffiti amongst the mainstream. It makes graffiti safe. Can we really still consider graffiti a counterculture or has it just become another part of popular culture? Graffiti ceases to be an act of rebellion; it has transformed into America’s latest example of soft imperialism.
Yo! I just saw a comment you posted on SI’s blog, so I followed the link here… I have no idea what your beliefs are on God and all that, honestly that’s not why I’m commenting. I’m just psyched to finally run into somebody on one of these blogs that’s my same age-ish with similar interests.
Your comments about publishers cashing in on graff and making it safe and sterile ring true. I think about such crap all the time, as I’m a publisher myself, who also works for a publisher. In fact, I just finished some work on a graff book that raised similar ethical concerns. Don’t get me a wrong, I’m a Banksy fan to the core, yet I can’t help but to view the media circus that surrounds Banksy, graff and skateboarding as a bunch of capitalistic vomit.
Anyways, your blog is ill and I’ll be lurking.. peace.
Thanks cl. Send me a link to your graff book when it comes out.
It’s already out: Banksy’s Bristol
Hey, good work! Congratulations!
I’d like to read those interviews. Sounds like you did some important field work, not only for recording the history of Bansky, but also for giving an impression of this new phase of graffiti (its roots etc). Good luck with its sales and reception.
I was just reading some of the reviews. It is an honour to have you comment here.
My man, by no means am I the guy who deserves the credit for that one, but I feel you all the way through… big ups