okay okay i see where you're coming from. i used to think the same thing, but stenciling is some fucking clean crafty ass shit. you gotta be mad careful and have some decent experience.
speaking on behalf of someone who never uses stencils in my paintings I have to say when I seen this one definitely stood out from most stencil art.
you got to be mad hating not to call this art.
photography is kinda like art?
picking the photo and the composition is art.
I dunno, all im saying is ive seen ALOT lamer excuses for art in gallerys
Im no stencil artist myself but ive tried it a bit and so i got respect for people who can do it well.
and to answer your question with another question, why not just blow up a High-res photo of a persons portrait instead of chuck close spending his entire life trying to put every last wrinkle and hair in to make it completely photo realistic when the photo is already that way.
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