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| This is Kid Acne first solo Exhibition in his hometown Sheffield. Viewing the gallery myself I was impressed by his murals which transformed the interior windows of the gallery. They featured a leaf motif just like on the flyer above. I really liked the aesthetics of his work and his broad use of mediums included toy figurines and skateboard illustrations. The illustrations themselves i feel don't have much depth. |
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| Kid Acne claims to be influenced by pagan rituals and Celtic per-history sources but from my interpretation I don' see this at all. Studying Celtic art myself and learning the works of Courtney Davis which pays beautiful homage to Celtic art and Myth Kid Acne work I feel is just purely aesthetic and cartoon based. I feel his reference of head dresses and the five pointed start to be purely spontaneous and lacks the showing of spiritual elements. for example the symbolgy behind a Celtic warriors sword is that it represented status and life after death in the other world. So when i view Kid Acne characters they have a pretty childish look to them and there just quirky. I feel he's cornered a niche in the market but I'm sure soon another graffiti artist will come with something different and his work will quickly pass. |
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| I'm just reflecting on this blog and I'm not saying he's not a talented artists he's just one which doesn't appeal to me. They are certain elements of his work I admire like his typo. And the ideology of combining Graffiti and Celtic Myth to create a contemporary style but i don't feel he can communicate this idea. |
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