The End of the Shag Era? Officially un-cool? Afraid so. - General Tiki

K Kawentzmann Member Berlin, Germany Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 254	K Kawentzmann Posted posted on Thu, Jun 19, 2003 8:04 AM The Shag phenomenon is as follows: He is still the leader of a successful art style he popularised. Often you see people jumping on the bandwagon late and taking a good part of the profits generated by the buying public. I watch printed and online illustator catalogues as part of my job, and in the last couple of years there like at least 10 people in Germany alone trying to look Shag-ish, more ore less. Even my girlfriend who is much into retro and and design, though not american oriented, she didn’t know the Shag postacrds from the imitators when obeying them at a store. He is just grabbing what he can before the next generation of art school graduates takes over for good. I can’t blame him. he will get into a more relaxed position eventually. His work will be less affordable and scarcer, but he has to set himself apart from the crowd again. KK

The Shag phenomenon is as follows: He is still the leader of a successful art style he popularised. Often you see people jumping on the bandwagon late and taking a good part of the profits generated by the buying public.
I watch printed and online illustator catalogues as part of my job, and in the last couple of years there like at least 10 people in Germany alone trying to look Shag-ish, more ore less. Even my girlfriend who is much into retro and and design, though not american oriented, she didn’t know the Shag postacrds from the imitators when obeying them at a store.
He is just grabbing what he can before the next generation of art school graduates takes over for good. I can’t blame him. he will get into a more relaxed position eventually. His work will be less affordable and scarcer, but he has to set himself apart from the crowd again.

Post #39972 by Kawentzmann on Thu, Jun 19, 2003 8:04 AM