Rob Pruit

eww I found an artist to kinda hate.  Rob Pruit.  He's kinda like the Andy Warhol of now.  I think he basically obnoxious.  It seems like most of his work is poking fun at people or stealing from people.  Which is fine, but believe me, it just so easy, I find it hard to appreciate it as anything but a cop out.  I somehow find his work a little too self-gratifying and self-indulgent.



“Pattern and Degradation,” installation view with tire sculptures, 2010



Exquisite Self-Portrait: Father Martian, 2010.



 Copulating Pandas, 2010


His art work is described as hilarious, tongue-in-cheek, adolescent, and I totally see the adolescence in the work.  Its the fucking pandas that scream 16 year old boy for me.  Cant you just see the image on thousands t-shirts across America, donned by PAC-Sun shopping teenagers.




 

Feels Like Love 2010, 16.72" x 11.44"

This is about the crappiest picture ever, Its blurry as all hell, ill-composed, and to top it all off, he opened the picture file up in Paint and added a conversation bubble to the puppies mouth.  However, I still think its adorable because this is what my dog looked like when she was a puppy, and if I had three hundred dollars to burn, and had a bunch of friends who would be impressed that I had a Rob Pruit hanging on my wall, I would consider buying it.  But I don't have either, thank god.