[...] As illustrated, not to scale. [...]

So she’s a kid that’s still doodling. seriously? swear words and “i’m so frustrated and angry cause i’m a teenager” shit. c’mon. she has an awesome name, but this is nothing. we’re all just happy she hasn’t turned into courtney love yet. praise her when she puts down something interesting.

[...] Frances Bean Cobain Assumes Pseudonym, Debuts Artwork [flavor Wire] Topics: Courtney Love, Wired [...]

So the use of the pseudonym failed right away? A+!

So. Thick outlines, inconsistent sense for line or composition… that just makes me think of the doodles of every moderately talented 18 year old. Moderately talented. And extremely typical.

Girl has something there. Needs to learn how to refine it before anyone’s going to take her art seriously.

[...] si chiedono perchè la piccina passi il tempo a dipingere questi [...]

hey, you know she’s young, she has some edgy ideas, there is scope to develop, imagine when she’s brave enough to start cutting up pictures of mum and dad

[...] under the pseudonym “Fiddle Tim”, Cobain’s artwork is, well, scary. At least, it’s scary in the way that old Nine Inch Nails videos are scary, [...]

I think it’s really interesting, au courant and has a clear point of view. Sure it could be a little more refined but it’s hardly just sh*t from a angsty teen’s notebook. Girl’s got talent.

More art world ass-kissing.

Yes, this girl has talent! It’s visually strong, consistent, and conceptually sound. Interesting all-around. Looking forward to seeing how her art evolves as she gets older.

I feel like the only reason she got her own gallery show is because of who her parents are. I’m not saying that she hasn’t got any talent, but the sort of illustration that she is doing is getting kind of old (think of how long Tim Burton has been doing similar illustrations) and this is certainly not the cutting edge type art work that galleries normally pick up. Plus, the “goth” font captions are rather childish.

She knows who G.G. Allin is….Cool.

Meh…looks like she watched Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” a few too many times and ripped off every cartoon from it. NEXT.

Reminds me of most of the rest of the post-WWII crap “artists” have been putting out. Excuse me while I go to the Getty to see real art.

Someone was listening to The Dead Weather! (regarding the “Spector Hector” piece)

Francis Bean could probably poop on a piece of paper, and the art world would go bananas.

Stupid.

Hurry, one and all. Rush up to buy a name brand crappy drawing.

Hmm… someone’s clearly got issues with their mum. (Gee, wonder why?)

Still, it is pretty good. I like it.

doodles of a child, is this mean to be her final scool years art work portfolio?

Wait, I drew this kind of stuff when I was 13. Sorry, this stuff kinda sucks and she’s a bit old for the onset of hormonal teenage angst. Uninspired.

[...] under the pseudonym “Fiddle Tim”, Cobain’s artwork is, well, scary. At least, it’s scary in the way that old Nine Inch Nails videos are scary, [...]

[...] clearly inherited some of her father’s talent. Want to see what some of her work looks like? Check it out here. AKPC_IDS += "30084,"; Share and [...]

Meh. I’m over it. Art star, rock star, this whole star shit has me bored, Sidney.

Wait until she’s done some interesting and more mature work before promoting her. Cathartic teenage art, not particularly innovative for her age but who knows if it will go anywhere?

Her technical skills are very good but I don’t find her concepts to be very original. But she is very talented and I hope she develops that talent. Her art definitely has a teen angst vibe to it and it is sort of G.G. Allin and The Wall mixed up but being she’s only 17 I’ll cut her some slack on the originality scope. Sometimes we have to learn the masters before we can become create our own scope. In time I think we will be seeing some very original artwork from the young ‘un.

The last 2 of these 7… “Spector Hector” and “Celestial Splendor” are really good.

[...] on the back of a notebook. Whatevs. Either way, you can see a gallery of Fiddle Tim’s art here. [NYDN, Flavorwire] Tagged:artcourtney lovefrances bean cobainkurt cobainla luz de jesus [...]

Remarkably similar to the fine works of Zak Smith. Not as good as Zak Smith, but still interesting. And the value (prices) is great.

I give up on working hard.

@meritocracy is dead…

Don’t give up. You can’t do what you do solely for the recognition of people who may have a clue — don’t give up if what you are doing gives your soul something more than hollow enthusiasm.

Dude it looks like everything the rest of my angsty, I’m-so-artsy friends draw. Moderately talented but nothing special.

all the world’s a critic… all those who can’t etc.

