Today's Offering 3D Del Naja Hello Da Land Print

well something like that

well exxxcting it is too, expensive large edition and the look of an album cover you buy to impress the coffee morning crowd - get it and be cool for once fuck head

3D Del Naja


- 'Heligoland Orange Glitter' & 'Heligoland Black Glitter'

edition 50 (each colourway) - 59 x 84cm - £325



This Show is brought to you by the Letter 'Q'

let's talk about talking about those that talk about Queuing

It's all the rage

the thrill of the chase catching a glimpse the rarest of rare animals the lesser known no actual interest in street art, art, pictures, you know the formation of a shape in any format that can then be looked at over time to find an inner peace, other than being told by their 'cool' mate (you know the one, wears combats, fake glasses, looks like a cunt) that it'll make them some money

watching waiting only to appear at the chance to make 1500 quid for a nights work

the Lurker like a skid you can't get out of your favourite undies, is second only to that log you can't flush away, the ever so excited mouthy mingeless oh lordy lord 'praise the print release boys', who's squealing is so high pitched only the finely tuned ears of the gallerist can actually hear it. Their super special skill being able to get excited without one mention of an image they're buying, it truly is a heart warming scene

Mark Sinckler Musing

noticed one of the many listings for his print on the bay, says the following:

'PRINT NUMBER 99/100 !!! BEST NUMBER AVAILABLE'

surely for controversial impact the best number is 77 or 30?

Dolk's Bucket of Idea's Runs Dry

If ever there was a street artist living off past minor glories it's Dolk, a terrible fucking boring pun and a reworking of a previous print.

Shit

how much work did either of these take? Not that it matters. But fuck.

And these grainy gritty black and white images, fucking fuck.

For Sale Love and Terrorism

This Saturday sees the release of two prints at Marks & Stencils, first Anthony Micallefs 'A Small Print of what Love Looks Like'  an expensive but strangely beautiful etching from the last Micallef show at Laz.

Not the usual Micallef by a long stretch, a womb like image of bodies together, not street, not funny, not controversial, simply a piece to enjoy or not as you please.

Then Mark Sinckler's 'The Age of Shiva', the show opened yesterday, the below is in the window, it's got news coverage, the 7/7 enquiry is currently ongoing and it's released today. Marketing ploy for the show? Yes, without doubt a cheap tactic to garner interest from outside of the 'usual' sources.

For saying something, I will applaud this, so much of what is created has little or nothing to it. Simple images to attract a smile from the adoring public and leave it at that. Save a few artists in this scene, your brain is meant to be disengaged as your wallets engage. At least this challenges the seemingly automated response of 'it's a nice image I want it on my wall'. At least this makes you stop and go, 'why do I not like this?' Do I have an emotion towards this message? Have I even stopped to think about the motives behind that day? Have I ever even listened to the fucking news? Sadly contemporary art does actually broach these issues somewhat more regularly than this supposedly counterculture/edgy scene, so that just shows how far Street Art has regressed. Love it, hate it, at least you thought about it.

Marks & Stencils - The Review!

A thousand miles away in my hidden enclave, the snow capped mountains my only company, a single lone voice can be heard


'When's the Banksy release? When's the Banksy release? When's the Banksy release? Who's Dran? When's the Banksy release? When's the Banksy release? You're all fucking bastards, anyone who got into the preview you're fucking bastards. All I wanted was a glimpse of the Banksy print. I mean it's not like it was on the Internet. No. You're fucking bastards. When's the Banksy release?'


So Marks & Stencils has now officially opened.


'The print is shit. I mean really shit I hate it.When's the Banksy release? I hope it's a queue I love fucking queuing all night. It means I can have it on Ebay first thing in the morning.When's the Banksy release? I fucking love Banksy. I hate this print. When's the Banksy release?'



