telegraph.co.uk— An artist has collected thousands of lost hub caps from roadsides across Britain and turned them into spectacular animal sculptures.
Nov 14, 2008View in Crawl 4
From the Conservative Art Critic: "Oh brother, here we go again: yet another fartist who thinks that just by calling himself a "creative professional" and slapping some junk together that he's going to change the world and get his name etched in immortality up there with DaVinci, Rembrandt, and Kinkade®. Seriously, this so-called "green" art really gets my goat; don't these libtartists realize that by insisting on using recycled junk for their "pieces" they are helping to destroy the economy and business of the artists' supply industry? Sure, they rage on about getting government funding for their crap - as usual, YOUR tax dollars at work, my friends! - but, ask them to put out a few dollars for pastels and modeling clay?? Oh, perish the thought! They use THAT money to pay for their trendy loft "spaces" and their arugula lattés and their wasted afternoons lounging around with their comrades and complaining about your right to keep your own hard-earned money while smoking God knows what. I tell you, my friends, it's downright un-patriotic! But what else can you expect from these lefties? You call that sculpture? I'm sorry, but I'll take my Precious Moments angels over these communist contraptions ANY day, thank you very much!"
the guy is from Brighton, South coast of England, UK.i lived there for years before moving to Australia 2 years ago.the guy is a talented genius with refreshing originality.one of the pubs i used to go to in Brighton had a 20ft squared "octopus" made "INTO" the ceiling of the pub. think of what a creature would look like with head and tentacles coming out of the water...then flip that up-side-down and replace the water with a ceiling!amazing imagery.
by your own admission art is subjective, and therefore "standards" don't exist as the experience and perception of any "standard" is purely a personal one.so for you to say it isn't art means that it isn't for YOU. you can not say it isn't art for anyone else as you don't have the same tastes as everybody else.it's like saying "this jam is tasty", then another person would say "no it's not!"their perception is true, for both of them in their perception of reality.
gravylookoutNov 14, 2008
How is this even close to steampunk?
psyonic1Nov 15, 2008
Something is getting packed, but I'm guessing it's his fudge...
Closed AccountNov 15, 2008
From the Conservative Art Critic: "Oh brother, here we go again: yet another fartist who thinks that just by calling himself a "creative professional" and slapping some junk together that he's going to change the world and get his name etched in immortality up there with DaVinci, Rembrandt, and Kinkade®. Seriously, this so-called "green" art really gets my goat; don't these libtartists realize that by insisting on using recycled junk for their "pieces" they are helping to destroy the economy and business of the artists' supply industry? Sure, they rage on about getting government funding for their crap - as usual, YOUR tax dollars at work, my friends! - but, ask them to put out a few dollars for pastels and modeling clay?? Oh, perish the thought! They use THAT money to pay for their trendy loft "spaces" and their arugula lattés and their wasted afternoons lounging around with their comrades and complaining about your right to keep your own hard-earned money while smoking God knows what. I tell you, my friends, it's downright un-patriotic! But what else can you expect from these lefties? You call that sculpture? I'm sorry, but I'll take my Precious Moments angels over these communist contraptions ANY day, thank you very much!"
ummagummas08Nov 15, 2008
Haha- why was the first thing I thought "People are freakin' weird."?
p3ngwinNov 15, 2008
the guy is from Brighton, South coast of England, UK.i lived there for years before moving to Australia 2 years ago.the guy is a talented genius with refreshing originality.one of the pubs i used to go to in Brighton had a 20ft squared "octopus" made "INTO" the ceiling of the pub. think of what a creature would look like with head and tentacles coming out of the water...then flip that up-side-down and replace the water with a ceiling!amazing imagery.
p3ngwinNov 15, 2008
by your own admission art is subjective, and therefore "standards" don't exist as the experience and perception of any "standard" is purely a personal one.so for you to say it isn't art means that it isn't for YOU. you can not say it isn't art for anyone else as you don't have the same tastes as everybody else.it's like saying "this jam is tasty", then another person would say "no it's not!"their perception is true, for both of them in their perception of reality.