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VINYL JUNKIES, by Bill Hicks on Apr 20, 2024 1:28:43 GMT 1,
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BANKSY | Art book «Banksy IN UKRAINE - F*CK PTN!», by Bill Hicks on Feb 23, 2024 11:02:35 GMT 1, postmark.ukrposhta.ua/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5864
This charitable book is a tribute to all Ukrainian children who became innocent victims of this terrible war.
The author will use the funds from the sale of the book to rebuild Ukrainian schools and playgrounds.
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Wrong War , by Bill Hicks on Feb 18, 2024 12:27:44 GMT 1, .
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Damien Hirst Currency warning ebay, by Bill Hicks on Feb 7, 2024 13:11:52 GMT 1,
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# WithSyria, by Bill Hicks on Dec 30, 2023 22:51:06 GMT 1, 2024 is going to be a big year. We end the year, many of us, with fundamental questions about what the horrific bombardment of civilians in Syria and Gaza means for our shared sense of humanity. If world powers can pick and choose which lives are protected by international law, what does this mean for each and every one of us?
It is at these big crisis points, when norms seem to be crumbling around us, that we must join together with even greater power. In 2023, tenacious Syrian human rights defenders, alongside you and tens of thousands of people around the world, did just that – and achieved so much together. It is these moments in history when we can create real meaningful change.
This change starts with campaigns like ours and with groups led by survivors and witnesses of war crimes and families of Syria’s disappeared. This year, their tireless campaigning resulted in a new international impartial body that will look into the fate of their loved ones and coordinate work to find Syria’s forcibly disappeared people. Thousands of us from around the world took action to support their demands, ramping up pressure on all UN member states to vote in favor of this institution – and we were successful.
The search for a peaceful and free future for Syrians doesn’t end here. Donate to The Syria Campaign Sorry, I can't donate right now
If we can take one thing into 2024, it is the incredible solidarity shown by people around the world again and again. In the critical days after the earthquake that shook Syria and Turkey in February, more than 17,000 of us signed the petition urging world leaders to stop deadly delays in UN aid and get the equipment and supplies that were so desperately needed into the northwest of the country. The quake pushed the heroic White Helmets teams to their very limits as they raced against the clock to save lives, whilst trying to manage their own personal grief and fear. Nearly 100,000 of us donated millions to support their rescue mission.
In August, in cities around the world, we met to mark ten years since the Syrian regime carried out the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century, killing over 1,100 residents of Ghouta with Sarin nerve gas. Our calls to end impunity for crimes against humanity in Syria continued when thousands of you signed the petition calling for Assad to be uninvited from the COP 28 climate conference in the UAE in November.
Syrian families took photos of their disappeared loved ones to London’s UAE embassy on a cold November afternoon before the global climate talks to stand up against Assad’s PR stunt and filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab carried the same message to the UAE-owned Manchester City stadium. International pressure worked and Syria’s pariah dictator was forced to stay away from the conference – which would have been his first since his violent crackdown on protesters 12 years ago.
It’s an important win. It says to the world that there is no place for war criminals on the world stage. It shows that Assad is weakened by efforts to hold him accountable through European courts, including a French arrest warrant and a landmark case against Syrian torture at International Court of Justice. Together, we are keeping the pressure on and building momentum towards a free and democratic Syria.
This is a vision we hold on to tightly as 2024 begins. The tougher it gets, the more creative we become. Will you consider making a donation now to support The Syria Campaign’s work into 2024? Donate to The Syria Campaign Sorry, I can't donate right now
Next year, as we push for big change, we will need to be determined in our efforts to hold on to hope. After all, is that not the purpose of the bombs, the restriction of aid, the disinformation, the detention of so many – to destroy our hope? Thank you for all you do.