There are a number of Dran pieces scattered across the shop, smaller cardboard pieces downstairs, some larger canvases up. Some seemingly collected from previous shows over the last couple of years and with a good mark up of 50%+ on the prices at those shows. Quality? Mixed, due to the nature of the collection i.e. those that hadn't sold previously. As an introduction to the artist? It showed his limitations and line he continually takes.

As an introduction to street art it's not valid at all, as an introduction to the commercialisation of the concept of street art it hits the spot 100%, over priced - check, comedy asides -  check,  relevant - not in the slightest.

Whilst protests gain pace, strikes increase in regularity, European countries go bankrupt, the voice of dissent is mired at the till feeding crumbs of cake to it's devoted followers, looking for the next paypal hit.

I'll shuffle back into the darkness and find some change for the electricity meter.maybe.

A Little Brake is in Order

To whom it may concern

Due to a psychotic episode brought on by a stream of unending fucking bollocks currently flooding the Internet, Dr Funky will be taking stock in his padded cell hideaway for a few days,

Yours

Dr Funky's Dr

Marks & Stencils It's Official

After a week of rumours and excitement solely about a possible Banksy print, pictures on walls have updated their site and various news sites have info, opens tomorrow 1 Berwick St, London.

McGee Wall Updated and Banksy Piece Going Slowly

How walls change - first McGee's

then Banksy's

Both showing how walls can evolve, the first totally legally which makes it pretty pointless, an ever revolving wall for people to state their 'piece' as deemed acceptable. The second a pointed remark done illegally - lovely.

Coming to the Signal Gallery 'Bael'

worth taking note of, if simply to explain some dodgy dreams you've been having recently. Like the look of this work, my inner Sewell says it reminds me of the emasculation of modern man, whatever, it reminds me how fucked life makes me feel.

Window Display for This Years Santa's Ghetto?

have to see what he's holding, but first impressions are 'okay' it's the old toxic slurry fun at the seaside 'thing' he does



taken from here


This Dran piece, taken from Arrestedmotion, looks more interesting at least

3ttman - Cement Tagging

Buff this motherfucker

Mr Chimp pointed this work out and although not the most beautiful, it does give me some ideas about  taking something that's been done for decades in wet cement and pushing it to the next level pic's found here -  http://3ttman.com/site/2010/06/14/cement-tags/

Anonymous said... the Twelves Days of Chrisinfomas

'Oh c'mon Funky it's not so bad is it? How bout a sing-song to cheer everyone up?

We could give everyone a chance to turn their regrets into a lovely song, and make it into something fun to warm the cockles of our hearts on this grey winter day....it could go a little something like this....

"On the first day of Christmas dot info sold to me,

An unsigned print by Banksy,



On the second day of Christmas dot info sold to me,

Two Eine carebears and an unsigned print by Banksy



Try and keep all your 'purchase regrets' within the rhythm and style of the original carol (sing the line from the original carol and then think of some stuff you've bought via Silky that sounds like it) and if you post always add your line to the top of the 'days of Christmas' already posted so we can all have a jolly run-through to the end!

I'm feeling much merrier already and can almost smell the tinsel! Mmmmmm plastic! '


on the Third Day of Christmas a Dictator lied about, 3 flipped Toxic Marys,Two Eine carebears and an unsigned print by Banksy (awaiting provenance)

There's a Kind of Hush all over the East End tonight

Perhaps one of the best signs that the waters of street art are clearing of insanity juice, is this is still for sale, after a good few years of regurgitation, manga women to give the boys a thrill and way to much reliance on an average idea, it may just be time for a rethink for all concerned - please.

Silent Forum, Unholy Forum

Merry Cliffmas blares out across Funk Towers, as I find myself fully ensconced in the xxxmas mood, full to the brim of shit adverts reminding me purchases will make me happy, will bring me the love of Mrs Funky that cold wintry magical morning, a bottle of coke will keep the kids merry and Jamie the chirpy little street urchin will ask me how my apple and pears are as I dream of smashing his head against them again and again and again and again


And yet with all this unbridled merriment abounding, the forums seem so sad, full of the Boxing Day sale regrets, 'everything must go, for fucks sake buy it!' , 'I will sell my og for a bag of coal to keep the kid's warm this cold LA night' , 'Sponge Bob raped me and I can't get no recompense'. Where did it go so wrong? There's blood on the urban art market floor and I'm seeing if I can do a longer skid in it than you.



