Obey Pop Up Shop and Print Release News Update

'Coinciding with Shepard’s show at Deitch Projects in May OBEY Clothing has a pop-up shop in Manhattan. The store will feature a huge range of the OBEY line and many surprises not to be missed. We’d love to have you stop by if you’re in the Big Apple.

Open from April 30 – May 16
Doors at 1pm
LOCATION:
151 Orchard Street
New York, New York 10002'

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'NYC Print Release Update


ATTENTION!!! UPDATE!!!

The NYC Print Release time has changed. The special release will now take place at 1pm, Saturday, May 1st, at Deitch Projects, 18 Wooster Street. Prints will be sold for CASH ONLY and in person. Limit 1 print per design per person. See you there!'

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I'm truly excited

Geisha Art Event Brighton

details here

all gearing up to see something a little different from Goldie and this is what we get, different, about as different as one politician to another

here's Zac Walsh's flyer image

standout piece for me is by Matt Small,

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can't say this is the greatest show ever (okay it's like a load of other average group shows by middle rung street art talent)

Dolk and Pobel at Oslo and Trondheim stations

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Election Graf 'Hung Parliament'

by T.Wat

funny even if the Greens are just as shocking as the rest

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J.R. 'Women are Heroes' 23/4 - 30/5

'Women are Heroes' is looking really good, J.R. may not be talked about enough in the forums but he's true talent alongside Banksy

more pic's here

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New Escif Print at Pictures on Walls

If you're a bull fighter and have nightmares look away now

Can be found here , another print release that passes me by from POW without a flicker of interest from my cold dead heart. Ground breaking review of the Escif show coming soon!

Damien Hirst and Michael Joo 'Have you ever really looked at the Sun?'

I LOVE this image for a joint show opening in August 2010

more info here

Faile , Mode2 and Stanley Donwood at Lazarides Shop

Another nice Mode2

A couple of Donwoods

rather like Radiohead a bit dull and depressing

And last but not least a Faile Bunny Boy they've had in the stock room for a couple of years and seems to have mysteriously appreciated in value

I continue to be a huge fan of the new site and the wonderful way customers can place items in their basket for a millenium prior to buying, a great system I never tire of seeing the immortal words -

'This item is currently reserved in other customers' baskets, but may become available soon.'

congratulations on creating such a robust and wonderfully crafted sales experience

New Posterboy take on a Banksy in New York

Radical consent




Based on this

Why Auction Records are Broken During Recessions

Interesting read , quality is reduced, so buyers are on the lookout for the best pieces, the super rich thrive as the rest of us toil and load our guns.

New Peter Blake Prints at Paul Stolper

Other prints include Bridgitte Bardot, The Beatles and Kate Moss each is:

Silkscreen with photo collage and Diamond Dust.

Edition of 100, 15 AP’s. Signed and numbered by the artist.
75 cm x 58 cm
£1200 + VAT



Not for me

Slinkachu Show opening Saturday 1st May at Belsay Hall

Slinkachu amiable 'nice' work originally nicely priced, open to all and seemingly in line with the type of work it was, now sold via Andipa with nothing below £1000, it makes you look at the work alot closer and think ' what the fuck is going on?'

Gordon Brown heard calling a pensioner 'bigoted' + Election Poster Art

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/apr/28/general-election-2010-live-blog

Cameron will be there shortly ensuring he gets their vote

And of course here's the Art part - well kind of, this selection was interesting and funny

Faile and Bast's Deluxx Fluxx opens in NYC 30/4 - 27/5

How best to describe Faile and Bast's Deluxx Fluxx show?

Interesting I guess, for the person with a big house and money to burn, nice to walk though in a gallery, anyways it's moved from London to New York for a new run details and blurb here

Another Banksy at Sundance

melting snow brought another little Banksy 3d rat to life at Sundance! All part of a master marketing strategy - obviously (joke). And uncovered back in January originally!

full story here

Keith Haring Urban Legend at Carmichael Gallery

May 8 - May 29, 2010

Keith Haring Urban Legend

 

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Legend is used way too often but in this case it's deserved  hope it's a good selection of work

Interview with Mike Snelle of Black Rat Projects at Wallkandy.net

little interview with the guy behind BRP here , of course their crazy prices couldn't be mentioned, but try to read between the lines if you can

Old Vic Buys the Lease to the Tunnel 228 Labyrinth!

The Art Newspaper reports that Kevin Spacey's Old Vic has acquired the lease to the Tunnels under Waterloo, so there'll be more Art shows (hopefully) like the stunning Tunnel 228 event of the Summer of '09 can't wait

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Jef Aerosol solo show 'Girls, Girls, Girls' at Signal Gallery

him of the red arrows and average stencils and disappointing auction  showing is back in London

Prefab77 @ Lazarides Newcastle

can't say as yet that Prefab77 have blown me away, but this is step up from Angel41 at least

'Dots' Burning Candy Film

I see Vandalog has details of this film about the Burning Candy Crew called 'Dots' and a boxset of prints to help fund the project. Good luck to them with the venture, the prints are well, nothing special, perhaps more indicative of what happens when a graf crew who's work 'works' on a large scale tries to put it on an A5 piece of paper, it just doesn't 'work', (cyclops being the exception) here are the prints, edition of 150 coming in at 500 pounds!!!

