Collection-performance artist in time tested work, art finished within 5 hours after setup. These artist belong to basement group and are main stream – they sell works of art. Noted open air art performance groups-draw crowds and they watch.
Extravaganzas especially popular Technicolor and wide screen canvas, as billboard with blatant appeal to views eye. Artists imagery – persistent bold and compulsive this must be noticed graffiti taken of the street. Does it state something new in terms of either form or content and statement apart from each art works originality, no innovations of form that had not already been tried – example old pop art.
Precise and closely observed process, though was not just spray cans also painterly ways laboriously, by hand showed depth of skill. Especially on large scale. Ensuing discussion – representative of the general questioning of graffiti placed in main stream market so is this new style of art.
Le Johnno statements-graffiti placed within natural home being some capitalist building wall by unknown artist – though this apparent anonymity of execution was largely an act of staking claims and territory – also known as wild cats. Image and spray can color were precise with a crucial process. All had the process of replication.
Once taken out of street environment art placed on board or canvas is clearer evidence graffiti works had undergone transformation on being now incorporated into mainstream art market world. Simultaneous dialogue it implies a name change. Graffiti art does not transform as function, but as new expression – stated name – Fiti-Pop, taken as meaning graffiti fit for, and placed in market place. Name coined by Le Johnno 2008.
Graffiti-name changes to fiti-pop. When marketed in mainstream.(CCN传媒图片网 孟波)
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