When are people going to get that art is purely subjective? There’s no point in being snobbish about it. It just demonstrates your ignorance, not your art world background and education. I can’t even say this kind of art is my cup of tea, but I’d never reject it based on who created it or conformity to preconceived notions of what it should be. It is what it is and either you like it or you don’t. Judging it is stupid. If you like it it doesn’t make it ‘good’. If you don’t it doesn’t make it ‘bad’.

Jhonen Vasquez called, he wants 1998 back

Shows some promise but hardly the stuff of a gallery show – unless it’s over at Hollywood High. Hopefully she will have more of Kurt’s discipline to refine her talent.

i think she has the same demons her father had and then some,i.e. courtney love. I feel sad for her i can feel her heart breaking in those disturbing images, i cant imagine what is going thru her mind, the turmoil she must feel.I only hope that her fathers spirit guides her thru this dark time in her life,who im sure wanted better for her than this morbid world that he so desperatly tried to escape himself. Dont be scared frances, they can never eat the sun.

I wonder if she appreciates the fact that she, an amateur young artist who has potential, was given a professional gallery exhibition at a notable art gallery where many talented and skilled professionals attempt to be shown and don’t even get acknowledged?

Ted, she could be talking about other people wanting her to treat her like their her mother… maybe that’s not so much about Courtney … and that they’ll eat the sun

Ted, I totally agree with you! I see the Kurt Cobain’s style sketches he did in his journal, very similar. And the angst that is obvious… I hope she will not battle the same demons Kurt didbipolar disorder which runs in Kurt’s family and which he had himself. But I’m kind of afraid she is showing some signs :( Of course I cannot not tell coz I don’t know her, but it is justt a feeling I’m getting from the scarce amont of informationm artwork and images that I’ve come acoss online. ItIt isb hard when people have all those expectations of you when you’re a child of famous parents. She is at the age when she is trying to find herself, what she will do in her life… and I can understand that must be very hard..

And the “weird random” (not saying that is bad, quite the opposite actually) writing at the top of the picture-Chocolate from thebald man (he is fat so maybe that has something to do with it)…. And Kurt’s lyrics were random, and it is kind of a bipolar thing…..And yes, she DOES have talent, despitwhat all those people are saying, she is still young and she is only developing her skills. Look at some of Kurt’s artwork-the fetus painting, something like that, the weird dolls he made, putting the real hair on them and his semen on it (from Heavier than Heaven biography)… Very weird art. But it is the kind of thing people only start to appreciate later, when the artist is gone; just look at Van Gogh,almost nobody liked his artwork coz it didn’t meet their criteria of what they yhnk art is, and it is considered very innovative. I am not saying this specific artwork is something special, it has been seen many times, but she definitely has some potential and the time to develop, especially considering the genes she inherited.

Now that I’ve seen some of her other artwork on the other website, I can really say it definitely IS special!! It is .

C’mon. She has her own unique style and brings her own personal skills to the table… Instead of telling her that shes doing her own art work wrong… Just let her do her own style the way she wants to do it because its her own personal artwork and there is no right or wrong way to bring something new and unique to the table.

My comment was directed to EAB at the beginning of the page.

I Like It. Simple, As, That.

[...] proprio che abbia scelto la seconda: ha aperto in questi giorni una sua personale d’arte, dal titolo Scumfuck, presso una galleria di Los Angeles. E non sono, come era prevedibile, disegnini di [...]

This is dreck. Anyone that says otherwise are the same creeps that think it’s cute to exclaim “I can’t even draw a straight line!” whenever they meet an artist. The girl has nothing better to do so she doodles. She has the name, it’s good for marketing, so she uses it. Stupid people will buy it and brag about it to their even stupider friends. Lol.

‘i think she has the same demons her father had and then some,i.e. courtney love. I feel sad for her i can feel her heart breaking in those disturbing images, i cant imagine what is going thru her mind, the turmoil she must feel.I only hope that her fathers spirit guides her thru this dark time in her life,who im sure wanted better for her than this morbid world that he so desperatly tried to escape himself. Dont be scared frances, they can never eat the sun.’

true true! for a 17-18 year old to draw something like this is just a tad bit disturbing. I am an artist and I have NEVER drawn like that! I just hope she is happy and there are no underlying truths to these images and fonts.

Stop pretending like you know anything about art by using words like “subjective” and “refined” etc. etc. If this wasn’t done by the daughter of Kurt Cobain, you would probably would have liked it. You’re a bunch of assholes, fuck you.

i think she might have some real talent there. those saying she dosnt are just ignorant. its called pop surealism. its obvious that she has a good eye, she is just unconventional.

