Slog - Comments on Repopulating the City's Wild Animals http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1 If you see one of these (or a moose or a bear) around the city, it's the work of artist Lars Bergquist. There's a video about him at the newish blog Dodge & Burn.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:54:50 -0800 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:10:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I would be more impressed it it was a coyote. A coyote chasing me as I run along Greenlake at 4:30 in the morning. BLAH!!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768720 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:08:14 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves Fan! Jen, may I be your art intern? I specialize in not agreeing with anything, and I think that most of the art that you pump is dog salad. Call me!

]]> Jen Graves Fan! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768751 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:15:43 -0800 Comment by Sylvie I like those pieces. They are kind of ghostly and eerie. I like how they are unexpected and a bit jarring, too.

Is he the same person who does those WWWII-looking children?

]]> Sylvie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768769 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:21:44 -0800 Comment by ahem he does these pieces under the name No Touching Ground. probably for a reason.

]]> ahem http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768790 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:29:22 -0800 Comment by ... no, not the same artist that does the wwii kids.

]]> ... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768795 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:31:12 -0800 Comment by bailee. Is he the same person who does those WWWII-looking children?

I asked the same thing yesterday, and the ever-talented Donte Parks pointed me in the direction of the Dog Leaf Kids, done by Dog Leaf. Flickr pool here.

Both of these guys are doing things that make me love this town even more.

]]> bailee. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768797 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:33:15 -0800 Comment by Brad I wondered too if he did the kids. Who is responsible for those? They are kind of creepy, but sort of cool as well. I drive by the one under the Arboretum bridge every to and from work.

]]> Brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768801 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:33:35 -0800 Comment by I Am So Not Understanding Proceedure Anymore Did you just put a vandal's government name next to a picture of his work, right here in front of god and everybody?

]]> I Am So Not Understanding Proceedure Anymore http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768874 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768874 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:05:28 -0800 Comment by duh #8 -

totally agree. why would you put his real name up?! use his street name, for god's sake.

]]> duh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768889 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:11:27 -0800 Comment by Time Bomb There was a coyote piece at the Marginal Way skatepark in SODO for a while.

]]> Time Bomb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c768914 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:21:26 -0800 Comment by A-1sauce Jen put his real name up because she is FUCKING CLUELESS!!!! God!

]]> A-1sauce http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769118 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:23:58 -0800 Comment by mary mary i'd be more impressed if he had the balls (no pun intended) to paste up gigantic penises or porn stars all over the city.

]]> mary mary http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769151 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:43:50 -0800 Comment by mthead I have to agree it was stupid to put up the artist's real name. Other blogs have been posting about his art for months and even though his name has come up in the past, they try to keep it on the dl. I think after the Atlas fiasco the Stranger sloggers would've learned a thing or two. Maybe they want to put a stop to Seattle underground art.

]]> mthead http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769164 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:49:10 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy It looks to me like Jen just got his name from the Dodge & Burn blog she links to in this post. If anyone's to blame for "outing" No Touching Ground, maybe it's those guys. Their post went up at 11:23am, Jen's posted hers at 12:54pm. Chronology!

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769205 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:28:34 -0800 Comment by kevin am i missing something? how is this in anyway creative?

]]> kevin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769259 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:33:37 -0800 Comment by fuller hey, we grew up together. Way to go sir, I've seen these and dug them!

]]> fuller http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769304 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:21:53 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale If the mountain lion jumps down and sprays on top of the tag on the roll-down door, I bet it doesn't do jack shit to the person that has to clean the graffitti off.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769448 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769448 Arts Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:40:22 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell I love these, and the kids too. They're just jarring enough, and rather beautiful.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769625 Arts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:45:47 -0800 Comment by mthead Yes Jen got his name from the Dodge and Burn post. Yes they posted it at 11:23 am, in April to promote the art show he had at Zeitgeist coffee. I still don't think you should post his name here, when you are only talking about his street art. Why not just use the name he uses for his street art?

]]> mthead http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769762 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769762 Arts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:36:23 -0800 Comment by little bird! mthead, i completely agree.

so much for keeping it on the dl.

]]> little bird! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769791 Arts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:59:48 -0800 Comment by damion Regarding "Outing" Lars as the artist NTG
I feel that when I receive a flyer and press release for an artshow with his God given name on it then all bets are off. There is no difference between his "Studio" work and what he does on the street so I do not think he is too worried about it. I work with alot of street artists and would never put any of them in any danger from the fuzz.

]]> damion http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769824 Arts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:34:18 -0800 Comment by i like swoon oh yes,,, I remember this type of art. When it was by SWOON.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_(artist)

]]> i like swoon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769866 Arts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:36:50 -0800 Comment by i like Robbie better I liked swoon even more when she was called Robbie Conal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Conal

guess you can go round and round like this huh. pretty boring game.

]]> i like Robbie better http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c769931 Arts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:32:02 -0800 Comment by Ghostboy It's rad how honest art can produce such controversy and unrest in the minds of those who "aren't" doing much. NTG is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and it's great to see that most of the comments are positive. He deserves it!

Lars Bergquist "is" a "fake" name. His real name is Fonzee Jellyneck. For real!

]]> Ghostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c771862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/repopulating_the_citys_wild_animals_1#c771862 Arts Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:53:26 -0800 Comment by zzlthygjcb Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! sarrprdvkcm

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