By André Naline

 

You know the feeling when you see a piece of art and think, “I could do that!” Well, NABF practically hands you that thought on a silver platter. It’s as if the artist is daring you to call it lazy while grinning and saying, “Exactly!”

 

This isn’t about mastery or intricate technique. Let’s be honest: it’s about pure, unfiltered fun - or so the story goes. There’s a nagging suspicion that the artist knows his way around a graphic design app better than a brush, but that’s part of the appeal. It’s art with a built-in safety net, a creative shrug that doesn’t try to try, because, well, why bother?

 

NABF‘s creations run wild across mediums - from acrylic paint to linocuts to screenprints, slapped onto anything from canvases to skateboards to the above mentioned - silver platter. They have a rough, almost slapdash quality, as if the artist couldn’t be bothered to go back and clean up the mess. It’s as though each piece arrives with a disclaimer: “Don’t look too closely.” But isn’t that kind of a cheap trick? After all, by waving the flag of “fun,” NABF sidesteps the need for precision, narrative, or depth.