@chelsey

It’s called pop surrealism? I doubt you know what that even means. No, it’s called teenage girl without talent. If her daddy weren’t famous 100 years ago, no art gallery would have displayed her doodling. It’s an insult to every struggling artist with talent. It appears she stopped. Maybe she’ll get a real job.

well in all honesty is better than any of you! have any of you ever had you art work published in a gallery or on the internet when you were a teenager…er no! your just all so jelous why dont you go and get a life and stop ripping people because your shit at thinking creatively..you losers!

So she thinks her mom wants to eat the sun..Does that mean shes the devil? CREEPY

Everybody says it’s the type of thing a 13 year old could draw. Man, I don’t have any interest in drawing or being an artist, but if this is what a 13 year old is supposed to be able to draw, I really suck as someone in my 20s who can barely draw a circle.

A little bit of Ralph Steadman in there- not too good with animals (the goat) Reminds me of something drawn for an Art Therapist- Jim Jones? Was Frances playing “No More Nothing” by the band Fear when she drew this? I suppose that would give it inside-joke scenester validity. Jim Jones, the maniacal Cult leader who convinced people to kill themselves? GG Allin, a remarkable individual rolling in all sort of taboos? Frances’ Twitter vision shows in her badly puntuated rants, that someone attempted to teach her grammar, and her ability to express her extreme dislike is remarkable. Yes-yes-yes Frances- you create expensive ugliness- with appy-logies to F. Zappa~~~~~~

c’mon…she’s 17, y’all don’t have to be such assholes. i’m sure most of you critics are just bitter and pissed at the fact that you all will die nameless

well, she ripped Ali Lohan a new one on Twitter, for cashing in on a relative’s celebrity status- If F.B. Cobain’s father managed a Burger King, that fancy west coast gallery would have blown her off- does America need another display of sycophantic brown lipstick wearing? That is what it is- more celebrity pandering- hmmm, how many psychos’ names are remembered after they perform acts of mayhem? You tim, are part of the problem-

@Ken
“It’s called pop surrealism? I doubt you know what that even means. No, it’s called teenage girl without talent. If her daddy weren’t famous 100 years ago, no art gallery would have displayed her doodling. It’s an insult to every struggling artist with talent. It appears she stopped. Maybe she’ll get a real job.”

Does it really matter if he knows what ‘pop realism’ is or not? Try to focus on constructing a mature argument; don’t resort to ad hominems. It’s obvious you dislike her work, that doesn’t mean she’s “untalented”. A talented artist can still create a good piece of art, even if you don’t like it. This brings me to my next point, (you guessed it), art is subjective. It is indeed possible for one to like a painting another does not. You mention that it’s an insult to ‘talented artists’ (ones you like?) for her to display her art in a show as she may have an advantage due to her father’s success. I could spend pages explaining why that logic doesn’t work, but I’ll spare you that. It will simply suffice to ask this: Shouldn’t you be criticizing the art critics or showers to allow her to have that kind of advantage, that show her simply because of her parents, not her?

Now, If you criticize those who show the art simply because of her parents and fame, shouldn’t you also criticize those who mindlessly dislike it for the same reason?

Think: Isn’t that what you’re doing now?

Well Cono, you certainly have raised the tone here- pop surrealism? well I have heard of Salvador Dali, but I’m thinking Andy Warhol- fancy west coast art galleries exist for a reason, & certainly FB Cobain needed something to do- let’s just say her work needs to be seen in a context- of more work- I’m also saying that people may judge her output only in the context that she is the spawn O’ Cobain- and Cono: surely you are part of the solution ~~ the stuff is ugly, no question- if I knew more art history theory that would mean that I have spent more time in Academia- when the gallery “covers” for FBC & states that GG Allin would roll in poop for some fame, that is a huge warning sign- GG Allin maybe rejected fame in all of it’s disguises & maybe GG Allin rejected fame at every level- if I had GG Allin’s complete works to listen to, maybe I would have less of a theory- A. Warhol totally endorsed fame, he slobbered over fame & celebrities–

[...] in addition to modeling. (Remember, Ryan Adams stole her trust fund so you may wanna buy some of her work.) Frances recently posed for these artistically grungy photos by Hedi Slimane; take a look, [...]

