Ovation TV | Art or Not?: Bonus Interview with Mat Gleason

This Ovation TV original is an exploration of a question that has entertained, frustrated and inflamed passionate -- and even casual -- art lovers forever: Is "it" art, or is "it" not art? The special showcases artists from the edges of the art spectrum and will aim to discover what makes people passionate -- and highly opinionated -- about a broad range of visual art.

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[Kloxboy]

Gleason has got a good perspective on Fairey, I agree completely.

[halcyon2832]

Gleason pisses people off because he doesn't fall for cultural propaganda. Fairey is an opportunist interested only in marketing his 'product'. Per usual-Gleason is right on...

[rastamanofnc]

@Kloxboy dude when you come from nothing like shepard then people like what they see and you are able to make a living off it how is that making a profit off anything sure he is making money but to him he still is just fly posting like he was back in the day

[solidysnake1]

business and art is separated? Gleason, This shows you how fucking shallow your understanding of art is.

[solidysnake1]

simple technique that anybody can do? Are you kidding me Gleason? Technique is knowledge plus practice and practice. omg... this guy...

Look, I can understand how a magic trick is perform, how a music piece is played, how a ball is thrown, but it does not mean i can do it!

Obviously this guy talks about art too much but has not actually done any painting, he overestimates his ability.

[solidysnake1]

@kymberly333 gleason is full of it and he does not even know it. He contradicts himself all the time.

[kymberly333]

he just favors the art he like and hate everything else is garbage. WTF

[kymberly333]

his whole point bases around the notion that art is about raising womeone consciusness.. please men, you are just filling space

[kymberly333]

Gleason rationalizes the perspective of an artist, what a shame. to this society has come?. we stay something obvius with a serius tone of voice, and we get to props for it. he starts by saying that artist is competing with coca cola, and that coca cola is winning? come on. what kind of reasoning is that. we should be happy that there are good artist making something that we enjoy and like. whats wrong with you?, im sorri, i guess you will never get it ....lol

[pointofinfo]

Re: Fairey, "The man has NO desperation whatsoever," "He's the antithesis of the original graffiti artists," "[...] the furthest thing from an artist."

Gleason is acting like he's the protector of intent of street art. Please. Dude watches Graffiti Verite on Netflix and thinks he can speak with authority.

You can argue that appropriation isn't good art; I find SF's gallery work uninteresting. But to dismiss him as a non-artist and praise Ed Hardy? C'mon. Did SF turn down an interview? Ugh. Boo.

[josephknightcom]

I love the first statement, "Coca-Cola is still beating him", as if Shepard Fairey were a failure for not making more money than a cola company. Sorry this guy does not make his points well. Many will disagree with me, but it's nearly unanimous in this forum that he is a quote, "a douche bag".