Urban Art Association

Good luck with it, and well done for selecting the short straw

can you let us know location.

Someone will be along shortly to ask about insurance, so look out for that

WTB.. Want to borrow..

Steve soho.. i WTB your CYW please, thanks.

This will be (hopefully assuming I can get everything ready in time) an upcoming show for the Cooley Gallery, at Reed College in Portland OR (USA). Originally I was looking to host/borrow all the pieces, but at this point (considering the logistical mess this has been already, and the very very meager response I've received from the various parties I've contacted about lending pieces) I'm forced to try to buy them (as many as I can anyways). I'm not incredibly wealthy, but this is a cause I am willing to cut meals and other expenditures to try to realize.

which one he has a few ;D

exdee i have these for sale or loan if you would like them, the euro bob "can you help" signed test print was bought at a charity auction by a friend of mine and the prole "riot micky" was bought off ebay last year also a charity auction
if you want to buy then the money will go back to cancer research as thats what both auctions were for. if you want to loan then you pay for postage there/and back.
let me know. cheers mo

too many to name. Why don't you look at the urban awards for a start? Check out who was in the running. That should give you a starting point then look into the history a bit and pull out some key contributors.

That is all fine and dandy but you won't be able to get a hold of great works by great artists on little money.

I might suggest forgetting about prints, original works and such and stick to photos of street art. download and do a slide show or something.

You have your work cut out for you if you want to do a good show and don't know much about the subject.

you could try and get an artist to do a little talk or a Q and A sort of thing

My recommendation would be to buy some inexpensive prints, even unsigned ones. There are plenty of Sheps, there are glossy Banksy Posters, there are countless other prints by other artists at low prices, especially if they are unsigned or high editions.

Plan B?
Didn't know he was a collector in this scene.

Hey exdee,

The real question is also the quality of the exhibition that you do. Obviously, originals are more impressive than prints. And signed and numbered prints are more impressive than poster prints.

I'm just going to say it, if you want to get the most value from this exhibition, I would go for at least a few "important works" from the modern scene - and at least a couple of important originals.

There are decent artists in Portland. Talk to the Vinyl Killers Gallery. They used to get some of the top urban artists to contribute pieces.

Also, randomly, the artist who my icon is from is a very little known artist in Portland.

Your best bet would be to find a few serious collectors based in Portland to loan the majority of the works.

You will need to get insurance. If its a proper gallery space, they may already carry enough insurance.

The three pieces I would say are most worth exhibiting from my collection:

Obama Hope S/N
1/1 Paul Insect SIN
Original Eelus Gaze Long Into the Abyss

Got maybe 10 other odds and ends I could lend your way as well.

Combined they have a very liberally estimated insurance value of maybe $15K.

Don't know shipping costs, but your campus gallerist probably has a company who can properly crate and insure shipping from LA to portland via ground for a relatively reasonable price.

But I do want to say, if you come at this professionally enough, you'd be surprised what you can get.

I'll say this... I don't want to lend multiple thousand dollar works to a college kid that comes out and says "I'm an idealistic student rather than a professional gallery owner"

Do I need to spoon feed this concept to you...

You go to Reed.
Reed is a respected institution.
If you made more effort and came at this with the professionalism that a Reed student has all the intelligence to be capable of, but you're not deciding to do, you'd get a better response.
Your school employs a PROFESSIONAL gallerist who even you are saying "will take everything from there, and have things professionally organized and hung."

Yes you're young. Yes this is a learning experience for you. But unfortunately it is one you are failing miserably at because you are not putting in the effort.

All I hear is "I've been trying to," "I'm a student," "is a monumental undertaking," "scrape together," "can't afford to replace a damaged piece of work."

Stop acting and coming across like a hair brained amateur.

You're getting bad results because you're inspiring ZERO confidence. Fuck, I'll say it, you sound like a con-man. For all I know, you're a scammer and there is no art show. (You know the first thing I'd do if I said "hey, I'll send a piece" - call that woman who's information I posted. That's kinda why I posted it.)

If you sent packets to people on Reed College Letterhead, with all the relevant paperwork (insurance policy - which isn't sky high to get if its a gallery with proper security), with the name and contact info of Reed's professional gallerist, and a transportation / crating company would would be responsible for delivering the work - I along with everyone else would jump at this opportunity.

Have you done any of the work beyond having this HALF BAKED idea of "hey, anyone want to sell me works or send me works, or whatever"

Come on, you're doing a poor job in representing Reed. Your institution of higher learning deserves better than this. Step up to being a professional with a very worthy and great idea for a art show in a city that could really embrace this show, rather than just lazily being the Reed stereotype - that of a school full of head in the cloud hippies.

If you really work hard at this, you'll amaze yourself at how well this can come together. PM me if you want more help.

Try looking at US based artists Shep, Futura 2000, Twist, Seen, Retna. May be worth supporting your domestic artists as well as paying homage to the Graffiti artists who kick started vandalising the streets in the name of art.