With great hope for the coming year,
Laila, Afraa, Anna, Bayan, Kate, Mayssoun, Ola, Ranim, Raya, Rebecca and Soumaya act.thesyriacampaign.org/donate/donate-to-tsc-donate thesyriacampaign.org/about/
2024 is going to be a big year. We end the year, many of us, with fundamental questions about what the horrific bombardment of civilians in Syria and Gaza means for our shared sense of humanity. If world powers can pick and choose which lives are protected by international law, what does this mean for each and every one of us? It is at these big crisis points, when norms seem to be crumbling around us, that we must join together with even greater power. In 2023, tenacious Syrian human rights defenders, alongside you and tens of thousands of people around the world, did just that – and achieved so much together. It is these moments in history when we can create real meaningful change. This change starts with campaigns like ours and with groups led by survivors and witnesses of war crimes and families of Syria’s disappeared. This year, their tireless campaigning resulted in a new international impartial body that will look into the fate of their loved ones and coordinate work to find Syria’s forcibly disappeared people. Thousands of us from around the world took action to support their demands, ramping up pressure on all UN member states to vote in favor of this institution – and we were successful. The search for a peaceful and free future for Syrians doesn’t end here. Donate to The Syria Campaign Sorry, I can't donate right now If we can take one thing into 2024, it is the incredible solidarity shown by people around the world again and again. In the critical days after the earthquake that shook Syria and Turkey in February, more than 17,000 of us signed the petition urging world leaders to stop deadly delays in UN aid and get the equipment and supplies that were so desperately needed into the northwest of the country. The quake pushed the heroic White Helmets teams to their very limits as they raced against the clock to save lives, whilst trying to manage their own personal grief and fear. Nearly 100,000 of us donated millions to support their rescue mission. In August, in cities around the world, we met to mark ten years since the Syrian regime carried out the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century, killing over 1,100 residents of Ghouta with Sarin nerve gas. Our calls to end impunity for crimes against humanity in Syria continued when thousands of you signed the petition calling for Assad to be uninvited from the COP 28 climate conference in the UAE in November. Syrian families took photos of their disappeared loved ones to London’s UAE embassy on a cold November afternoon before the global climate talks to stand up against Assad’s PR stunt and filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab carried the same message to the UAE-owned Manchester City stadium. International pressure worked and Syria’s pariah dictator was forced to stay away from the conference – which would have been his first since his violent crackdown on protesters 12 years ago. It’s an important win. It says to the world that there is no place for war criminals on the world stage. It shows that Assad is weakened by efforts to hold him accountable through European courts, including a French arrest warrant and a landmark case against Syrian torture at International Court of Justice. Together, we are keeping the pressure on and building momentum towards a free and democratic Syria. This is a vision we hold on to tightly as 2024 begins. The tougher it gets, the more creative we become. Will you consider making a donation now to support The Syria Campaign’s work into 2024? Donate to The Syria Campaign Sorry, I can't donate right now Next year, as we push for big change, we will need to be determined in our efforts to hold on to hope. After all, is that not the purpose of the bombs, the restriction of aid, the disinformation, the detention of so many – to destroy our hope? Thank you for all you do. With great hope for the coming year, Laila, Afraa, Anna, Bayan, Kate, Mayssoun, Ola, Ranim, Raya, Rebecca and Soumaya act.thesyriacampaign.org/donate/donate-to-tsc-donatethesyriacampaign.org/about/
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 15:15:10 GMT 1, fwiw - clean advert for a rather interesting work. ..remember the day ... that tshirt went into the washing machine - yeah she/he/they/ it was never the same after that otherwise - as you were - cool ad - cool work.... .. Thank you & respect for the old skool.
fwiw - clean advert for a rather interesting work. ..remember the day ... that tshirt went into the washing machine - yeah she/he/they/ it was never the same after that otherwise - as you were - cool ad - cool work.... .. Thank you & respect for the old skool.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 15:13:20 GMT 1, This would be a game changer for all GDP items, if pc are registering owners. This would be the next best thing to having a COA imo. If they are happy to register names, then I presume if you buy a fake, or the names don't match up, then they would let the new buyer know Just to be crystal clear I am not saying in my post that PC or GDP are registering
GDP items. Thank you.
