This is art!? Another Blockbuster Production
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This is art!? Another Blockbuster Production
Year
1989
Writer
Blade
Category
Groninger Museum
Tags
Blade -
Canvas Graffiti -
Groninger Museum Graffiti Expo -
NYC Oldschool Graffiti -
USA Oldschool Graffiti
As they often do in Blade's oeuvre, the letters of his name play a prominent part in this painting.
However this work also features, albeit a lot smaller, the names of two other artists: Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.
Whereas graffiti artists were vigorously contested by yhe government as well as by most art critics, Warhol and Koons were considered established names by art-loving America.
Who, then, decides what constitutes art? And what would the meaning of King Kong be in this context?