[Agent Provocateur]

Neee Naaah Neee Naaah

Quality! But probably right not to leave them lying around

Great sculpture tho

[Graffle]

Oct 23, 2008 19:18:47 GMT 1 imbue said:

Was thinking about putting some out on the street, maybe not... a little to real

imbue

Personally I think it's in bad taste, have you ever been affected by the real thing?

[Grubster]

Great piece!!!! splatter and paint bombing are prevalent in so much urban contemp art; I think this is genius! wat to go IMBUE. I think it should be left for the gallery not the street

[imbue]

Oct 23, 2008 19:55:52 GMT 1 Graffle said:

Oct 23, 2008 19:18:47 GMT 1 imbue said:

Was thinking about putting some out on the street, maybe not... a little to real

imbue

Personally I think it's in bad taste, have you ever been affected by the real thing?

Bad taste, not really... The real thing yeah I guess I am pretty affected by spray paint

Its not mean to offend and I wont put it on the street. Thanks for the comments

[Prescription Art]

Oct 23, 2008 19:55:52 GMT 1 Graffle said:

Personally I think it's in bad taste, have you ever been affected by the real thing?

For fuck's sake. Why is everyone suddenly so scared of offending people? Some of the comments about your last piece were ridiculous. It's art. It's meant to provoke thought. And besides, why is this any more likely to cause offence than, for instance, Rene Gangnon's Suicide Bomber? Because it's in 3d?

Granted, if you leave this around it might cause a bit of a scene... but please don't start toning down your ideas because you're scared they might offend people.

And incidentally I miraculously survived the massive car bomb in Bali... however I can see this for what it is, which is a piece of artwork and not something that shouts 'YEAH, BOMBS ARE GREAT AND SO IS KILLING PEOPLE'.

[Agent Provocateur]

Interesting, I don't usually publicly disagree with posts on the forum but this sort of makes me wonder. It's a question about going too far, has this gone too far to be offensive? No imo... and my reasoning is simple, in our world of street and urban art there are images of bombs, grenades, machine guns, tanks baby's skulls with holes in them... I could go one. Are they offensive... hold on, there's even the classic image from Vietnam (I think) of the guy getting his head blown off with a spray can, and these have never been called offensive. The idea of using cans rather than TNT or semtex can be read on various levels, a simple analogy to the awful truth of home made bombs and terrorism or the idea that street art and graffiti through the form of a spray can have a big impact and social voice throught it's use.

Mmm I'd be interested to hear what other people think of my uneducated critique

[dslug]

Oct 23, 2008 19:23:31 GMT 1 @slowmo said:

Nice idea, not sure about the street though mate, people have been shot for less and if taken the wrong way will cost a lot of money and emergency services time that could be spent elsewhere.

Looks bloody great though

yep I agree with this and I think the wasting of the emergency services time will be the thing that people will pick up on.

[Grubster]

well said Agent! This is considered a great piece and the re-action,positive or negative, is what you want! Success IMBUE and dont dummy down just cause of one or many opinions that are just that Opinions!!

[shower]

another great piece imbue! loving your work at the mo!

[imbue]

Cheers guys, always nice to get a response

The piece is a reference on the power of the spray can. It also links nicely with the graffiti term 'Bombing'

imbue

[skelly]

Oct 23, 2008 20:29:53 GMT 1 Prescription Art said:

Granted, if you leave this around it might cause a bit of a scene... but please don't start toning down your ideas because you're scared they might offend people.

Fuck anyone telling you it's offensive, if it was supporting the ideas of terrorism then maybe I would be offended....but even then I wouldn't tell you to tone it down!

[Deleted]

good work again.

[L.E.T.]

i like it.

