Comments on: The man behind those koi stencils wants queer street art to make more of a splash

By: kok6

kok6 — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:44:18 +0000

Hey Jeremy,

I thought you only do the koi fish in SF. Milwaukee is part of SF now?
Keep the good worK.

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By: Brandon Miller

Brandon Miller — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:48:23 +0000

Hey Jeremy,

I live in Milwaukee and have noticed koi fish stencils around hip bar hang outs. I was wondering if this was your work. I really enjoy seeing them and their beauty. It makes me feel like I’m swimming in a tranquil pond; giving me the strength to persevere through life’s hardships.

I want to write an article on you and your fish and would love to ask you more questions. Where can you be reached?? I think your koi fish have a lot to say for art and am glad to see you are becoming recognized.

mumblesmiller

By: luv the hole

luv the hole — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:29:16 +0000

Guy is a freak,hiding in the Midwest somewhere,

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By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:01:58 +0000

Spoken like someone who never made an interesting picture in his or her whole miserable life.

And if taggers were honest, they wouldn’t complain when people paint over their tags.

By: MILF

MILF — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:20:55 +0000

Oh please..all art is an ego-driven racket. Only taggers are honest. Steet art is shit.

By: Jeremy Novy

Jeremy Novy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:58:11 +0000

I spent 3 months traveling china studying ancient and contemporary art. I wanted to bring something back from this experience and I found the koi fish to be everywhere in china. The koi fish is a fish of symbolizes good fortune, prosperity, riches, love and friendship. According to Japanese legend if a koi succeeded in climbing the falls at a point called Dragon Gate on the Yellow River it would be transformed into a dragon. I try and place the koi fish with a feng shui feel. The number, the colors, or the way they swim next to one another all have a meaning and I try and include that when stenciling them on the streets. I also relate the koi to my birthmark being all koi fish have these birthmarks that make them different and unique to one another. They also are the colors of the San Francisco Giants so for that reason I will only do installations of the koi in the city of San Francisco.
You can find the koi fish in over 100 different locations through out the city. They are in school yards, restaurants, dentist offices, bars, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Mansion in Milwaukee and even the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. They also can be found in back alleys or side streets covering up the old paint splatters and marks that are overlooked by the city’s street cleaning crews.

*The Koi is a symbol in Chinese and Japanese legends of perseverance and strength of character or purpose. The Carp also represents wisdom, knowledge, longevity and loyalty.
*Koi symbolize harmony, marital bliss and reproduction because they breed prolifically and sometimes swim in pairs.
*Chinese legend says people placed messages in the bellies of Koi, which have came to symbolize communication with a distant friend or loved one.
*Fish are among the auspicious signs engraved or printed on the soles of the “footprints of Buddha”, stone icons venerated in all Buddhist countries. These carp signify freedom from all restraints.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:03:56 +0000

To all you bashers commenting on here….Just because he is gay does not mean you need to bash him. He is an amazing guy who I know personally and deserves to express himself with his amazing talent.

By: angie

angie — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:18:24 +0000

it”s because he is gay. simple as that. he is a queer artist who paints fish.

By: Silly

Silly — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:37:10 +0000

I can’t believe how nice everyone was to this guy on MM – he’s an obvious hack with no coherent message.

“That’s my cock,” Novy says matter-of-factly, pointing at his leather tie. “I don’t need it anymore.”

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:10:01 +0000

I concur, re: it being tacky to use your sexual preference to promote your art… But, on the bright side, he has far more talent than the vast majority of crappy taggers that plague this city.