Last night, I received an email from the person purporting to be the street scrawler “YOU WOULD.” It originated from www.youwould.info and the subject line read: “NECK FACES SCHOOL OF GRAFFITI.”* The whimsical correspondence was brief and provided some rationale for the tag, which for some purists, is a detestable mark that represents everything wrong with graffiti, while others have a more lighthearted street artsy appreciation, and are just thankful they can read it. Anyway, without further adieu:
I’m rubber, you’re glue. Everything that bounces off me sticks to you. The “you would” tag has a meta, self-consciousness built into it.It is insurmountable; “You would” can be a question a statement or a reaction to anything. It’s nothing, it’s everything, it’s annoying, it reminds you of “that guy” or “that girl” that would say that to you. It makes you think about yourself, it brings up emotions, and creates a conversation. You laugh at it, you get pissed off at it, whatever it is; it’s interesting. The “you would” tag is less present on the streets than other tags but for some reason people take notice. They understand it and can relate to it.
Why you? Why did I write to you? I guess I have something different to say and I want to get it out. Why did you post that picture? I’m not sure why you posted the picture. It seems like you are engaged to a certain extent, I know you are, but what am I?
[Ed note: "NECK FACES SCHOOL OF GRAFFITI" is a reference to this post.]
(Photo: allan molho/flickr)
This person is an asshole.
it goes even beyond arguing someone's opinion on art, and throwing around words like hipster and ironic street art, which is even more boring and a waste of time… just seems like there's alot more interesting stuff going on these days… if you need some real graff related content, let me know…
Like the Target whole train?: http://freshpaintnyc.blogspot.com/2011/03/target-…
Sick burn. At least he posted it under WTF?
He's still right, You Would is boring and so is his defense. "I guess I have something different to say and I want to get it out." Dude has the same old art school shit to say as 90% of peeps in the "street art" scene right now. It's not even about what's "wrong" with graff, it's just tired.
yeahhhhh…. but you miss the point… these guys put so much effort into trying to be known ask need for society's reassurance that they are doing something original when in reality it's not and often proven to be lame and predictable at this point.
You guys would hate.
Neck Face is a good guy, and it is interesting all these no names that came from no graf background are using him as a reference as influence… many of which we've seen come and go way too quikly… last I checked there was a borf guy? who else… i can't even keep track anymore…
I don't have a problem with LOVE ME… even though I just assumed it was a girl at first… at least seeing those stickers and tags, he held an identity and ran with it, now he seems to be making money… good for him, can't knock that… I personally still have no interest flicking his stuff… it doesn't bother me as much… this "you would" guy just sounds like a moron… and seeing it being talked about on a reputable site such as Animal, i had to speak up. But hey any sort of response is flattering these days, so take it how you want it.
See. And some people hate LOVE ME and would put him in the EXACT same category as JIM JOE and YOU WOULD. All this stuff is a thin line and instead of dancing around it, I just cross it and publish and hope our readers understand that an appearance on this website doesn't necessarily represent an endorsement.
Plus why do all the people getting up { hahaha } have to have a website to go with it. LAME…
cause you ain't up unless it's on the internet!
AT LEAST HAVE SOME STYLE
DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO INTELLECTUALIZE THE STUPID TAG ARR DESPERATE
JUST DO IT BUT NOT FOR NIKE
YOU WOULD HAS YET TO GET ARRESTED
THATS WHY SHE STILL WRITES ITS STILL SAFE
ALSO IT MUST BE A GIRL BECAUSE NO MAN CAN WRITE W LIKE THAT
people are boring as fuck
I don't the tag because its ugly, scared, and ironic.
fuck dat bitch
ALL THIS SHIT IS SO MUCH BETTER B$ YOU TALK ABOUT IT
Always hatin' on the art school or hipster tagger while you're anonymously posting from your douch bag loft you bought with your fake ass business degree that put our nation in a fucking endless hole.
"HATE HATE HATE!"
I swear theres so much hate in here its like the Playa Hatas Ball on Chapelle Show. Let me try to make my point without getting angry.
First of all, I agree with freshpaintnyc that there is no reason "YOU WOULD" should get a post on here. The posted email above with attempts to intellectualize something so stupid, thoughtless, and poorly written is also a load of BS. I am not hating, I am just simply stating a fact – that this person has no art skills, no graffiti skills, no originality, and limited ups within highly populated "hip" areas of NYC.
Bottom line is the only people who appreciate this "work" are people very much like the one doing it – people who don't know graffiti, can't read complex tags, and get a chuckle out of an obnoxious two-word phrase that one of their hipster friends would say.
That being said, if you don't like it, don't look at it, talk about it or care about it. If you REALLY DON'T LIKE IT, pick up a damn marker or can and rag the shit, NY style.
PS at least JIM JOE got some style and a unique sense of humor.
Over intellectualized rationale + under developed style = Flavor of the month hype beast.
hey guys- its one photo in a post out of several for one day. are you seriously all this upset?
I just UNSUBSCRIBED to Animal's RSS because of all of this wack coverage of this YOU WOULD / LOVE ME wackness. This is all Internet jiberish and will be forgotten and wouldn't even be noticed/respected by anyone without the Internet and blogs like this.
ciao!
If any actual graffiti writers are reading this silly blog (that used to have decent graf content), I encourage all to rag all of this wack/hipster street-art. There are exceptions (Roa, Swoon, etc), but this YOU WOULD / LOVE ME / JIM JOE shit needs to go.
Let the ragging begin.
this is a SMARMY tag. disapprove.