I have spent the last few days conversing with Mr Murmur through email. At this point, my view has changed. He has explained his process to me, which is quite different from the video clips I\'ve seen. A lot of his work uses translucent paints, and he works with many layers to achieve the desired colors and effects. He also has a few models that he works works with. Not all of his work is entirely using prints taken from men\'s rear ends, but he also uses prints from women\'s genitalia. (if he hadn\'t told me that is what he used, I would have never known) Again, very odd, but over the last few days I have come to respect the amount of thought and work he puts into his projects. The ones that are usually seen online are the pieces that he mass produces, and they sell well enough for him to make pieces that reflect his personal views. The items online are representations of the human condition, a term I just learned the meaning of.
I told him that I didn\'t like the work that I saw online, and I felt that the way he represented himself on his site made him look flaky. He said that everybody he has met either loves his work or hates it, and that it\'s a matter of sorting out your own feelings about it and questioning yourself. As far as coming across as flaky, he said he was going for vague, an anti ego. He wanted to separate the artist from the artwork.
Bottom line from me is this: While I don\'t like his artwork, I do appreciate it. I respect the fact that he is doing something he believes in, and is working very hard at it.