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More entertainingly is the author tying himself in knots over ensuring we know he has financial ties to the project and therefore is not objective 'And for those curious about my personal involvement in the film and print release, I’m helping out friends and artists that I believe in, but I’m also getting paid for my work' .  This statement in response to Wooster Collective helping the promotion of the Banksy film in the States and feeling betrayed by their lack of clarity their response to critism here. What a fucking ridiculous group of events, for a start anyone who reads said blog knows the author is friends with various artists etc so will never be straight down the line with them, so to get all prissy about Wooster helping one of their friends is just a fucking joke in itself. As soon as you start writing about something you love you will inevitably develop affection for certain people and your writing will be effected, get over yourself.

Also if you love them so much why do you need money to help them?

I'd like to say Dr Funky fucking hates everybody, but loves himself regularly up to five times a day.

The World of Banksy Forums - Inhabitants

5. Yes / No Men - life is simple I hate Dface, I Love Banksy, everything Dface does is bad, everything Banksy does is good, simple? To some it would seem.

Thoughts on the Banksy Ad 'Campaign' for his Film

okay so you open 'Wall and Piece'and see

'the people who truly dface our neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across the buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy something'

'it takes a lot of guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one believes in - like peace justice and freedom'

so I bought into 'Banksy' the freedom writer (who said wit was dead? well if that didn't kill it, all the ridulous Banksy interviews recently certainly put it on life support) , trying to make the world a slightly better place, not the rich art elite, striking a blow for the man on the street who's sick of being sold things, who's sick of being told why art can only be appreciated if you've got the right education, and anyway, fuck that art is ugly and bears no relation to the life I lead - so why the fuck would I like it anyway?

so yeah I read this into it, was it right? I needed a message in this media, consumption based, cynical, information overloaded age and he gave it to me - this, well, it makes me feel dirty.

Are you now selling me something other than 'Banksy' ? I inextricably link all these new pieces, to buying a ticket and seeing a film, to Americans going  'oh right, I should see the film' .

I don't for a second think its that cynical, he's out there, the films on and look at all these wonderful cities with histories he can critique, I understand that, I do, but still in the pit of my stomach I feel slightly sick, just like when I turn over when the ads come on.

New Banksy No.6 in SF 'Bird Song'

totally missed this one, but here it is now

from here obviously great set of SF pictures

The Joy of being sold nothing at all

what are you selling Banksy? Oh yeah a film

New Banksy No.5 in SF 'Where I Draw Line'

take on a theme we've seen Banksy do a few times over the years

other side...

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New Banksy in Seattle?

hmmmmm

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computer says 'no'

Great Close Up of Banksy's 'Look Nice Framed'

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New Banksy No.4 in SF!!! 'Rat and Crossbones'

just maybe my favourite, fuck he's going for it

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New Banksy No.3 in SF 'No Trespassing'

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Obey May Day Flag Release

Obey in decent print shocker! Very nice indeed

18 x 24″ Offset print, Signed and Numbered edition of 600, $35

Release Date: 5/1/2010 at a random time, 1 per person/household.

New Banksy no.2 in SF ! Look Nice Framed

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a dig at those stealing street pieces, but a dig at the fanbase who's thought is how will this look in frame / as a print ;) see here

New Banksy in SF 'Peace and Love'

Lovely piece once again underlining what Banksy does so well presenting an image immediately understandable with real depth to what it's saying

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More Banksy Action at Dreweatts

Colour Trolleys going over 2k....2.6 > 2.8 > 3k > 3.2 > 3.8!!! crazy amount craziness and yet a Grannies only went for 3.5k - someone's had a bang on the head

Dreweatts - Walker Does it Again

very average hong kong study goes for 15.5k - not a vandal or paint spot in sight

shit eh?

Dreweatts Insania Damien Hirst Sketch, Herakuts bomb!

a little gift drawing by Damien est. 1000 - 1500 and its gone for 12 fucking thousand pounds!!!! Someone must be about to knock him off or that was Jay Joplin bidding!!!

Herakuts are having a nightmare one canvas goes for 1 k and another doesn't sell - goodbye guys

Dreweatts Auction Pt.4 no one wants a Beejoir having a Dump! Radar Rat and others

Beejoir LV's passed...Radar Rat starts at 5k > 6k > 7k > 8k > 9k ........9.5k and sold estimate was very low but did a job of getting people interested


someone bought the awful Baldwin/Hush og piece UGH! And a static goes for double estimate. Jesussssssssssssss there's some blind people in the world

Parla's get passed waiting for some more Banksy's now

Pulp Fiction 3k > 3.5 > 3.8 cheapo man this is a mixed bag

HMV 3.5 > 4 > 4.5 > 5 > 5.8 after a cheap one an expensive one!

