Painting Detroit

[canuck]

It is kind of ordinary in a big way John. It doesnt stand out from the rest of the graffitti on the streets of Detroit or anywhere else. Maybe painting dumpsters for a couple of years and reflecting on that and other things would bring a better Focal Distance to all of this. If this is what results from 2 or 3 years of study at an art school, it is better to not study in an art school. Reflect on what you have done so far, and try to think of how much work and finesse went into designing that little cart, and the classroom setting you vandalized in your eagerness to shock. Try to differentiate between the forgettable and the memorable and unique. Read as much as you can to help yourself find the words and put them in the right sequence because what you wrote is clearly unclear. Painting and making art is a painful thing, it is difficult, and vandalism is a cop-out and really shocking for all the wrong reasons.

[johnkuhnphoto]

It is kind of ordinary in a big way John. It doesnt stand out from the rest of the graffitti on the streets of Detroit or anywhere else. Maybe painting dumpsters for a couple of years and reflecting on that and other things would bring a better Focal Distance to all of this. If this is what results from 2 or 3 years of study at an art school, it is better to not study in an art school. Reflect on what you have done so far, and try to think of how much work and finesse went into designing that little cart, and the classroom setting you vandalized in your eagerness to shock. Try to differentiate between the forgettable and the memorable and unique. Read as much as you can to help yourself find the words and put them in the right sequence because what you wrote is clearly unclear. Painting and making art is a painful thing, it is difficult, and vandalism is a cop-out and really shocking for all the wrong reasons.

I dont see it as vandalism, I see it as creating what I want. With this I do understand that there are going to be plenty of people on both sides of the fence. People will either love it or hate it. It is out of my hand now.
On another note... Doesn't this project say something about the city. Not because of the paint, but because of the number of buildings that are apart of the project. I think it says something about the city its self.

Through the use of art, or graffiti [[as stated) people can speak about social/political issues even if its not directly spell out for the viewer.

[canuck]

I dont see it as vandalism, I see it as creating what I want. With this I do understand that there are going to be plenty of people on both sides of the fence. People will either love it or hate it. It is out of my hand now.
On another note... Doesn't this project say something about the city. Not because of the paint, but because of the number of buildings that are apart of the project. I think it says something about the city its self.

Through the use of art, or graffiti [[as stated) people can speak about social/political issues even if its not directly spell out for the viewer.

What does it say about the city? What does it matter if you paint inside or out of one or many buildings?

I am maybe not awake enough to see the social or political comment. The fact that you are painting objects and parts of derelict buildings doesnt make a potent statement. I see too much of the same stuff that merely says wannabe. If you went out and painted objects and walls on a daily basis, you might find this stuff not so hot, whether you photographed them or not.

As for the people hanging form meat hooks, well I've heard the same garnbage about tattoos and scarification being a form of passage rite long ago and across civilization. Frankly, it is just sad that these guys need to wannabe somebody by crucifying themselves, I cant fathom this.

[Downtown Lady]

I dont see it as vandalism, I see it as creating what I want.

...on property that is not yours to alter.

For the most part, nothing is broken into.

Which means that, sometimes, buildings are broken into.

I paint abandoned property without anyone saying it is wanted there; no vote will be taken because art in society is what I make it.

Dear John Kuhn:

I hope you get arrested. Other than that, I am amazed that you would go on a public forum and admit to these crimes and use your real name.

[johnkuhnphoto]

...on property that is not yours to alter.

Which means that, sometimes, buildings are broken into.





Dear John Kuhn:

I hope you get arrested. Other than that, I am amazed that you would go on a public forum and admit to these crimes and use your real name.

im not admitting anything. i just showing

[Downtown Lady]

im not admitting anything. i just showing

What? Your posts here and your website are one giant admission -- too late to backtrack now. Maybe you should have contemplated the legal consequences before you began your vandalism.

[detr0itkid]

Seriously, you are terrible, who goes around vandalizing the city for shits and giggles? Right… some rich kid from the suburbs who went to Country Day then CCS on his parents’ dime, and was then so bored that he started destroying himself and the city as a hobby/career. You shoot ruin porn, but unlike most people, you don’t just study the decay that is happening, you destroy it further. I don’t doubt you rent a space in the city, but I doubt you will ever be a property owner here, you will never raise you kids here, your just here to play and it’s horrible. Please get out of my city.

[johnkuhnphoto]

Seriously, you are terrible, who goes around vandalizing the city for shits and giggles? Right… some rich kid from the suburbs who went to Country Day then CCS on his parents’ dime, and was then so bored that he started destroying himself and the city as a hobby/career. You shoot ruin porn, but unlike most people, you don’t just study the decay that is happening, you destroy it further. I don’t doubt you rent a space in the city, but I doubt you will ever be a property owner here, you will never raise you kids here, your just here to play and it’s horrible. Please get out of my city.

last time i checked i don't shoot ruin porn. and im not doing this project for shits and giggles. and yes im looking at getting a property in the city, but i do currently rent. if you feel that strongly about nothing happening to the numerous abandoned buildings, they why don't you go and do something about it instead of sitting on the internet and just complaining?

[johnkuhnphoto]

Seriously, you are terrible, who goes around vandalizing the city for shits and giggles? Right… some rich kid from the suburbs who went to Country Day then CCS on his parents’ dime, and was then so bored that he started destroying himself and the city as a hobby/career. You shoot ruin porn, but unlike most people, you don’t just study the decay that is happening, you destroy it further. I don’t doubt you rent a space in the city, but I doubt you will ever be a property owner here, you will never raise you kids here, your just here to play and it’s horrible. Please get out of my city.

what made it your city? just wondering. i didnt realize there was a vote.

[detroiturbex]

I dont see it as vandalism, I see it as creating what I want.

It is this exact mentality that caused those buildings to fall into the state they are in now.