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Sobre el Lowbrow<br />

Lo que hace al Lowbrow no es tanto el trabajo, es más el medio de inspiración.<br />

Es un movimiento que tiene por inspiración cualquier elemento que esté al<br />

alcance, por lo mismo es negado como arte, pues trabaja más hacia lo<br />

comercial, el Lowbrow vende, y es su mayor propósito y al estar basado en la<br />

caricatura, le da un toque de comicidad burlesca que al ser chistoso, lo aleja de<br />

toda elite, pues quienes creen que el arte no intenta hacer reír a nadie, y como<br />

ya se a mencionado antes, este proviene de ámbitos “callejeros”, informales<br />

formas de expresión que son rechazadas.<br />

El Lowbrow es el hijo bastardo del arte, el hijo del condón roto, y al ver que su<br />

pequeño se acerca más a la gente que cualquier otro movimiento, este rechaza<br />

a su hijo, pues ve que el logra lo que el padre ya no ha podido hacer. Y a pesar<br />

de que el Lowbrow es una respuesta en contra de las grandes elites, ya que<br />

incluye a las clases bajas a diferencia del highbrow, y excluye a las elites, este<br />

se convierte en un grupo elitista, pues repele al elitismo siendo elitista, y como<br />

Pancho Villa, poco a poco se va transformando en lo que ha estado en contra.<br />

*It‟s the „punk „<strong>of</strong> art. Seems like it started in the „70s with underground comics. I like the term „modpop‟ better. It stands for modernism<br />

and pop‟ art. I hate the term „lowbrow.‟ – Del libro Weirdo deluxe: <strong>The</strong> wild world <strong>of</strong> pop surrealism & lowbrow art, pg 59, On<br />

Lowbrow, Tim Biskup interview.<br />

**At this point, I really don‟t feel my work fits in any particular „-ism.‟ Being in Detroit, I‟m pretty much isolated from popular art cliques, I<br />

think. – Del libro Weirdo deluxe: <strong>The</strong> wild world <strong>of</strong> pop surrealism & lowbrow art, pg 43, On Lowbrow, Glenn Barr interview.<br />

***I love the term Lowbrow. I am thrilled to be catalogued as part <strong>of</strong> a movement with a name and such a diverse constituency <strong>of</strong> artists.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is much resistance to the name by so many <strong>of</strong> the artists who are considered part <strong>of</strong> the movement, but I think that is only positive.<br />

No matter what, I think that this catch-all movement is going to become an actual chapter in the art history books, and I am extremely<br />

honored to be a part <strong>of</strong> it. – Del libro Weirdo deluxe: <strong>The</strong> wild world <strong>of</strong> pop surrealism & lowbrow art, pg 87, On Lowbrow, Stacy<br />

Lande interview.<br />

I wouldn‟t consider myself a lowbrow artist. It‟s easy to put me into that category. It‟s more <strong>of</strong> a lifestyle thing. I have a lowbrow lifestyle.<br />

That fits me into a lowbrow art. Seems like now La Luz de Jesus gallery is filled with work by art school graduates. To me it looks like<br />

illustration. You don‟t see art like Robert Williams did. Before it was a chick with tits being raped by a robot. Robert Williams got in trouble<br />

for making that kind <strong>of</strong> painting. Now lowbrow is becoming safe and <strong>cute</strong>sy. – Del libro Weirdo deluxe: <strong>The</strong> wild world <strong>of</strong> pop<br />

surrealism & lowbrow art, pg 91, On Lowbrow, Liz McGranth interview.<br />

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