Dreweatts Pt. 3 Banksy Barcode & Failes

starts at 6.2k and is passed!!! Shocker for Banksy

Failes are struggling nothing sold, but then even the opening bids were high

Zeus's average at best monopoly bollocks did well sold for 2.6! That and Grafter the big wins of the day so far

Dreweatts Update Pt2

grafter goes for almost double estimate!!!! who'd have thunk it

Damien Hirsts did well! ooo er it's all fairly standard but that Grafter was a shock!

Dreweatts Auctions Updates

So here's my attempt at doing this as it happens and I'm already late!

Liita gone for 7k good price and Morons for 4.5k

a poor Parla unsold, same for the Adam Neate self portrait, Eelus too shock horror!

oh a Dface og Kant Complain went for 1600 oh how times change!

Polly Morgan Print 'Dead Heads' at Laz

I want to like this, but I just don't

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Insight into the Banksy Guard and Koons Dog Piece and Removal

Fascinating and the truth behind the stunt

'In 1987 Giancarlo Politi did an interview with Koons. Earlier in this thread, someone referenced the single line, but if you read the entire quote, it provides the context and helps the viewer understand what may have inspired Banksy:

"(The Public is) being deceived on different levels of thought, because they’re educated in abstraction and luxury on different income levels. The upper class would love to pull an individual with ambition and gumption from a lower class to the verge of the upper class, because that’s where the big takings of power are. If they can have you move through social mobility up to the edge of the upper class, they can go in and in one killing get 250 chips; but you’ll never break through, because luxury and abstraction are the guard dogs of the upper class, and the pursuit of luxury is degradation." -Jeff Koons, Flash Art Magazine, 1987
So, that is essentially the story of Banksy's career, and with that in mind, I personally believe this is what may have happened:
Since one can assume Thierry isn't helping Banksy get walls in LA anymore (he's keeping them for himself?), he had to turn to another source.

This source, naturally, as part of the art-world, mentioned that Ace Gallery owner Doug Chrismas owns property. In consideration that he was a notoriously shady dealer who stands for everything that Banksy HATES in the art world, he figured that Chrismas and Ace Gallery would be the perfect target...

Like dangling a carrot in front of the Donkey, Banksy made his installation on Doug's property; knowing full well that he wouldn't be able to resist the urge to gain something from it. Chrismas took the bait, removed the piece. Banksy then distances himself from the work, making the dealer of ill-repute look like an even bigger fool when he has to put it on Ebay to get rid of it.
It's just another art world power-play. Banksy is slowly teaching some very important lessons to the high-art world right now. We all know that with the internet, The old rules no longer apply, and I believe that's why he muzzled the Koons dog.
It's all very logical, and yes, I believe that truth is often stranger than fiction.'

inshallah Urban Art Assoication Forum

Ben Thomas at Electrik Sheep

some half decent prints for well under 50 notes, what's not to like?

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Escif Prints on POW now!

Available here

groundbreaking review of this show to follow shortly!

New Goldie Print

'10/12 COLOUR SCREENPRINT ON SOMERSET TUB SIZED SATIN 410 GSM, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST. SIZE 50 BY 75 CMS. LTD EDITION OF 50.

FIRST 10 INCL. HANDFINISHED DRIPS BY THE ARTIST WITH 10 COLOUR SCREENPRINT. £595 INCL VAT.'

 
oooh a pretty girl, with a drips, one for the fan boys to salivate over. For the rest of the human race an old image, done to death by Goldie over the last couple of years - at a nose bleedingly high price!

US Opening Weekend Figures for Exit

'Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop opened in eight venues, taking $166,000 for an excellent per-site average of $20,750'

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Dolk / M-City Update

*just been forwarded a copy of the preview* first impressions? Damning disappointment unfortunately, M City has produced in the region of 14 pieces, reasonably priced in comparison to the supposed star of the show Dolk. Who has for his part created 6, yes 6 measly pieces! Not only is the number disappointing, but the pricing of all these editions of 3 is ridiculously high once exchange rates are considered, we are talking 5 times that of M City orginals (ie. editions of 1!). And, last but not least the images, well I'd say on the one positive is 'Old School' is the low water mark but there's nothing here that will make a non Dolk fan change his mind or even a Dolk fan think he's the skillz to give Banksy a run for his money.

4 out of 10 - depressing

New Blur Single free from Midnight, 'Fools Day'

okay so his sister is an artist, she drew a picture of Banksy and they had his work on the front of ThinkTank that's your street art connection, here's the link to info on a new single from Blur!

Something New, Something Old from Obey

from the sublime to the ridiculous, well from the average to the what the fuck

first a new print, for a film, not bad, very Obey here

and here's an old Obey worker figure on Iconoclast , okay so unless you're under 10 I'm not really sure of the point of this, but then I think the Kaws figurines (apologies if that's the wrong terminology but i couldn't give a fuck) are complete bollocks.

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