This would be a game changer for all GDP items, if pc are registering owners. This would be the next best thing to having a COA imo. If they are happy to register names, then I presume if you buy a fake, or the names don't match up, then they would let the new buyer know Just to be crystal clear I am not saying in my post that PC or GDP are registering
GDP items. Thank you.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 15:10:15 GMT 1,
I contacted GDP & PC and ask if I could register this item which is why I used the word registered.
At least 3 times users asked whether you had any answer, yet your are not answering that question. I think with regard to the intention of your initial wording that is not an insignificant piece of information ... "again" I contacted GDP & PC and I have the my emails and there reply's. Thank you.
I contacted GDP & PC and ask if I could register this item which is why I used the word registered.
At least 3 times users asked whether you had any answer, yet your are not answering that question. I think with regard to the intention of your initial wording that is not an insignificant piece of information ... "again" I contacted GDP & PC and I have the my emails and there reply's. Thank you.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 14:33:09 GMT 1, Great item and thanks for sharing the extra photos. I had no issues understanding your post and found it very clear and more reassuring. Any potential buyers should buy with confidence as it sounds like the OP has all the provenance and paper trail required. If PC don’t issue COAs for GDP, then it doesn’t need it, but if/when they do you will have the info required. GLWTS. 🙌 Thank you.
Great item and thanks for sharing the extra photos. I had no issues understanding your post and found it very clear and more reassuring. Any potential buyers should buy with confidence as it sounds like the OP has all the provenance and paper trail required. If PC don’t issue COAs for GDP, then it doesn’t need it, but if/when they do you will have the info required. GLWTS. 🙌 Thank you.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 14:29:56 GMT 1, Please do back up your false accusation of "deceive"
Thanks for the pm regarding this. IMHO the wording of your FS post is so that anyone reading it quickly will assume that the t-shirt is registered in your name at Pest Control therefore also inferring that the t-shirts have a COA. Whereas all you have actually done is emailed them the information. IMHO the wording of your post is to deceive people. Greetings, Read the post please I have not stated or suggested there is a COA it clearly states I "contacted" GDP & PC.
I contacted GDP & PC and ask if I could register this item which is why I used the word registered. So for everybody reading this there is no COA and as stated in my post "again" I contacted GDP & PC and I have the my emails and there reply's. Thank you.
Please do back up your false accusation of "deceive"
Thanks for the pm regarding this. IMHO the wording of your FS post is so that anyone reading it quickly will assume that the t-shirt is registered in your name at Pest Control therefore also inferring that the t-shirts have a COA. Whereas all you have actually done is emailed them the information. IMHO the wording of your post is to deceive people. Greetings, Read the post please I have not stated or suggested there is a COA it clearly states I "contacted" GDP & PC.
I contacted GDP & PC and ask if I could register this item which is why I used the word registered. So for everybody reading this there is no COA and as stated in my post "again" I contacted GDP & PC and I have the my emails and there reply's. Thank you.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 13:51:48 GMT 1, For any confusion or ones poor grammar I "contacted" GDP and informed that I had purchased the item and was contacting them so they could log or register or take note that I was now the owner.
For any confusion or ones poor grammar I "contacted" GDP and informed that I had purchased the item and was contacting them so they could log or register or take note that I was now the owner.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 13:49:28 GMT 1, Priced for a quick smooth sale at 5k ono plus any fees & shipping/postage. U.K Based can ship worldwide.
Can send pics or a video comes with all the correct numbered labels & artwork card, the GDP & flight logistic paper work and a screen shoot of the original GDP sale.
New never framed comes in the original pack.
I have registered it with GDP & contacted PC with my details & the number. I am the second owner and have also informed PC confirming the original owner and I am now the new owner all these emails can be forwarded to the new owner.
Please contact me direct. looking for a genuine buyer & a nice easy deal so please no time wasters!
image hosting freeThis is the sort of post met loves clearly worded to deceive. Please do back up your false accusation of "deceive"
Priced for a quick smooth sale at 5k ono plus any fees & shipping/postage. U.K Based can ship worldwide.
