Ralph Bakshi Interview
“I knew that when kids started playing basketball in $250 sneakers that America was finished”
Found this interview with Ralph Bakshi where he talks about his career making a stand against meritocracy. And also his opinions on art. For me its encouraging, at a time when we see street artists merging with the established art scene there seems to be allot of tension as the academic artists reluctantly give space to the emerging field.
Its cool to hear the opinions of someone like Bakshi to remind us that despite the tension and the potential benefits from the cross over, in reality established scene can get fucked. While we might not have their audience and the money that they are throwing around, we do have creativity, art and a strong culture. Which for all the long winded explanations and theory behind every piece that they sell, it is the one thing they’ll never have and at the end of the day the only thing that matters.
As a testimony to this view, while other studios cashed in on garbage, Bakshi’s career includes greats such as Fritz the Cat, Wizards and Fire and Ice.
