Smash Notes
#21 — fnnch — Art. Everywhere.
fnnch is perhaps the most recognizable name in street art in San Francisco with his mega-size honey bears, pop-art lips, poppy flowers and poodles gracing our city in the unlikeliest of places. He wasn't always pursuing a passion in art, much less attempting a career in it. And he rarely speaks publicly about what it's like to be him. He is also known for…
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Fnnch.
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James Beshara introduces fnnch as the San Francisco street artist behind the giant honey bears, pop-art lips, poppies, and poodles that turn up in odd corners of the city. He says fnnch was not always pursuing art and rarely speaks in public about his life. Beshara calls him the only anonymous TED speaker to date. The public side of the work is the art itself, meant as a free upgrade to the street, even though painting there is often illegal and some neighbors do not want it. Beshara says fnnch was making a living from the work within a few years of picking up a spray can. The site he gives is fnnch.com.
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Uncommissioned public art.
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Uncommissioned graphics that are NOT considered art.
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Commissioned public art.
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The traditional path is to go to art school and then get work placed in a beginner gallery. Then one progresses to solo shows and expands to additional galleries and higher level galleries.
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It is difficult to put one's work out there for people to judge. Artists must keep perspective that they are not always going to have successes. There will be hits and there will be flops.
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Art can be approached culturally, politically, and through the eyes of business as these are all elements that are part of the world of art.