Can send pics or a video comes with all the correct numbered labels & artwork card, the GDP & flight logistic paper work and a screen shoot of the original GDP sale.
New never framed comes in the original pack.
I have registered it with GDP & contacted PC with my details & the number. I am the second owner and have also informed PC confirming the original owner and I am now the new owner all these emails can be forwarded to the new owner.
Please contact me direct. looking for a genuine buyer & a nice easy deal so please no time wasters!
image hosting freeThis is the sort of post met loves clearly worded to deceive. Please do back up your false accusation of "deceive"
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 12:26:50 GMT 1, I contacted GDP & PC so there is a trail-link to the number, the t-shirt & myself.
I contacted GDP & PC so there is a trail-link to the number, the t-shirt & myself.
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Banksy • Girl With Red Balloon Print, by Bill Hicks on Dec 3, 2023 10:53:24 GMT 1, Priced for a quick smooth sale at 5k ono plus any fees & shipping/postage. U.K Based can ship worldwide.
Can send pics or a video comes with all the correct numbered labels & artwork card, the GDP & flight logistic paper work and a screen shoot of the original GDP sale.
New never framed comes in the original pack.
I have contacted(registered poor wording genuine error) it with GDP & contacted PC with my details & the number. I am the second owner and have also informed PC confirming the original owner and I am now the new owner all these emails can be forwarded to the new owner.
Please contact me direct. looking for a genuine buyer & a nice easy deal so please no time wasters!
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Priced for a quick smooth sale at 5k ono plus any fees & shipping/postage. U.K Based can ship worldwide.
Can send pics or a video comes with all the correct numbered labels & artwork card, the GDP & flight logistic paper work and a screen shoot of the original GDP sale.
New never framed comes in the original pack.
I have contacted(registered poor wording genuine error) it with GDP & contacted PC with my details & the number. I am the second owner and have also informed PC confirming the original owner and I am now the new owner all these emails can be forwarded to the new owner.
Please contact me direct. looking for a genuine buyer & a nice easy deal so please no time wasters!
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Thierry Noir 🇨🇵 Berlin Wall • French Street Arist , by Bill Hicks on Nov 30, 2023 8:54:42 GMT 1, Can you kindly contact me, Thanks.
Can you kindly contact me, Thanks.
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Hirbawi Palestine solidarity Kufiya, by Bill Hicks on Nov 26, 2023 21:08:39 GMT 1, What has this got to do with art? Shite. A pattern is a design in which lines, shapes, forms or colours are repeated. The part that is repeated is called a motif. Patterns can be regular or irregular. Part of Art and Design Elements of Art. Examples from Ansel Adams, John Henry Dearle and Andy Warhol illustrate how regular and irregular repetition of motifs create patterns.
What has this got to do with art? Shite. A pattern is a design in which lines, shapes, forms or colours are repeated. The part that is repeated is called a motif. Patterns can be regular or irregular. Part of Art and Design Elements of Art. Examples from Ansel Adams, John Henry Dearle and Andy Warhol illustrate how regular and irregular repetition of motifs create patterns.
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Bbay, The approved used Banksy dealership, by Bill Hicks on Nov 21, 2023 12:13:28 GMT 1, upload image
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The KLF 2323 WORLD TOUR, by Bill Hicks on Aug 23, 2023 16:36:45 GMT 1, KLF OFFICIAL TOUR MERCHANDISE
by order of The JAMs
Issued by K2 Plant Hire Ltd
Sold by Merchants of Death Merchandise
The KLF 2323 World Tour will start in 300 years time on 23rd January 2323.
There are 23 gigs to be played over 12 dates at 23 different venues.
Each night one gig will feature the hits, the other will feature the Chill Out album.
The final performance at The People’s Pyramid will feature both elements.