In other Forum related news (you know you want it) a certain Wallkandy tottered back into existence with not so much a fanfare as  the waft of a pork pie left at the back of the fridge for the last 2 weeks, you'd forgotten it was there, you didn't want it in the first place and now you've smelt it you realise it was best forgotten. The calls for it's return were deafening, well, the four people who shouted loudly have now gone back to being quiet.

Banksysforum continues it unabaited drop into paralysis, between posters tirelessly promoting friends, giving us remedies to all corporate ills and reminding us of shit music from our youth, all wrapped up in about 5 posts a week - sterling work.

“12 years graffiti writing” by Ozkar Gorgias

Straight from Slamhype (!) so thanks for that. This is what Mr Brainwash should have been aiming for, fucking real . 12 pairs of sneakers over 12 years of graffiti writing.

check it out http://beneathasteelsky.com/

Obey 'Large Format' Table Covers Out Now

Aesthetically darling I found the dynamic of this print most unsettling, it's reminiscent of a table covering for a group of socially aware women in the 1970's discussing the latest offering from ELO and whether their husbands would like to see what they're aiming at down below.

Out now large, expensive and dull.

Mr Brainwash Bat Papi et Mumi

I'm trying to understand the market for this image, fetish? Comic book fetish? Old photograph fetish? Old photo - comic-slightly humorous fetish? Or just, this was mentioned in Banky's movie so it should be worth something, oh and it's a postcard in the US version of the DVD so doubly relevant to the state of street art today? Fuck cares really and I don't know why it bothers me so much.

Maybe because in said movie Banksy makes a big thing at the end out of 'I will never again help someone get into this game because they smell of garlic, have shit ideas and make the rest of us look like fucking fools' (something like that anyway). And, yet here we have an image from that artist being used in the DVD pack - does that make sense?

Yeah actually it does, if all that was bollocks

Anonymous said... kick up a stinkfetish

'After 'Voice of Respectable Moderation'mention something about UKstreetart blog- i thought i go see what he was on about (hideous blog) but i saw this and couldn't leave it behind, http://www.ukstreetart.co.uk/2010/11/inkfetish-mural-for-armageddon-motorcycles-in-archway/

This has to be some of the shittest graffiti/art? i have ever seen, it looks like the drawings by a spastic of the wet dream they had aged 12 '



(fuck it, due to time management constraints, thankyou anonymous said)

Parla Does What?

Weine does Anya Hindmarch and Parla does iPhone covers - how to diminish your art, reduce it to the latest common fad and forget it's anything special for a dollar or two - what absolute categorical shit, I'm using mine to catch the vomit every time I look at it.

http://arkitip.com/curated/

WARNING - PLEASE READ

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This is an Art forum  a Blog expressing one person's opinion on the increasingly infuriating world of street art it's associated forums, galleries,artist and brain dead minions , and its here for you to talk about all Artists & all Galleries & all Art Events. In order to have open and constructive destructive, honest discussion about art, people must respect other peoples opinions and rights have the necessary brain power to understand put downs, abuse, intelligent sarcasm, are an everyday part of the Internet world, even if you might not like or agree with what that Member, Artist or Gallery says or does. it's possibly best you leave well alone and fuck off.



Do not moan about the abuse, lie about it, stalk and do bait other people! Its a very simple thing that is there to not only you protect other people, but yourself also. and let the adults talk.



If you find you cant do that then you run the risk of being removed from the forum permanently or for a few days as a warning. talk told to shut the hell up.



