Urban Art Association

Oh right, the old "it appeared along my walk to work, so Nathan must have intended it for me to sell" trick.

I think any artist that places their work on the streets expects it to be snapped up, comes with the territory. Its naive to think otherwise. I've had this for almost 2 years and enjoyed it. I'd tend to agree with your sentiments if I'd picked it up last night, but thats not the case.

Thanks.

What a crock of shit.

My personal opinion (and it's just that) is that if a piece is left propped up against a wall (like Neate used to do) it's a drop for people to take if they want it. If it's fastened down, the artists intention is that it should stay on the street for as long as possible for as many people to enjoy as possible.
For that reason I wouldn't take something off the street that's been attached in any way.
My son did a canvas drop at upfest. We watched and it was snapped up by a couple within about three minutes!! I hope they are still enjoying it!!

Thanks 'coach' for your opinion, that's interesting. Perhaps I should have left it where it was but at the time I had bought several canvases from Nathan, five in fact, and so I'm sure you could image my enthusiasm when I saw this on the street. I still have all five canvases framed on my wall, happy to post images. So, I don't think I could be accused of not supporting the artist in anyway. I've placed work out on the streets before, actually glued to the wall, they were quickly taken. I was somewhat disappointed to begin with at first but then thought what did I really expect would happen to them. I also took some comfort in the fact that someone liked my work so much that they wanted to own it, all be it for free.
Its an interesting topic, I'd be interested to know what other peoples 'opinions' on the subject are, if they are able to articulate those opinions in a balanced and respectable way.
Thansk again.

@csideguy - just put another vynil with a pasteup of the same image on the sign so that people can still enjoy the art... and do whatever with your original vinyl - end of discussion.


This said, if it is in the street, it is then in a free world... break it, cover it, pee on it, who cares. You had balls to remove the piece, well done !

Anyway, if it weren't you, it would have been somebody else (is this correct English)

Actually that's a really good point and one I hadn't thought of.

So... I've decided to sell this on ebay with all proceeds from the sale going to Stephen Sutton's Justgiving page in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. The money will be donated anonymously but will include the amount and a short note mentioning this forum.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111339006902

The silence is quite painful....!