THOUGHTS ON DAVE WHITE...

[iv]

anyone care to share their thoughts on dave white's art etc..? feel free to be brutally honest..

[esem]

eh...it is what it is.

[bobbyhundreds]

I guess if you consider it Still Life...?

I dunno, I've always felt uneasy about art based on sneakers. Mainly because..well..they're sneakers! Especially Nike and Adida art - considering the subjects are corporate, mass-produced, commercial items. It's like painting different Panasonic TV's over and over again, in different colors and styles. I feel the same way about kids on Niketalk who take photos of their sneakers as if it's artistic photography - but the photographer's not really capturing anything. The aesthetic beauty of the shoe isn't derived from the photographer's work, it's generated by the actual designer of the sneaker itsef.

That probably doesn't make sense, but whatever. Weird.

EDIT: I wasn't aware he had non-sneaker-related art also. So my comments above are only based on the sneaker-stuff I've seen.

thehundreds is huge.

www.thehundreds.com

Edited by bobbyhundreds on Jul 19, 2005 at 04:56 PM

Edited by bobbyhundreds on Jul 19, 2005 at 04:56 PM

[andewhall]

Does anyone have a link to the Dave White stuff? Keen to check it out

[esem]

http://www.davewhite.me.uk/

i dig his star wars stuff...

[Bronson]

Dude actually seems like he may have some talent, but paintings of sneakers? YEESH.

Ugly.

[Persia]

I dig the style. I love the texture. The shirts are cool but, in my opinion, they have too much ink. I know that the effect requires a lot of ink but I can't wear my joint when its hot. I hear he's painting at Sneaker Pimps this weekend so I should get some pics.

Don't let Mama slap you.

www.mamaclothing.com

[neawts]

I think his painting style is fine. I have no problem with that. But sneaker art....er, not my cup of tea. The world needs a little less of that. But he's doing his thing. No hate.

[TragicBliss]

Dude's riding the current sneaker wave to the bank.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[Supawyde]

Personally - I don't like his stuff. On a positive note, I think there's a lot of energy in the work. But I think each piece looks like a "crash". We used to draw sneakers at school as part of art homework (11-16) with a 2B pencil - they remind me of this. I suggest a piece of fruit and a squashed coke can to hang next to a AF1 in the corridoor of the school art department.

[just rob]

sure is riding that wave.

i like his painting style...although the sneakers get a bit repeditive.

the new star wars stuff is pretty nice and also the old cars