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Post by Urban Portrait Commissions on Nov 29, 2008 22:00:40 GMT 1
What a crock of s**t. my favorite street artists that have done great street work in the last year are
Adam neate
Blu
Banksy
Os Gemeos
Replete
Erica il cane
SPQR
Damon Ginades
mr jago
xenz
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:03:33 GMT 1
sorry 5 need to bow out of this thread... Miss Bugs I'm afraid I've never heard of. so no idea... C215, yep he's done some nice stuff... but he's hardly ahead of alot of artists I could mention.... Blek painted illegal for years and without any PR or sales... I agree that this list is utter crap, but i cant put Blek before C215 for street work in 08. Blek has put in the work over the years, and has my respect for that, but his output this year has been print based with very little or no street pieces i can think of or any that have come to my attention, apart from Cans. But this list is purely based on sales which is BS  People should realise that writing lists like these opens them up to some serious criticism and abuse... If i ever come across them, I for one will tell them to stop talking bollocks... Agreed Ron on the Blek output for this year... But he's still a legend and a thoroughly nice bloke... I'm getting fed up with so called "artists" I've never heard of being branded "street Artists" that term is getting put around far too much of late... FACT! |
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Post by Daniel Silk on Nov 29, 2008 22:05:53 GMT 1
I think most peoples STREET Artist and URBAN Artist top 10 lists for this year would look very different  They might even have totally different names on them. Reminder this does say URBAN Artists for 2008  |
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:08:19 GMT 1
I think most peoples STREET Artist and URBAN Artist top 10 lists for this year would look very different They might even have totally different names on them. Reminder this does say URBAN Artists for 2008 Please define the difference between 'street' and 'Urban' artist |
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:09:26 GMT 1
I think most peoples STREET Artist and URBAN Artist top 10 lists for this year would look very different They might even have totally different names on them. Reminder this does say URBAN Artists for 2008 Please define the difference between 'street' and 'Urban' artist Artists who want to be graffiti artists but don't have the right minerals... |
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:09:54 GMT 1
Art republic, who the f uck are art republic?, if you were to create a top 100 gallery list I doubt they would feature, (I am actually really surprised Dan Baldwin wasn't squeezed in there too) Yeah, you would think Dan would have been on the list. I hope your joking....without the smileys its hard too tell |
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:10:41 GMT 1
I agree that this list is utter crap, but i cant put Blek before C215 for street work in 08. Blek has put in the work over the years, and has my respect for that, but his output this year has been print based with very little or no street pieces i can think of or any that have come to my attention, apart from Cans. But this list is purely based on sales which is BS People should realise that writing lists like these opens them up to some serious criticism and abuse... If i ever come across them, I for one will tell them to stop talking bollocks... Agreed Ron on the Blek output for this year... But he's still a legend and a thoroughly nice bloke... I'm getting fed up with so called "artists" I've never heard of being branded "street Artists" that term is getting put around far too much of late... FACT! Im with you on that one Remi, far too many artists that have no street work. |
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:14:17 GMT 1
People should realise that writing lists like these opens them up to some serious criticism and abuse... If i ever come across them, I for one will tell them to stop talking bollocks... Agreed Ron on the Blek output for this year... But he's still a legend and a thoroughly nice bloke... I'm getting fed up with so called "artists" I've never heard of being branded "street Artists" that term is getting put around far too much of late... FACT! Im with you on that one Remi, far too many artists that have no street work. Totally... that's not to say they're not great artists.... but they're not I repeat NOT!!! Street, graffiti or urban artists.... |
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Post by funyoung on Nov 29, 2008 22:34:21 GMT 1
edited as not fair.
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Post by toothfairy on Nov 29, 2008 22:34:54 GMT 1
No mention of Burning Candy! Have your say now, vote at www.streetartawards.com/Will be interesting to see the results on Thursday, its events like this that really matter where the fans have power and not a gallery opinion in sight!!! But it will only be successful if people actually vote. So what you waiting for! |
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 22:41:36 GMT 1
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Post by G-Man on Nov 29, 2008 23:00:53 GMT 1
Silky I think its time to dig out that list I compiled earlier this year and check the results of that there were over 100+ posts and that was a clearer idication of the impact of the artists this year?????
Can somone find the thread? and post it?
Silky???
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 23:11:09 GMT 1
Total joke
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Post by Bram on Nov 29, 2008 23:15:19 GMT 1
Biggest load of bulls**t I have ever seen!
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Post by Daniel Silk on Nov 29, 2008 23:15:56 GMT 1
Silky I think its time to dig out that list I compiled earlier this year and check the results of that there were over 100+ posts and that was a clearer idication of the impact of the artists this year????? Can somone find the thread? and post it? Silky??? Any idea what the thread was called? Any idea of the month?  |
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Post by Replete on Nov 29, 2008 23:23:52 GMT 1
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Post by G-Man on Nov 29, 2008 23:28:22 GMT 1
It was called top 5 street artists
Think it was early summer maybe May???
