AARON ROSE
I recently stumbled upon Aaron Rose's newish photo blog and there was something about it that immediately struck a chord. A lot of the time we can get hooked up on the "history" and sense of hierarchy that goes with this "scene", graf, street art, outsider art.. low brow, new brow.. call it what you will. But, there's something about the quality of this work, that is just truly..art. You really get the feeling that here's a guy, who could be seriously down on his luck in every imaginable way..and yet.. would still be shooting film.
Anyway.. enough of my rambling.
Check out the blog Here
Beautiful Losers Here
Aaron Rose is a film director, art show curator and writer who is a key part of the Beautiful Losers art movement, which has featured and helped notarize the work of artists such as Barry McGee, Steven "Espo" Powers, Harmony Korine and Shepard Fairey. In 2005, he published with Drago, Young Sleek and Full of Hell, where he collects over 100 artists including Mark Gonzales, Ed Templeton, Thomas Campbell, Phil Frost, Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Sonic Youth, Terry Richardson.
He was co-curator of the Beautiful Losers touring art exhibit, and edited the collected art book—released by Iconoclast and Distributed Art Publishers in 2004 featuring the work and artists of the tour. The exhibition toured the world through 2009. He is also the director of the documentary film Beautiful Losers, which began its US theatrical run in 2008.
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