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As a resident of SF I've only ever heard of fnnch in the context of people hating his art (I still don't understand why). Is it a case of any publicity being go
by xvedejas 8mo ago
As a resident of SF I've only ever heard of fnnch in the context of people hating his art (I still don't understand why). Is it a case of any publicity being good publicity?
- yosefk 8mo agoSeems like a case of snobbery on behalf of these people. These are nice images but not "high art" which I guess prompts some people to scoff at them
- keiferski 8mo agoBeing critical of generic-looking murals doesn’t make someone a snob.
- chaps 8mo agoIt kinda does, friend.
- keiferski 8mo agoThe idea that someone is a snob because they dislike generic looking artworks is a hilarious indicator of how far aesthetic discussion and standards have fallen. The word used to mean someone that looks down upon the popular arts in favor of more traditional/expensive/sophisticated art. Now apparently it means having any standards or metrics of evaluation, period. Either you think everything is equal aesthetically, or you’re a snob. Thankfully this kind of empty opinion isn’t convincing many people these days.
- chaps 8mo agoYou might not be a snob, but you sure as hell sound like one. It's okay when other people like simple things that you don't like.
- keiferski 8mo agoWhere did I say it’s not okay for people to like simple things I don’t like? I just said having aesthetic opinions doesn’t make someone a snob.
- chaps 8mo ago[flagged]
- keiferski 8mo agoI really don’t know how to reply to this. I’m not “shaming someone’s work,” I said 1) they look like generic graphics, and 2) I primarily said someone isn’t a snob for disliking them, which is what the OP comment claimed. Even then, analyzing a piece of art work is called art criticism. It’s not exactly a new thing, nor is it some kind of personal attack. But as I said above, the quality of aesthetic discussion has fallen so much that expressing any critical opinion, no matter how minor, is some kind of shaming attack that indicates I have a personal problem or I’m a snob. Which is a totally insane way to view the world.
- chaps 8mo agoFriend. Friend.... Snobbery is a spectrum. You might not perceive your words as snobbery, but I do. We just have a different opinion of where you fall on that snobbery line.
- antonvs 8mo agoI searched for some pictures. The first couple I came across looked like the result of a prompt to an AI: "generate images of plastic honey bears with various outfits and/or accessories": https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQajHzwvC7ZWU-ML7qtQve4gTHMUlVlTsKdajU3BDxVPAvFE1N9od9zDc20N54I0vC-DDqAgDVyuRP6wzgyoTO59yjuCayYOxVJAxtj_b3TZA&s=10 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQajHzw... https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpoQbVxVC3DhTA2rYuh42tOgOfS1xJ-v497fmV36N-Ys78su8uD76Luzh8unI1YPWymojo5Fzpin-TFdLIgE9pHFCq8JjadVUYSZjXA4LvaA&s=10 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpoQbV... There's AI slop, and then there's human slop.
- keiferski 8mo agoYeah I mean, they are cute little graphics and a fun character/brand, but I don’t exactly see how people consider this some masterful piece of artwork. I don’t live in SF, but I can imagine it gets old to see it everywhere.
- Barbing 8mo agoOh, it’s the plastic bear honey jar artist
- dotslashmain 8mo agoHe is objectively a very popular artist - as he mentions in the article he has made > $1million/yr at least one year (and I imagine more often that once). I do own one of his honey bears and I remember in the online "drop", based a price of $500/bear, he made ~$300k in that single drop which sold out in approximately 20 minutes. I think the people you hear expressing dislike is probably due to his popularity and how often you see the honey bears around SF. He's also a Stanford economics grad, and some people in SF really dislike the stereotypical Stanford alums who think they're superior beings.