For those who look to the future, tickets for the 2323 World Tour will become available in due course.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE KLF 2323 WORLD TOUR
REFER TO THE 40 SECONDS PRONOUNCEMENTS
WHITE PILL OR BLACK PILL
&
DRUG DEALER
where?
on all the usual platforms
ALSO…
THE BRITISH LIBRARY TO ARCHIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS AS
THE KLF KOLLECTION
THE ICE KREAM VAN RECONSTRUCTS A RECORD
THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE TO RELEASE 23 SECONDS TO ETERNITY
COLLECTED FILMS BLU-RAY/DVD and LAUNCH NIGHT
For further information on these events refer to the 40 seconds pronouncements
(in no particular order)
THINGS FALL APART
ARE YOU ARCHIVED
FRAUDS
RECONSTRUCT AGAIN
TRUTH VERSUS FACT
WIPEOUT by The Safaris
ACETATE
I AM A FILM
A THEORY
RED CARPET
The KLF NEVER EXISTED
where?
on all the usual platforms
KLF OFFICIAL TOUR MERCHANDISE by order of The JAMs Issued by K2 Plant Hire Ltd Sold by Merchants of Death Merchandise The KLF 2323 World Tour will start in 300 years time on 23rd January 2323. There are 23 gigs to be played over 12 dates at 23 different venues. Each night one gig will feature the hits, the other will feature the Chill Out album. The final performance at The People’s Pyramid will feature both elements. For those who look to the future, tickets for the 2323 World Tour will become available in due course.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE KLF 2323 WORLD TOUR
REFER TO THE 40 SECONDS PRONOUNCEMENTS
WHITE PILL OR BLACK PILL
&
DRUG DEALER
where?
on all the usual platforms
ALSO…
THE BRITISH LIBRARY TO ARCHIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS AS
THE KLF KOLLECTION
THE ICE KREAM VAN RECONSTRUCTS A RECORD
THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE TO RELEASE 23 SECONDS TO ETERNITY
COLLECTED FILMS BLU-RAY/DVD and LAUNCH NIGHT
For further information on these events refer to the 40 seconds pronouncements
(in no particular order)
THINGS FALL APART
ARE YOU ARCHIVED
FRAUDS
RECONSTRUCT AGAIN
TRUTH VERSUS FACT
WIPEOUT by The Safaris
ACETATE
I AM A FILM
A THEORY
RED CARPET
The KLF NEVER EXISTED
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on all the usual platforms
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Prints sold with COA, by Bill Hicks on Aug 19, 2023 20:01:17 GMT 1, It’s the new style COA with the coffee ring, basically just another example of the Stalinist control exerted by Pest Control on the auction houses. Meaning if you bring in your print with a perfectly legitimate COA for sale by auction, the auction house essentially confiscates the old style COA from you, and the buyer then has to wait for however long Pest Control fancies to issue a new COA. Stalinism is associated with a regime of terror and totalitarian rule.
Estimated at from 7 million to 15 million were sent to the forced-labour camps that Stalin made an integral part of the Soviet economy.
In 1989 the Soviet historian Roy Medvedev estimated that about 20 million died as a result of the labour camps, forced collectivization, famine, and executions. Another 20 million were victims of imprisonment, exile, and forced relocation.
It’s the new style COA with the coffee ring, basically just another example of the Stalinist control exerted by Pest Control on the auction houses. Meaning if you bring in your print with a perfectly legitimate COA for sale by auction, the auction house essentially confiscates the old style COA from you, and the buyer then has to wait for however long Pest Control fancies to issue a new COA. Stalinism is associated with a regime of terror and totalitarian rule. Estimated at from 7 million to 15 million were sent to the forced-labour camps that Stalin made an integral part of the Soviet economy. In 1989 the Soviet historian Roy Medvedev estimated that about 20 million died as a result of the labour camps, forced collectivization, famine, and executions. Another 20 million were victims of imprisonment, exile, and forced relocation.
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Jamie Reid 🇬🇧 Sex Pistols • God Save the Queen • Collage, by Bill Hicks on Aug 10, 2023 17:30:45 GMT 1, JAMIE REID LOVE ALWAYS R.I.P. For those who haven’t heard already, we are very sad to announce the death of Jamie Reid, 16 January 1947 – 8th August 2023.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all those he touched around the world with his love. His reach was wide.
