beautiful losers

	Duration: 03:35 minutes Upload Time: 2007-01-14 23:25:02 User: yohey01 :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Contemporary Art and Street Culture Edited by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike.~Essays by Alex Baker,Thom Collins, Jeffrey Deitch, Rene deGuzman, Carlo McCormick and Jocko Weyland. The greatest cultural accomplishments in history have never been the result of the brainstorms of marketing men, corporate focus groups, or any homogenized methods; they have always happened organically. More often than not, these manifestations have been the result of a few like-minded people coming together to create something new and original for no other purpose than a common love of doing it. In the 1990s, a loose-knit group of American artists and creators, many just out of their teens, began their careers in just such a way. Influenced by the popular underground youth subcultures of the day, such as skateboarding, graffiti, street fashion, and independent music, artists like Shepard Fairey, Mark Gonzales, Spike Jonze, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Barry McGee, Phil Frost, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine, and Ed Templeton began to create art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Many had no formal training and almost no conception of the inner workings of the art world. They learned their crafts through practice, trial and error, and good old-fashioned innovation. Not since the Beat Generation have we seen a group of creative individuals with such a unified aesthetic sense and varied cultural facets. The world of art has been greatly affected by their accomplishments as have the worlds of fashion, music, literature, film, and, ironically, athletics. Over the years, the group has matured, and many have become more establishment-oriented; but no matter, their independent spirit has remained steadfast. Beautiful Losers is a retrospective celebration of this spirit, with hundreds of artworks by over two dozen artists, from precursors like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Larry Clark, to more recent adherents Ryan McGinniss, KAWS, and Geoff McFetridge. Work in all conceivable mediums is included, plus reproductions of reams of ephemera. The accompanying essays are contributed by a half-dozen writers who have championed these beautiful losers from the start.tag=Beautiful Losers,Beautiful,Losers,Contemporary Art,Street Culture,Triennale,Milano,Milan,Art,Culture,Graffiti,Skate,Skateboard,Skateboarding,Underground,Independent,Music,DIY,Basquiat,Henry Chalfant,Larry Clark,Robert Crumb,Glen E. Friedman,Futura,Keith Haring,Ari Marcopoulos,Raymond Pettibon,Pushead,Craig R. Stecyk III,Andy Warhol,Thomas Campbell,Cynthia Connolly,Cheryl Dunn,Shepard Fairey,Phil Frost,Phil Frost,Tommy Guerrero,Evan Hecox,Jo Jackson,Todd James,James Jarvis,Andy Jenkins,Chris Johanson,Spike Jonze,Harmony Korine,Kaws,Geoff McFetridge,Barry McGee,Ryan McGinley,Ryan McGinness,Mike Mills,Os Gemeos,Stephen Powers,Terry Richardson,Clare E. Rojas,Rostarr,Ed Templeton,Tobin Yelland"
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demonbabies ::: Favorites jeezus. take it easy. like it or not, these artists took part in shaping pop culture. it all stems from punk rock flyer art and graffiti. im sure plenty would agree that a majority of these people have surpassed the "scenester" label and moved on to fine artists. 07-10-23 13:59:01 __________________________________________________
mmacalvey ::: Favorites Prefuse 73 07-09-25 14:24:24 __________________________________________________
adamski182 ::: Favorites who is the song by? 07-07-29 10:03:35 __________________________________________________
lordburzum ::: Favorites This show was fucking Lame !!, art that all looked the same, more of a who's who art show. Graffiti skate juxtapoz wheat paste sencil cute teddy bear skateboard tattoo crap that we been seeing for the last 10 years. All the artists in this stupid show are a bunch of scenesters that need to belong to a click. Even Pushead's art sucks, his stuffs., too juvenile how many skulls do i need to look at Pushead, the kind of art that looks good on skatebaords, but look like shit on my walls........ 07-07-26 17:15:17 __________________________________________________
WordGraith ::: Favorites way to avoid recouperation you hacks! 07-06-05 05:13:33 __________________________________________________
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helloPDE ::: Favorites Tommy Gurrero 07-03-14 23:06:09 __________________________________________________
helloPDE ::: Favorites Tommy Gurrero 07-03-14 23:06:03 __________________________________________________
xicocamotl ::: Favorites Clare Rojas stands out by far, sweet powerful genuine talent/energy 07-02-24 20:36:42 __________________________________________________