Andrew Ghrist - News and Rumors Thread

xjmjx · Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:16 pm

drymountin' weird, I agree with almost everything on this page. Today is a weird day.

Edit: drymount, see what I mean...I mean the last page...

ceevee · Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:59 pm

bk wrote: it's like playing guitar... there's players whose sound you love. So you try and figure out how they get that sound, you buy the same pedals, same amp, same guitar... but then you just sound like someone trying to sound like someone else instead of sounding like yourself.

This is an excellent analogy, although it's more akin to sound + phrasing.

I just dug this up from a conversation last year:

ceevee wrote:Definitely more than a nod to Horkey. This guy has talent, no doubt, but I'd prefer that he tries to carve out his own aesthetic and devise his own universe(s) and borrow a little less from Aaron's.
Case in point:

That aside, I'm looking forward to seeing more from this guy.

sidewaysscott · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:15 pm

would like to see what this kid could do with his own images and ideas...

bmerel · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:25 pm

sidewaysscott wrote:would like to see what this kid could do with his own images and ideas...

you dont think the images and ideas of these pieces from the Tiger,Tiger show are unique? I absolutely agree that his lettering is an homage to Horkey lettering...but i have to say, the ideas and images from this show are extremely unique.

toobs · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:26 pm

yea, id agree that some of his older images are very horkesque and the lettering is very very simillar, but some of this new stuff is pretty different,

sidewaysscott · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:27 pm

to be fair, sure they're unique. But, i just see the poor mans horkey with everything he does. and don't get me wrong, i think some of it is great!

Celsius · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:40 pm

I think this guy just out-Horkey'd Aaron Horkey with his solo show. I wasn't into his stuff before the show as it just seems like a wanna-be Horkey like how Ching tries to be Durieux but with this one solo show he actually surpassed Horkey in every single way. Never thought an imitator can be better than the original. Congrats

toobs · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:44 pm

^^^hypemaster^^^

jlabbate · Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:51 pm

Celsius wrote:I think this guy just out-Horkey'd Aaron Horkey with his solo show. I wasn't into his stuff before the show as it just seems like a wanna-be Horkey like how Ching tries to be Durieux but with this one solo show he actually surpassed Horkey in every single way. Never thought an imitator can be better than the original. Congrats

jrsheppa · Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:05 pm

No prints?

toobs · Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:06 pm

FinalKickstand · Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:10 pm

I think I saw 2 prints when it worked for 30 secs. Tried the add to cart and fail!

Now I see 6 prints. Still can't click on anything.

FinalKickstand · Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:11 pm

The first ink is sold out btw. I got that far the first time.

Nicodimas · Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:11 pm

Did the site Kaboom?

xangelx · Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:11 pm

You know you have horrible servers when a Ghrist drop makes your entire site take a dump....oof