[They call me Stephen]

Do it Imbue, get it out there! There's far too many people pussying around with political correctness and the thought of offending anyone in today's cotton wool smothered society. Get it out there...you obviously think highly of it in order to post it here, don't let the pc brigade put you off

[bradpitt]

Extreme bad taste if these were to go on the streets, it's a provocative piece of art, so what is it trying to say? the best thing to do would be blow the cans up on a canvas and make a pretty little picture or scare the hell out of your Mum

[romanywg]

Yeah, put it out on the street. Be great publicity for you as we see you splattered all over the front pages, literally. Remember, they only thought Jean Charles de Menezes had a bomb. If they see you with one this 'art' they will make you into a very nice canvas on the side of a wall.

[Deleted]

Another Great piece Imbue, you seem to be bringing back a little of the 'thought provoking' controversy that street art has been lacking for a while and lets face it, its what street Art is all about!

Keep it up matey, I look forward to seeing more from you!

[Tiki]

Cant belive i just posted that

[imbue]

Well I'm glad I am creating debate. Don't worry... I'm not putting these on the street. I know it would be a bad idea!

Anyone remember this a few years back?

[Tiki]

I think thats a resounding dont do it then lol

[Grubster]

who did that Space invader...lol



jk

[romanywg]

Those were the lights that Graffiti Research Lab invented weren't they?

[Prescription Art]

Oct 23, 2008 22:56:53 GMT 1 imbue said:

Anyone remember this a few years back?

WTF!!

[instinct]

hmmm... would not like to see one of these on the street, though it would be interesting to see you fake a whole street situation using one of these. really though that is not my decision, its your decision as an artist.
as for the thing as a piece of art.. rock on i like it a lot. agree with presciprtion art 100%... do not be affraid to offend people with the image or idea.
as for the video post above its like some kind of apacolyptic idea of what could happen... hence making your art more important!

[adec]

Nice piece of art, like it! .. (glad your not putting it on the street this time though lol ...nothing to do with offending people... just the 'would be wasting the emergency services time and money' point..)

Reminds me of years ago at school, someone in the A Level art group made a 'bomb' .. got an 'A'... unfortunately some member of the royal family was visiting the next day.. and the police team that scoured the area prior to the visit just flatly refused to let it be part of the show.. even though they had examined it for ages... and that must have been in 1985-ish!

[Guest]

Oct 23, 2008 22:29:15 GMT 1 romanywg said:

Yeah, put it out on the street. Be great publicity for you as we see you splattered all over the front pages, literally. Remember, they only thought Jean Charles de Menezes had a bomb. If they see you with one this 'art' they will make you into a very nice canvas on the side of a wall.

you sound like Max Clifford.

[imbue]

Oct 23, 2008 23:17:22 GMT 1 romanywg said:

Those were the lights that Graffiti Research Lab invented weren't they?

No, they were made as adverts by a TV company for a new series of a cartoon...

[doublehelix]

graffitiresearchlab.com/?p=67

[crazyarsemother]

Imbue you need to go to art college or back to it. You end up making these sorts of things everyday for fun and to put off other stuff. Have you seen Jim Lambie's turner prize piece when he slowly lowered a chair (I think) onto a load of spray cans to let them off. It reminds me of that. You can always photograph it and put that up in he streets. Strap a remote controlled pan to it and make a red arrows display. Anyway, keep on playing its refreshing. Its no more offence than loads of other stuff passed off on here as 'ironic' (i.e. dull). Work has started to get a bit serious on here of late.

[imbue]

Oct 24, 2008 12:23:04 GMT 1 @crazyarsemother said:

Imbue you need to go to art college or back to it. You end up making these sorts of things everyday for fun and to put off other stuff. Have you seen Jim Lambie's turner prize piece when he slowly lowered a chair (I think) onto a load of spray cans to let them off. It reminds me of that. You can always photograph it and put that up in he streets. Strap a remote controlled pan to it and make a red arrows display. Anyway, keep on playing its refreshing. Its no more offence than loads of other stuff passed off on here as 'ironic' (i.e. dull). Work has started to get a bit serious on here of late.

Thanks! I like to think I am keeping my work pretty fresh. College is not for me though. I don't think its good for anyone
I did lots of art at school then college, it made me hate it. I now do more work on my own than I ever did at college! I also have more work and more recognition than anyone I know doing art at university.