Jamie was also one of the fundamental foundation stones and building blocks of all we do at L-13.
Before I met him our first not-art event (I refuse to call it an exhibition) was an inquiry into the Situationists (The SI and After: What is Living and What is Dead in the Situationist International, the aquarium, 2003) in which a full set of Suburban Press publications was a prize item on display.
I met him shortly after as he became involved in the Stop the War Coalition protests against the war in Iraq, lending some work for a fund-raising show of art against war - Pax Britannica: A Hellish Peace, the aquarium, 2004. Other artists involved were a little-known Banksy, and art luminaries such as Anthony Caro, David Hamilton, Ralph Steadman and STOT21stCplanB – to name a few. Jimmy Cauty and Billy Childish also muscled their way in at some point, but initially it was Jamie I was most interested in.
When Jamie came to visit we hit it off immediately – sharing a keen sense of humour, critical disdain and love of creativity and human potential in equal measure – him settling into the L-13 sofa to chain smoke and bat the wind as I rushed around doing stuff.
We quickly decided we should do a show of Jamie’s paintings on slate later that year, and as they say, the rest is history.
The paintings on slate were not the Dada-esque Situationist graphics he was best known for, but beautiful, intensely-coloured cosmic compositions painted on ancient slate (some of which came from his own roof). We also made some insane wallpaper to line the gallery walls, a crated edition of screen-printed slates, and numerous prints to support the show. Many people didn’t get it of course. The words ‘new age’, ‘hippie’ and ‘shit’ were bandied about a fair bit, but we didn’t care. It was a great show and the start of a beautiful relationship.
Jamie was also canny enough to know that by publishing editions of an old biddy in a crown or some other graphic work related to a band he once helped define we could support his less commercial work and put food on the table for his and my families. He’d signed away some rights to exploit the said band but we always found ways to re-invent or side-step any issues – or steamroller through with blatant disregard. Never Trust a Punk from 2007 was one of my favourites.
In 2007 we collaborated with John Marchant Gallery in doing an amazing exhibition of work from Jamie’s archive: May Day May Day (THE AQUARIUM L-13, 2007). When we closed down our space on Farringdon Road to reinvent ourselves as the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop and stopped doing ‘exhibitions’, John stepped in more to help administer the archive and do exhibitions with Jamie. Also curating survey shows around the world culminating with the excellent critically-acclaimed retrospective Jamie Reid XXXXX: 50 Years of Subversion and the Spirit (Humber Street Gallery, Hull, 2019), for which we project managed and co-published the even more excellent accompanying book Jamie Reid XXXXX.
Our collaborations continued with Jamie until his last days. He took our Sophie under his wing and was her biggest fan. Encouraging her in her own work as Foxtrot Lightning and making collaborative political work with her other persona Sister Voila.
Some things planned will now never be fulfilled. We were due to release a special signed edition of his book Rogue Material’s for Rough Trade – complete with a “Rough Trade Welcomes Shoplifters” sticker, but sadly never got the bookplates and photocopies to him to sign. He was also keen to do a collaboration with Not Banksy which would have been a great laugh, but sometimes there are just not enough hours in a day or days in a life.
So Jamie… you crazy old rogue: Peace, love and eternal bliss.
You’re in our hearts always.
Steve Lowe, 2 days on, 2023.
