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As a resident of SF I've only ever heard of fnnch in the context of people hating his art (I still don't understand why). Is it a case of any publicity being good publicity?

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He is objectively a very popular artist - as he mentions in the article he has made > $1million/yr at least one year (and I imagine more often that once). I do own one of his honey bears and I remember in the online "drop", based a price of $500/bear, he made ~$300k in that single drop which sold out in approximately 20 minutes.

I think the people you hear expressing dislike is probably due to his popularity and how often you see the honey bears around SF. He's also a Stanford economics grad, and some people in SF really dislike the stereotypical Stanford alums who think they're superior beings.

Seems like a case of snobbery on behalf of these people. These are nice images but not "high art" which I guess prompts some people to scoff at them

Being critical of generic-looking murals doesn’t make someone a snob.

It kinda does, friend.

The idea that someone is a snob because they dislike generic looking artworks is a hilarious indicator of how far aesthetic discussion and standards have fallen. The word used to mean someone that looks down upon the popular arts in favor of more traditional/expensive/sophisticated art.

Now apparently it means having any standards or metrics of evaluation, period. Either you think everything is equal aesthetically, or you’re a snob.

Thankfully this kind of empty opinion isn’t convincing many people these days.

You might not be a snob, but you sure as hell sound like one. It's okay when other people like simple things that you don't like.

Where did I say it’s not okay for people to like simple things I don’t like?

I just said having aesthetic opinions doesn’t make someone a snob.

I searched for some pictures. The first couple I came across looked like the result of a prompt to an AI: "generate images of plastic honey bears with various outfits and/or accessories":

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQajHzw...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpoQbV...

There's AI slop, and then there's human slop.

Yeah I mean, they are cute little graphics and a fun character/brand, but I don’t exactly see how people consider this some masterful piece of artwork. I don’t live in SF, but I can imagine it gets old to see it everywhere.

Oh, it’s the plastic bear honey jar artist

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