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Buy 1 Dran Show Get 1 One Free

In the time honoured tradition of Iceland at Christmas, there will be two Dran shows in London as the Gallic wit comes to teach us all via cartoons, let's hope Jason Donovan* is present to provide us with chemical means to calm our furrowed middle class brows.

First a show in as yet undisclosed location, possibly one of the thousand pret and manger establishments*? And then a show at Pow starting 2/12.

Thoughts on Dran? Well he likes a good cartoon, his social commentary is sweeping to say the least, with only merest hint of anarchy to make it edgy for the collectors portfolio until needs must and then you know the drill.

Rumours and whispers have been sweeping the street art world for a good few months, along the lines of 'Buy Dran he's on the up, Mugrabi* has shown an interest', as the charm offensive tries to sweep up what's left of 'pre-harsh Winter of discontent starts to bite' cash in your purse. Funny bone slightly caressed by how street art has taken so well to the machinations of the normal art world to whip up interest - well done - 2/10**.

* not really, it's a fucking joke



** not really 1/10

Faile Print and Blocks Out Later Today

After a weekend of threats, name calling and abuse and that's just from Mrs Funky. It's prints news time!

Today sees the release of 3 new prints and children's play blocks from Faile, a nice quarter of million dollars for the New York brothers. If there was a  laboratory test to analyse the inverse nature of inspiration to monetary gain they would be the perfect test subjects. As yet, no pictures of these items, but at a guess to be based on the usual set of imagery:

It's wonderful to note the usual 'hype'rbole from the usual source to gather interest for 'another' release.

Concerned of Cripplewood

Good Morning

I happened upon this debacle whilst musing over the colour of coco pops in my trough - most disappointing, isn't there something they can do to change their colour to something less offensive?

What shocks me most is that comments have been made that as yet have not called for the dismemberment of all those willing to say anything that does not agree with me - surely this is something we should all be dismayed about? 

Disgusted, once I understand what this whole debate is about I will be on the phone to the local constabulary, I thought it best to voice my concern prior to this obviously.

Yours

JP Queezy-Pee

ShusHIT on Sunday

Oh Lard

Please forgive all those who ask for personal details in return for worthless images.

For they do not know what they are doing, well okay, they do, they hope you'll stick around and notice their next paid for image.

Please give foresight to the flock, enough to realise the generosity is false and the images tired and tainted by way too many grabbing grubby hands looking for one last big pay day.

May the turd of mundanity, float off into the vast waters of contemporary art and leave these dank shores a little cleaner.

Ah Man

Moronic Robots of Printverse

street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay > praise > sale > street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay > praise > sale > street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay > praise > sale > street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay > praise > sale > street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay >  *stop think no you're right this is fine, I'm not no not doing anything moronic no everything's fine continue  praise > sale > street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay > praise > sale > street piece > praise > print advert > excitement > sale > excitement > print advert on forum/Ebay > praise > sale >  fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkthat

Look What Arrived In the Post/Purchased Today/Stole from the Old Lady Down the Street

love me forever x

Possibly the Worst Art Awards Idea in the World

Art Awards fuck they're cringeworthy and nearly always a pointless pompous hot airathon, Funk Towers has been witness to the slow school bus crash that is the urban art awards - could someone fucking vote already?

Correspondent Muncher reports 'A video posted today of the bastard abortion of an award . water jet cut lump of metal, waste of good metal , how big are these things ! is this symbolic of making up for tiny manhood or what ! i can think of only one reason for owning one of these , to bludgeon the idiots who think that being awarded one of these is somehow a mark of quality and respectability.'

Dr Funky has painstakingly crafted his own award

to all those who love manipulating others whilst dreaming of gently fisting them.

Blu in Rennes

Now this, This is fucking wonderful

 and the pay off, modern life is rubbish

cheers for pointing this out emailler person

LET Image in New York

If these's a duller street artist ( in the looooooosest sense of the word) I don't know who it is. He does parodies of parodies of parodies, work that out if you can. In conclusion, the result of too much opportunity to make money, from too little skill or inspiration, please go away.