[...] seem to be deserving of her mother’s craziness, but has grown into her own with a Los Angeles art gallery exhibit of her ink [...]

wow. what a bunch of crap. i do hope she was like 5 when she made this mess.

chick owns the street- let’s face it, most people can spend thousands of hours studying art & making snooty comments about art- FBC is so connected- rock royalty- maybe this is the future- now she poses for pictures- she is the center of an art concept (get it?) some of the “death of Curt Cobain” websites say that numerous people imitated Curt & committed suicide- check Jim Jones- “okay everybody- purple kool-aid time” – there is a lethality that lurks below the surface of FBC- sweet 16 suicide party- it is pretty bad-ass- at one point does the image merge with the person associated with it?

[...] days in Hole, the young Cobain has grown into quite the classic beauty, not to mention a talented visual artist (under the pseudonym “Fiddle Tim”), too. The offspring of rock royalty recently made [...]

[...] is also an artist in her own right—having held a gallery show of her drawings last December at L.A.’s La Luz De Jesus Gallery.  Whatever you might think of her artwork or [...]

Interesting that no-one has mentioned the elephant in the room.

These are interesting to people who wonder what becoming addicted to heroin whilst in your mother’s womb would affect you.

The fact that they are juvenile but exhibit a little skill suggests some level of arrested development.

Whether this is due to prenatal or postnatal influeces is debateable.

@Damaged Baby – OH FOR GOD’S SAKE. Where is any evidence that:
a) She was “addicted to heroin in her mother’s womb”
b) She suffers from any sort of arrested development
c) Making wildly unsustainable assumptions on the basis of viewing a few drawing does not in itself constitute some sort of incurable congenital idiocy?

Otis, read this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Bean_Cobain#Legal_issues

Then, consider the judges reasoning in sealing her medical records.

go to art school! you need it! just because you are either as mentally damaged as your parents or just surfing off of the creative angst that haunted them both does not mean that you too are an artist. GO TO ART SCHOOL! how boring to be known as a celebrity kid with nothing more than a name and a trust fund. UGH!

Why’s everyone hating? It’s just some creepy art. An artist doesn’t have to be completely fucking perfect to be considered one. And even if she -was- riding the waves of her celebrity-by-birth status, which I doubt, tell me you wouldn’t do the fucking same.

Her work is not that mind blowing or different. However people, she’s still a kid. She has to explore what she wants to do. Why degrade her on that. I know that she has ginormous reference that she uses to her advantage. Yet I don’t really hear her doing stupid shit like some celebrity kids. I didn’t even know she had a show until I randomly went on this site. She just wants to see where her skills can take her. What’s wrong with that? You know you would do it too if you were in her shoes. At least she not beating up people. See Nic Cage’s son.

@jg

It’s not hate.
It’s frustration and envy at the privileges of celebrity.

And yes, you’re right.
We all would if we could but we can’t so we don’t and it pisses off so many who think their talents remain unrecognized (as though the unwarranted adulation of celebrity deprives them of any opportunity of “discovery”).

It’s a hangover of sibling rivalry (“Look at me Daddy. I’m doing something special too.”)

All these accusations of juvenility seem to me to be a case of “transference”.

LET IT GO!!

Guys listen, she’s Kurt Cobain’s daughter! Anyone who’s a knowledgable musician knows what he did certainly wasn’t complex, nor overly-original. It was dark, simple, and to the point. Exactly like his daughter’s drawings.

Either you people are jealous or you are just expecting waaay more from her because……she’s Kurt Cobains daughter. She seems pretty intelligent to me, just based on the fact that she chose to file for emancipation from Courtney.

With no father and a drug-addict mother, she’s hardly going to be drawing rabbits and flowers, ppl. You’re allowed to be an angsty teenager when you’re 17 and have nothing that could be considered a family.

Haha! I enjoy reading the mix of comments on here.
Hrmm. Bean’s stuff *is* more refined than any “angsty teen doodles” that I’ve seen (not to mention that poetry is what’s most common nowadays), and any teenager who’s gone through strife would definitely be capable of putting together “art” such as this.
The buyers here are not buying for aesthetic pleasure, and they probably wouldn’t admit it; but it’s clearly only because her parents were who they were.
Lol. I don’t blame them at all, though – Heck, I’d buy any kind of art that involved conscious and emotion (i.e. not just splattering of paint on a canvas), if it was was created by even the spawn of Kurdt Kobain (and I had limitless amounts of cash).
ahmahgosh. Or maybe I’m just being inclined to support the girl because she looks like her parents, she’s beeautiful. Kurt’s eyes and Courtney’s lips.