As many of the artists began to be recognizable and sought after they discuss their series of commercial success: creating advertisements for popular products, designing products themselves, working in film and being hired to paint and create artwork in well known locations. As some of these artists discuss their growth in popular artistic culture they explain how becoming renowned and admired in the art world was something that never occurred to them from their various roots in street culture, or simply creating art for themselves. The artists discussed and interviewed in the film include Thomas Campbell, Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey, Harmony Korine, Geoff McFetridge, Clare Rojas, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Steve "Espo" Powers, Ed Templeton, Deanna Templeton, and Mark Gonzales.Ī series of interviews with these artists explains their reasoning behind their "do-it-yourself" style of street art. aesthetics from skateboarding, graffiti and underground music such as punk rock and hip-hop. The film focuses on the careers and work of a collective group of artists who since the 1990s began a movement in the art world using D.I.Y. It premiered at South by Southwest on Ma and later in general release on Augat the IFC Center in New York City. It was produced by Sidetrack Films in association with BlackLake Productions, and stars several artists including Harmony Korine (writer of independent cult films Kids (1995) and Gummo (1997), the latter directed by Korine himself) and former graffiti artist Steve "ESPO" Powers. Beautiful Losers is a 2008 documentary filmed by director Aaron Rose and co-directed by Joshua Leonard.
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