beautiful losers

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"

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• beautiful
• losers
• Graffiti
• Street
• FINE
• POP
• Art
• MODERN
• ARTIST

[KriticKap1]

what song is this?

[yohey01]

Tommy Guerrero

[KriticKap1]

Whats this song?

[yohey01]

Tommy Guerrero

[cizmthemantiz]

Can someone please please please tell me where this beat is from or what it is called?? I love it.

[julienonnikcam]

i never thought people would argue over art. anyone can do art if they want to. just leave it alone, these artists are good at what they do.

[ivanparrales]

prefuse 73 -storm returns

[ivanparrales]

prefuse 73- storm returns

[bhoogren]

Shepard Fairey steals other artists work then claims it's his own. He's also a loser graffiti criminal who makes the world an uglier place and unsafe for honest hard working artists.

[sketchyfull]

rofl yup

[SgtBastard101]

Ive seen A few on here the sherrif missed alltogether!

[sketchyfull]

lol yea

[SgtBastard101]

HaHaHa-good eye fer the puss!

[WillSkateAndDestroy]

why are you so pissed off by art that you have to come back and post the same thing twice after it got marked as spam?

[lordburzum]

this is FAGGOT SHIT !!!