Shag & Other Lowbrow Art question to ponder... - Other Crafts

T tikiracer Member UK Joined: Sep 09, 2005 Posts: 462	T tikiracer Posted posted on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 11:32 PM Good question. Shag himself lists the influences on his work, Jim Flora etc. I think that a movement [low brow] has to morph and evolve, so it means you have to start somewhere. So I believe it's ok to start with a shag style peice, but you HAVE to move it forward or make it your own. I think the real problem that Shag has is that his work is easy[ish] to mimic [but not capture the humour and style] and as he is commercial successful. Copycats want to try and make money out of his success. You don't see many Mark Ryden copy pieces??

Good question. Shag himself lists the influences on his work, Jim Flora etc. I think that a movement [low brow] has to morph and evolve, so it means you have to start somewhere. So I believe it's ok to start with a shag style peice, but you HAVE to move it forward or make it your own.

I think the real problem that Shag has is that his work is easy[ish] to mimic [but not capture the humour and style] and as he is commercial successful. Copycats want to try and make money out of his success.

You don't see many Mark Ryden copy pieces??

Post #226287 by tikiracer on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 11:32 PM