Do you think shag is selling out?

I don't think SHAG sold out.

On 2006-07-17 14:23, MachTiki wrote:
I don't think SHAG sold out.

What he said

I too would like to get a couple plastic Shag cup from Target. Is this a bad thing. It may turn the world upside down but it would be cool.

Most people don't sell out until they are on their last leg. Martha Stewart at K-mart does this pairing make sense. But at least K-mart shoppers will have better looking homes.

Dr.Bombay wrote:
and its not like shag is promoting other brands. we havent seen shag collectors Coca-cola can art yet. although i dont think that would be so bad.

How about a Japanese Coca Cola keyring to start things off, Dr. bombay!?

Shag, Peter Max, Warhol... Popularity doesn't make you a sell-out.
It makes you a smart businessman. It's better to get the money now, opposed to leaving it for deadbeat relatives when your dead. (posthumous-ism sucks)

Just take your time-wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.
**D.Kahanamoku **

[ Edited by: MTKahuna 2006-07-18 19:44 ]

The SHAG Documentary has a pretty cool moment about the
"Sell Out" topic.

It's all good.

Sell out? No - sorta' - maybe - who knows- even possible?

Verging on over saturation of the marketplace? Possibly-Probably.

I have only seen the trailer for the film, but Patton Oswald
says something that rings true for me and my feelings:
Shag's art is la joie de vie - the joy of life.

When I look at Shag's work, it makes me laugh and smile.
It makes me all-too-aware of lost "golden days" of my 1960-1970's childhood,
but also puts a spin on all that which is entirely modern and fun.

Will Shag's work be as "dated looking" and be reviled as the last
artist collected en mass like this, Patrick Nagel, when
20 years have passed?

Maybe, but somehow I doubt it.

(Even with his sucess, Shag is still not "on the radar" of the
average person the way Nagel was back in the 1980s, and that is probably
a very good thing and will help keep the work from being
seen as "oh so 2005" in 20 years.)

Either way, his work will still make me smile.

And really, that is all I care about.

:)

[ Edited by: Gromit_Fan 2007-04-27 20:59 ]

You gotta watch the whole flick.

Not just the trailer.

It's classic!

When it comes out, you will be stoked!

( if not, this is the place to bitch and moan! :)

He is selling out.....art and documentary tickets, all the time!Congrats Josh!

Shag doing an album cover for Christina Aguilera or 50 cent ? THAT would be selling out. That's a culture that has little to do with SHAG world.
I'd be pretty bummed if he did that.

Making his OWN product with his artwork on it, is just selling.
Nothin wrong with that.

He is approaching the saturation point tho', where people will start to grow tired of his trademark SHAG look.

I still smile when I see a SHAG image. That's what counts for me.

Funny, but you mention SHAG to many people, and they have no idea what you're talking about. I'm sure they'd recognize the artwork tho'.

I have yet to add any of his work to the "stockpile" but enjoy what he has done. I believe that his topics have been broad yet focal, tasteful, and neat. I look forward to see how he adapts to evolving tastes and changing times.

Swamp

Only time will tell if he has

Where is it written that an artist must conform to limits or that making a lot of money as an artist diminishes the art? I say full steam ahead. More Shag is much better than less.

I congratulate any artist that can find their market and make a living from their products, be it a simple or extravagant lifestyle based on their cashflow. There are many artworks out of my range, but I buy what I like and can afford and hope it helps the artist continue to hone their skills.

I love Shag and have the Shag cocktail candy tins....that is all I can afford. :D

FATIMA BLUSH: Oh, how reckless of me. I made you all wet.
JAMES BOND: Yes, but my martini is still dry.

VampTiki

[ Edited by: VampiressRN 2007-04-28 15:59 ]