#robingunnigham — Public Fediverse posts

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Here is my "Unpopular on Mastodon" toot of the day.

I dislike Banksy.

Although I am often (not always) in sympathy with the messages his work conveys, these are often presented in a form that is dull, hectoring, or disagreeably sentimental -- what we might term radical twee.

The populist "you know what you like and it's not that museum stuff" current that has marked his career is uncomfortably close to the right wing cultural politics of which he imagines himself a leading opponent.

I also dislike graffiti in general. This Jonathan Jones article from a decade ago remains on point:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/mar/13/graffiti-ugly-stupid-threatening-ruining-world-david-lynch

Please don't tell me that this symptom of urban blight is somehow "progressive". Instead of drooling over Robin Gunnigham's private organization...

#Art #PublicArt #Banksy #RobinGunnigham #Graffiti #CommunityArt #UrbanBlight

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Here is my "Unpopular on Mastodon" toot of the day.

I dislike Banksy.

Although I am often (not always) in sympathy with the messages his work conveys, these are often presented in a form that is dull, hectoring, or disagreeably sentimental -- what we might term radical twee.

The populist "you know what you like and it's not that museum stuff" current that has marked his career is uncomfortably close to the right wing cultural politics of which he imagines himself a leading opponent.

I also dislike graffiti in general. This Jonathan Jones article from a decade ago remains on point:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/mar/13/graffiti-ugly-stupid-threatening-ruining-world-david-lynch

Please don't tell me that this symptom of urban blight is somehow "progressive". Instead of drooling over Robin Gunnigham's private organization...

#Art #PublicArt #Banksy #RobinGunnigham #Graffiti #CommunityArt #UrbanBlight

🧵 1/2

Here is my "Unpopular on Mastodon" toot of the day.

I dislike Banksy.

Although I am often (not always) in sympathy with the messages his work conveys, these are often presented in a form that is dull, hectoring, or disagreeably sentimental -- what we might term radical twee.

The populist "you know what you like and it's not that museum stuff" current that has marked his career is uncomfortably close to the right wing cultural politics of which he imagines himself a leading opponent.

I also dislike graffiti in general. This Jonathan Jones article from a decade ago remains on point:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/mar/13/graffiti-ugly-stupid-threatening-ruining-world-david-lynch

Please don't tell me that this symptom of urban blight is somehow "progressive". Instead of drooling over Robin Gunnigham's private organization...

#Art #PublicArt #Banksy #RobinGunnigham #Graffiti #CommunityArt #UrbanBlight