Post #333668 by Tipsy McStagger on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 8:23 AM

On 2007-09-19 22:24, MakeDaMug wrote:

On 2007-09-19 08:33, snackbar wrote:

On 2007-09-18 17:27, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
.....but at some point soon, he's gonna have to reinvent himself again.....aside from the fact that he is probably getting bored banging out artwork in his same style over and over, his general fan base may eventually get tired of it perhaps and look to other artists work.....time to kick it up a notch to keep those "dead guy" paychecks comin' in.......

I agree, there's no evolution in his work. It's good, but it's the same adjacent color Arne Jacobsen chair over and over again.
If I had a lot of money to spend on art, I'd rather go for something by Tim Biskup.
Or maybe Bob Ross.

True but so is also the same for Andy Warhol... anybody got a mansion to trade for a Warhol? Shag... singularly & inarguably the best for his collected genre/style in our generation. Try to get his earlier works where he painted outside of his desired style (which he originally started because he painted them for himself - for his own pleasure). Kidz got skills.

he's definately got skills, but the world remembers andy warhol not just for his painting style, but also for the fact that he broke new ground in the art world by extending what was normaly accepted as "art" up till that time to include everyday pop culture items. though shag has definately lead the way in terms of the low brow art movement and has a clearly defined style, his work still has brought nothing new to the table in terms of how we, society at large, have viewed art.

i always liked how ryden kept his cool through out the low brow movement then quietly slipped over the border to the realm of fine art, which seems to be how his work is regarded these days....he has done more i think to bring low brow style and imagery into the fine art world, thus broadening the scope of the fine art world overall....I don't see shag's work doing that quite yet and i think it may be a tougher sell....and i actually like shag's work better than ryden's!!
..ryden's work gives me nightmares!!

,,not just my 2 cents but a handful of chump change!!

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2007-09-20 08:24 ]