Remi's Print Out Today

witness the slickness! Word to your grandmother, the old school beats dj, friend to Rob's childrens school teacher, has a print out today, it's a great investment, what with Winter coming up and  kindling getting more expensive.

MBW Sh*t on my Shoe

Mr WashBrain has some new prints out of a painty shoe - still however unoriginal this is and damn it is, he's not pretending to be something he isn't, he's showing some sort of progression (?) and it's better than other recent efforts by those who supposedly deserve more credit - worrying - oh and it's shit

Fanzines and Freebies and Flips

Paul Insect releases a box set, over priced and under excited, lacking anything that made it standout, but at the 'release' were some free prints photocopies on tissue/blotting paper, that could've been by Eine, Insect, Sickboy, Rosemary's Baby or in fact yes (whisper it because it's bollocks and will get you done under copyright law) Banksy.

Hence let the excitement and ebay listings begin. Clever marketing scam to whip up excitement? Or just hapless punters with learning difficulties? You decide. The print sales market has become so  fucking tired and without anything of any real 'happening' recently -  that the above now causes the most discussion short of fucking Take That tickets.

Monday - Fucking - Morning you're here again

Underbelly Project gets Tagged

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55413170@N03/tags/underbellyproject/

thank fuck this subversive non-commercial/commercial, massive balls up is getting the treatment it deserves

Kaws Screen Print

** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *

'The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Aldrich Editions are thrilled to announce a new KAWS screen print, priced at $800, which depicts an image of Sponge Bob; paper size 20 x 20 inches; edition of 100.'

** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *

** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *

Art is subjective, we all have our own taste, we all will find hidden meanings in something different.

However hard we find to express this, there's an emotional response deep within our very souls, that spark, which leads to a fascination with certain images. Art is a wonderful thing for keeping us in touch with our true selves.

** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *

Art can appropriate an image, the process of taking an image giving it a new setting, a new way of looking at it, a mark, a tag, anything, changes it subtlety in ways that only become apparent with time.

** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *

 Pop art questions the repetition of an image, how the mundane the everyday can be elevated to an art form

** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *

There's a point where that takes you, the point all consumerism eventually takes you, the dry husk of a soul, the spark withered away, the cost of everything and the value of nothing. 

Go a further mile past that and in a funeral pyre you'll find all this fucking shit piled high, hoping one day to make someone richer than they already are.



** $800 for x x on a picture of a kids character * *



it's to do with lost innocence, lost fucking $800  for x x on a picture of a kids character



x x

Eelus at Wide Open Walls

what the fuck

Josh Keyes Collision at David B Smith Gallery

cold sterile petri dish approach to subject matter, seems to satisfy the group it's aiming for, laboratory assistants I think?

Obey 'Hello Kitty' Print

finally a print for the children i keep in the cellar

Monday Blues

woke up this morning, I heard the news, everyone's striking  and cameron's hair looks like pooh

that went well, so yeah, what the  f u c k is going on at the moment?

posters for your kids room? I mean please, it's lydon doing a butter ad.

a £40 exploding crown that's fucking anarchy, no it's not even an interesting image, smash the state, smash your head and find some fucking good ideas

box sets, books and t shirts? Have we reached the HMV sale point of the cycle? Here's my blood stained t-shirt ring it for every last drop, fucking suck it dry. Don't even pretend there's anything else, it's enough for you to offer it to us and we'll accept.

we got politicians telling us to cut back, bankers laughing and bullshit from all angles and yet the voice of dissent is in the subways of New York recycling images, that don't even go together, whilst the Tea Party tells them their president is an idiot, what the fuck is going on?

Does anyone need a million more prints by their third favourite artist? What's the point? Give me a reason. Give me something. Don't tell me they're next big thing, the next big issue maybe. Don't feed me more bs, give me something real.