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Post by Bram on Nov 29, 2008 23:31:11 GMT 1
So These guys had a bad year / don't make the top ten
Herakut
Os Gemeos
Judith Supine
Faile
David Choe
Blu
Titifreak
Swoon
D*face
Paul Insect
Jose Parla
Josh Jeyes
WK
Know Hope
Lister
Case
JR
Shepard Fairey
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Post by Guest on Nov 29, 2008 23:40:57 GMT 1
who bram? |
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Post by Jef Aerosol on Nov 30, 2008 0:18:55 GMT 1
I have never liked contests, awards, competitions, votes and top tens... this top ten sounds more like a new way of advertizing than anything else, in fact... The street art scene (or urban art scene, or graffiti scene, call it what you want) is now borrowing devices that once belonged to what we were precisely fighting against when we wrote on the walls ! But I guess those times are gone ;(  stencils in Tours (France), Jef Aérosol, January 1983... (still unsigned, hadn't decided about the "jef aerosol" name yet, and no red arrow) |
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Post by Guest on Nov 30, 2008 0:36:49 GMT 1
any list like this that does not have Shepard Fairey as #1 for 2008 is not accurate(IMO). Banksy's blow-up in 2006-2007 aside, no one in this genre has ever had a year like Fairey's 2008. GQ Man of the Year, the most iconic image to come out of this genre, ridiculous amounts of media coverage, etc., etc., etc. all the while still owning the streets(and getting arrested for it).
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Post by stickee on Nov 30, 2008 0:49:11 GMT 1
any list like this that does not have Shepard Fairey as #1 for 2008 is not accurate(IMO). Banksy's blow-up in 2006-2007 aside, no one in this genre has ever had a year like Fairey's 2008. GQ Man of the Year, the most iconic image to come out of this genre, ridiculous amounts of media coverage, etc., etc., etc. all the while still owning the streets(and getting arrested for it). well said, But......"who’s made the biggest impact in the UK urban art scene in 2008 " that aside the list is still a crock of crap |
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Post by Guest on Nov 30, 2008 0:51:41 GMT 1
any list like this that does not have Shepard Fairey as #1 for 2008 is not accurate(IMO). Banksy's blow-up in 2006-2007 aside, no one in this genre has ever had a year like Fairey's 2008. GQ Man of the Year, the most iconic image to come out of this genre, ridiculous amounts of media coverage, etc., etc., etc. all the while still owning the streets(and getting arrested for it). well said, But......"who’s made the biggest impact in the UK urban art scene in 2008 " that aside the list is still a crock of crap I should read more, lol. You're right though, still crap. |
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Post by Jef Aerosol on Nov 30, 2008 1:01:08 GMT 1
Don't you think JR's impact has been tremendous in the UK in 2008 ? He's done a lot on this side of the channel for a few years now, but I remember explaining who he was on this very forum only a few months ago, as nobody seemed to have heard of him... A few weeks later, he signed the contract with Lazarides and hit the walls of London. He is now becoming a giant and he deserves it. And he's still so young, he could be my son ! |
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Post by Guest on Nov 30, 2008 1:06:09 GMT 1
Don't you think JR's impact has been tremendous in the UK in 2008 ? He's done a lot on this side of the channel for a few years now, but I remember explaining who he was on this very forum only a few months ago, as nobody seemed to have heard of him... A few weeks later, he signed the contract with Lazarides and hit the walls of London. He is now becoming a giant and he deserves it. And he's still so young, he could be my son ! so could I.... the pieces above are in the year I was born |
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Post by raiden on Nov 30, 2008 1:09:00 GMT 1
The only thing I will point out is that Faile and Shepard aren't British, and the list is top 10 for the UK art scene. But then including Blek makes the list even odder.
I conclude the list is total crap.
I am glad to see Pure Evil getting a nod. Rather like his work . And Miss Bugs at #2 is nice to see when I just shelled out on the last release!
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Post by Jef Aerosol on Nov 30, 2008 1:12:11 GMT 1
Charley (PE) is a mighty man ! We share the same "spirit" : he's a groovy freak ! lol
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Post by simococo on Nov 30, 2008 1:19:03 GMT 1
the list is embarassing.
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Post by lalinea on Nov 30, 2008 5:05:35 GMT 1
Faile??
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Post by spencerlee on Nov 30, 2008 9:05:34 GMT 1
I think people just need to take this with a pinch of salt. As others have noticed, these top XX lists are published all the time, and reported on as factual news. For example Birds Eye will publish a report on the greatest take aways ever, and it's reported as the last word on the matter whereas it's the result of 50 questionnaires sent out to people who bought fish fingers in February.
It's a good starting point for discussion, but yeah, lets be realistic.....the results are going to be biased.
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