Post #181114 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 4:19 AM

On 2005-08-17 12:08, Tiki Mark wrote:

As a discussion point, anyone want to weigh in on the ethics (and perhaps legal) ramifications of having an artist paint a "tribute" work of these two masterpieces?

What a weird idea. Apart from the legal/ethical rams, to me the craftsmanship Mark Ryden's paintings (which equals that of the old masters) is an integral part of their mystique, how could anybody copy that? Putting a tigerclad babe into volcano with some Tikis around it is not going to capture the steamy swamp atmosphere of his art, which is is too multi-layered and complex to copy.

Granted, there is a whole new generation of Juxtapoz artists which are assuming his style (his now girlfriend included) but nothing will ever come close to the two Capitol CD cover art pieces, which have perhaps converted as many people into Tiki followers as Shag's whole oeuvre.

For Tiki home bar decor purposes, it should be easy to color xerox and blow up the pieces from the Taboo Tiki book, frame'em, and voila!