Well this is awkward. Someone painted me on a wall in New Hampshire. Granted, I'm looking a little older, and I would never wear those red pants, but it's pretty unmistakably old Luke. Older Luke, I mean.
It's from an exhibition of street art that was up in Portsmouth earlier this summer called Outside/In, which you can see more really cool images from here. Put that shit on a wall, Emperor Porkchop, the PTSOTL New Hampshire thing-finding-person said when he posted the image on our cunty message board. "Ha, Luke looks old in that painting. At least he took out the nose ring in the future," D. Jean Mustard said. Then we all laughed and laughed about what a fucking joke I am. Haha you guys. More images below.
The painting was done by a German duo known as Herakut whose work, for the first time in as long as I can remember, is making me rethink my whole street art is a giant fucking phony scam stance.
Here's an interview with them from Artasty, and a couple of images of the two at work from the site. Not too hard on the old eye holes, either of them, are they? Fuckers.I prefer my art to be made by people who I wouldn't mind seeing naked. It helps process the central metaphors.
The poem on the piece, by the way, is The Connoisseurs, by Celia. It's about two black children looking at a painting of the Civil War, and the the narrator explaining to them that "this is all for you, black kids," which is kind of creepy, but never mind.
O look at the horses and people!
How they hurry and trample and fight!
And the smoke blowing over the steeple,--
O look, how the guns shine bright!
How they hurry and trample and fight!
And the smoke blowing over the steeple,--
O look, how the guns shine bright!
Lots more of their stuff on a bunch of art sites, like this one. Go check it out, and, I dunno, support street art? Is that a thing one can do?
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Street art is the best of the best... cos most of the cases the artist are persons who grew up in dangerous places and even slept on sidewalks. I really admire this kind of art.
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