Gonz “art” is trash. Change my mind.

[vindogg]

I started this thread with the intention of discovering other peoples opinion on the subject.

But you had no intention of changing your mind? Or you chose not to type that in your reply because you thought it was implied.

[Happy, sorry]

That gator drawing he did on that cromer snub board is beautiful

[professor pound cake]

how dare you

shawom

[CrappyChan]

I like how divisive it is. People who hate it hate the shit out of it, people who love it, myself included, love it. His concepts usually make me laugh. If he pitched some of his weird little poems to some art room guy and they made some elaborate thing out of it, that would kind of defeat the purpose. We are talking about the inventor or the noseblunt here guys. An innovator.  It often looks like his mind is racing so much that hes constantly coming up with the next idea and he cant stop. His best stuff reminds me of mc escher meets keith haring. The ipad has allowed him to put stuff down quickly and more accurately than earlier krooked stuff. I just remember on guerreros 9 club when he said he realized he was just coloring in these crazy faxes mark was sending. At least mg can complete his own thoughts now, seems like a hard person to collaborate with

[cucktard]

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I always felt his art was simplistic and childish. Pretty much crap to me. I'm honestly irked that the art world gives him so much praise and his work commands high dollars. His art has barely evolved in 30 years! He's made a career by fooling everyone. With all that said... his skating is overrated too. He comes from an era where style was everything and the dude lacks that as well. The dude is a self aware caricature of himself.

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Exactly. He is almost become a parody of himself in a way.

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Curious to know what you think is "good" art?

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RETNA, Spy, Banksy are all crushing it

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My guy stencils aren’t art. Banksy sucks and street art is the world part of art. Embarrassing how accepting they are of it yet fucking hate graffiti no matter how good or complex a burner can be.

People have the same opinion about graffiti in general, ‘it’s not art’.  Both opinions are equally ignorant.

It’s not the medium, it’s what you do with it. Spray paint freehand, stencil, paintbrush, splatter, are all just ways of painting a surface. But is it interesting? Does it make you pause?

There are tons of expertly rendered photorealistic pictures and graffiti, but that in itself doesn’t make it art either. It can be boring as fuck.

Stencils CAN be art, especially in the way Banksy handles them. 

[Dr Dew]

Bankys work is so deep yo..

It makes you like, think about society and shit

[Tuff Lover]

no dude,

bobby puleo's art is trash

Truth

[covid-19]

his art is good in the right context and application (not talking about his skating, idc if you think skating is art)
good example


bad example


most of the time its trash but then again most art is

[cucktard]

Bankys work is so deep yo..

It makes you like, think about society and shit

Some of it is deep (and plays on art history) and some of it isn’t.

Still better than the GONZ’S scratchings.

But if there is any of GONZ’S art that I do appreciate, it’s how he lives life playfully.

[fongool]

who here is willing to throw down 2 grand on these collages?

https://www.boo-hooray.com/advSearchResults.php?category_id=207&action=search&authorField=Mark+Gonzales

[matty_c]

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Art is subjective. 

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what does this mean?

It’s like skateboarding. Some people like Braille and some people like gx2000

But they’re both skateboarding

[johnes]

I wouldn’t say trash but sure lots of it could be replicated by people who are particularly talented. I like gonz art but it’s not like he can draw hyper realistic portraits that look like photographs.

[Salty Lame Ass Poosey]

i’m 32 years old. I understand some of you guys in your 40s that grew up watching Gonz will inevitably support anything he does but jesus christ his art is so cringe.

Louder with Crowder...change my mind

[Rick_Kane]

Is he even known to people outside of skating? Seems like most skaters under 30 don't even know who he is.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Is he even known to people outside of skating? Seems like most skaters under 30 don't even know who he is.

It does seem unlikely, but his art has been sold to lots of celebrities including Trump. The US President owns Gonz's art, which is surreal.

I like some of Gonz's art. It's imaginative and fun, like the Vision split face board. I have his art and poetry book Social Problem, and it's full of cool illustrations like a woman giving birth on a motorcycle. I even like his writing - his stories in Thrasher especially.

I agree that some of his art looks puerile, childish - but I'd say it's not indicative of his whole oeuvre. And just because something is simple, it doesn't mean that it lacks depth.

[GardenSkater77]

The only snowboard I ever paid full price for features Gonz art and I still think it’s the best thing he’s ever done. You be the judge:

[bigdave]

The only snowboard I ever paid full price for features Gonz art and I still think it’s the best thing he’s ever done. You be the judge:

And it's a ranquet, which is just sick as fuck.

[os89]

And just because something is simple, it doesn't mean that it lacks depth.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

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And just because something is simple, it doesn't mean that it lacks depth.

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The "city" Ham portrays is actually a complex intertwining of the pressures of fame, addiction, and mud.

[Dr Dew]

Kids definitely know about Gonz. He’s made multiple videos with Adidas and shit. Mini-docu things with transworld, CCS, 2 with Hypebeast (lame platform, but it is reaching even farther than just skaters). The reason he works as a cultural icon is because he’s “the kid that never grew up.” Kids can watch the videos featuring him and be like hell yeah when I get to be 50 and onwards I can still be cruising around, goofing off, making art, making jokes, being silly and non serious. I don’t have to grow up and stop skating and start being “a serious adult” (maybe unintentional, maybe received subconsciously, but that definitely is the message).

His art IS childish and silly. On purpose. In the best possible way. That’s why I love it. It makes you think of him and his vibe (which some people don’t like, so your enjoyment of his work might depend on that)

Gonz and his art helps us tap into our Inner Child in a positive way, and embrace it

[eraserheadfuckers]

[Rick_Kane]

The only snowboard I ever paid full price for features Gonz art and I still think it’s the best thing he’s ever done. You be the judge:

3/10

[Dr Dew]

Damn that’s fucked

[no name cargos plug]

His skating was so good and revolutionary that now people will eat up any garbage he comes up with, which isn’t his fault. I think he’s an incredible human but he’s also enabled by our collective stupidity.

[2000]

more of an appleyard fan myself, he paints from the soul <3

[sluggers]

The Gonz is dope.

Our Fuhrer Donny fucks with him.

You should too.

SHalom.

[SSBS1080CBBSNP]

Gonz has probably already had retrospective or two in his lifetime and may as well have one in a museum at some point, Puleo’s work needs to see the light of day. It’s a damn shame his batshit crazy conspiracy posts reach thousands, but his run-of-the-mill amassed, assimilated, and appropriated trash is mostly missed. Margera is just getting the mud under flow. One can only image what watercolors he must be sitting upon under quarantine.

[tura]

Doesn't seem to be shoving it down anyone's throat or trying to assign some kind of deep meaning to it. Seems like he just doodles like he's always done, and, being one of street skating's founding fathers, has a platform for it. He's probably just rolling with it and keeping the candy-coated dream alive. Why wouldn't he?

[Coco Santiagos Kitten]

It's nobody's job to change your mind. You're entitled to your opinion. Speaking in objective terms, however, his work has a consistently proven value to other people, not just financially, but aesthetically as well. I feel ya, though. I hate Andy Warhol, but I realize why he's important to people and I just fuck off with my opinion and let em have it when the subject comes up because nobody likes an edgelord.

[jakeumms]

Put a Shmoo On It!