6 Responses to ““The Emperor’s Son” Art Print by Mike Klay”

1. roy, on January 4th, 2010 at 10:20 am Said:

   Reminds me of Charley Harper’s “Brrrrthday” print.

   http://tinyurl.com/yhyzgjz

2. Tom W, on January 4th, 2010 at 11:09 am Said:

   I like this one better.

3. BEEFLOAF, on January 4th, 2010 at 1:49 pm Said:

   THAT’S THE MOST OBVIOUS BITE I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

4. dur1, on January 4th, 2010 at 3:16 pm Said:

   I’d be interested to hear what Mike has to say about that Harper piece comparison.

5. Mike, on January 4th, 2010 at 3:24 pm Said:

   honestly, never heard of or seen harper’s work before someone posted a link in the expresso beans comments.

   this piece has been in my head for a while and directly reflects the bond that i have with my 6 month old boy.

   it’s natural for people to state it’s a rip, because that’s the easy thing to do in the art world.

   it’s a penguin print, i’m sure there will be plenty more in the future.

6. Laura, on January 5th, 2010 at 5:29 am Said:

   When I first saw Mike’s print on thisisn’thappiness this morning I was a bit surprised because it’s also quite similar to the one we have created as Popdesign’s new year card…

   http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-beast-wishes.html

   and of course, we hadn’t seen either Mike’s or Harper’s version, which I discovered only now!
   I think it goes to show that, as Mike says, this is just a great subject for a penguin print and it’s not that strange that different people will interpret it without being aware of each other. I have seen plenty of works based on similar ideas while cruising artists’ websites, and that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are copying one another! BTW, Happy New Year…

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