Ehlers designs are about claiming the rites of kings and queens. No Vietnamese sweat shop mogul pimp will ever run a block… so why let them? Rural objects and urban inspirations are the common thread of Ehlers’ self proclaimed hypocrisy. Vegan turned human, lady turned queen, man turned king. When the eye can see the foot can tread. Uniquely attractive, massively gregarious and laced with a dose of informal revulsion, no self respecting queen would allow the floor maid to wear these magic slippers.
They got this thing going on right now about reclaiming the streets. You read about it all the time, bikers hate cars, cars hate bikers, cops smash peaceful protests and artist building there own reality. Don’t sweat the small stuff. If you thought for a moment ‘the streets are for the taking’ there wouldn’t be any reclamation, only kings and loyal surfs. Caveman designs the notion that the streets are yours, own em’. Haul your own boom box dance party, blast Hughie Lewis through the smoke filled front door of a sweaty sack night club… No one else does…
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Donated a pair of the Passion knock-ons to the silent auction.
Found objects, locked in the prison of society’s meat grinding mind, are useless to the useless… Imagine going to college and not having to pay. Or shoplift your education. You can, really…kingless slaves found the will to suck the teat of modern moguls of Vietnamese sweat. Why do you pay five dollars for a pack of cigarette coffin nails and the indo-chinaman blackens his lungs for a quarter? Ever thought it might have to do with whose street? Our streets.
How are you trying to chanel your artistic urges?
Making shoes. Painting. Paying bills being an artist is tough, real tough. I just want to create as much as I can. Taking the motivation for spray painting on all that property and using it for a positive outlet-designing shoes and painting. I’d like to learn to weld and do sculpture welding. Righ now, my shoes and painting are my top priority.
Jason Ehlers , aka Caveman, has been devoting his creative talents to the visual arts for fifteen years. Featured in the May 17, 2007 issue of The Oregonian “(Caveman)…one of Portland’s boldest and most prolific artist.” Caveman was recently awarded a shoe contract in the RYZwear.com competition for shoe design and apparel. His avenues of art cross many urban intersections. His inspiration comes from direct action such as reclaiming public space for the exhibition of art and life experiences such as growing up as an urban American youth in a world of hypocrites.
This is from the Wednesday May 28, 2008 The Independent Issue 25
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