http://nickonken.com/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 05:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://nickonken.com/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html/comment-page-1#comment-475 vince Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:35:38 +0000 http://205.186.128.244/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html#comment-475 banksy. no contest! iso/tycho is amazing....i have some of his posters. hope you are well nick. banksy. no contest!
iso/tycho is amazing….i have some of his posters.
hope you are well nick.

]]> http://nickonken.com/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html/comment-page-1#comment-474 Chad S. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:13:34 +0000 http://205.186.128.244/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html#comment-474 I'd say you've got good taste! Scott's work is amazing. I have a few of his prints as well as a few from Shepard. When I moved to LA earlier this year I was star struck to see Shepard Fairey out at events around town. Bansky seems to be one of the few stencil artists that has been able to keep a conceptual train of thought behind his work. To me, it seems most stencil artists are just cutting to cut without putting too much thought into it other than making a cool image. Even if it does have a political message, the work is still shallow on concept. That's not always a bad thing, you may need to take that approach to make an impression on people's busy mind. But Bansky seems to always take it a step further. I’d say you’ve got good taste! Scott’s work is amazing. I have a few of his prints as well as a few from Shepard. When I moved to LA earlier this year I was star struck to see Shepard Fairey out at events around town.
Bansky seems to be one of the few stencil artists that has been able to keep a conceptual train of thought behind his work. To me, it seems most stencil artists are just cutting to cut without putting too much thought into it other than making a cool image. Even if it does have a political message, the work is still shallow on concept. That’s not always a bad thing, you may need to take that approach to make an impression on people’s busy mind. But Bansky seems to always take it a step further.

]]> http://nickonken.com/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html/comment-page-1#comment-473 Jess Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:45:06 +0000 http://205.186.128.244/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html#comment-473 I read that blog title and thought of the exact same names (and a few others, including James White and Nate Duval). Scott is particularly my favorite. You've got awesome, taste, Nick! I read that blog title and thought of the exact same names (and a few others, including James White and Nate Duval). Scott is particularly my favorite. You’ve got awesome, taste, Nick!

]]> http://nickonken.com/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html/comment-page-1#comment-472 rick olivier Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:39:08 +0000 http://205.186.128.244/blog/2008/09/my-top-3-graphicgraphiti-artist-inspirations.html#comment-472 nick, very nice work on your site and I enjoy the blog a lot too. your boy Banksy went off the rails on that piece you have up top though. I went through Katrina and a bunch of earlier storms and believe me, the people doing the looting for the most part were NOT in uniform, unless you consider having your ass hanging out a uniform. I wouldn't expect a UK "artist" to know jack-shit about life in the Dirty South, though. I had a lot more respect for Banks before he put this cliche'd piece of garbage up. Maybe he's been hitting the Moet and Mendocino green a bit too much... If his punk-ass ever got in real trouble down in the Bywater the only people who MIGHT be able to keep him breathing would be...you guessed it: wearing uniforms. rick o. 5th ward NOLA nick,
very nice work on your site and I enjoy the blog a lot too. your boy Banksy went off the rails on that piece you have up top though. I went through Katrina and a bunch of earlier storms and believe me, the people doing the looting for the most part were NOT in uniform, unless you consider having your ass hanging out a uniform. I wouldn’t expect a UK “artist” to know jack-shit about life in the Dirty South, though. I had a lot more respect for Banks before he put this cliche’d piece of garbage up. Maybe he’s been hitting the Moet and Mendocino green a bit too much… If his punk-ass ever got in real trouble down in the Bywater the only people who MIGHT be able to keep him breathing would be…you guessed it: wearing uniforms.
rick o. 5th ward NOLA

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