And I didn’t mention the Sex Pistols once! … oops
P.S. Sophie says: He had a big heart and cared deeply, about people and nature. Full of infectious joy & enthusiasm for activism and protest movements, matched by a fierce disdain of authority and injustice. A believer in the mystical, in people power, in mother nature. Keep warm, make trouble, wherever you are, and hope you are having a rave up with the ancestors. All love x www.L-13.org
JAMIE REID LOVE ALWAYS R.I.P. For those who haven’t heard already, we are very sad to announce the death of Jamie Reid, 16 January 1947 – 8th August 2023. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all those he touched around the world with his love. His reach was wide. Jamie was also one of the fundamental foundation stones and building blocks of all we do at L-13. Before I met him our first not-art event (I refuse to call it an exhibition) was an inquiry into the Situationists (The SI and After: What is Living and What is Dead in the Situationist International, the aquarium, 2003) in which a full set of Suburban Press publications was a prize item on display. I met him shortly after as he became involved in the Stop the War Coalition protests against the war in Iraq, lending some work for a fund-raising show of art against war - Pax Britannica: A Hellish Peace, the aquarium, 2004. Other artists involved were a little-known Banksy, and art luminaries such as Anthony Caro, David Hamilton, Ralph Steadman and STOT21stCplanB – to name a few. Jimmy Cauty and Billy Childish also muscled their way in at some point, but initially it was Jamie I was most interested in. When Jamie came to visit we hit it off immediately – sharing a keen sense of humour, critical disdain and love of creativity and human potential in equal measure – him settling into the L-13 sofa to chain smoke and bat the wind as I rushed around doing stuff. We quickly decided we should do a show of Jamie’s paintings on slate later that year, and as they say, the rest is history. The paintings on slate were not the Dada-esque Situationist graphics he was best known for, but beautiful, intensely-coloured cosmic compositions painted on ancient slate (some of which came from his own roof). We also made some insane wallpaper to line the gallery walls, a crated edition of screen-printed slates, and numerous prints to support the show. Many people didn’t get it of course. The words ‘new age’, ‘hippie’ and ‘shit’ were bandied about a fair bit, but we didn’t care. It was a great show and the start of a beautiful relationship. Jamie was also canny enough to know that by publishing editions of an old biddy in a crown or some other graphic work related to a band he once helped define we could support his less commercial work and put food on the table for his and my families. He’d signed away some rights to exploit the said band but we always found ways to re-invent or side-step any issues – or steamroller through with blatant disregard. Never Trust a Punk from 2007 was one of my favourites. In 2007 we collaborated with John Marchant Gallery in doing an amazing exhibition of work from Jamie’s archive: May Day May Day (THE AQUARIUM L-13, 2007). When we closed down our space on Farringdon Road to reinvent ourselves as the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop and stopped doing ‘exhibitions’, John stepped in more to help administer the archive and do exhibitions with Jamie. Also curating survey shows around the world culminating with the excellent critically-acclaimed retrospective Jamie Reid XXXXX: 50 Years of Subversion and the Spirit (Humber Street Gallery, Hull, 2019), for which we project managed and co-published the even more excellent accompanying book Jamie Reid XXXXX. Our collaborations continued with Jamie until his last days. He took our Sophie under his wing and was her biggest fan. Encouraging her in her own work as Foxtrot Lightning and making collaborative political work with her other persona Sister Voila. Some things planned will now never be fulfilled. We were due to release a special signed edition of his book Rogue Material’s for Rough Trade – complete with a “Rough Trade Welcomes Shoplifters” sticker, but sadly never got the bookplates and photocopies to him to sign. He was also keen to do a collaboration with Not Banksy which would have been a great laugh, but sometimes there are just not enough hours in a day or days in a life. So Jamie… you crazy old rogue: Peace, love and eternal bliss. You’re in our hearts always. Steve Lowe, 2 days on, 2023. And I didn’t mention the Sex Pistols once! … oops P.S. Sophie says: He had a big heart and cared deeply, about people and nature. Full of infectious joy & enthusiasm for activism and protest movements, matched by a fierce disdain of authority and injustice. A believer in the mystical, in people power, in mother nature. Keep warm, make trouble, wherever you are, and hope you are having a rave up with the ancestors. All love x www.L-13.org
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Jamie Reid 🇬🇧 Sex Pistols • God Save the Queen • Collage, by Bill Hicks on Aug 9, 2023 19:34:11 GMT 1,
Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie,s**t-stirring rebel and romantic.
Jamie Reid (b. 1947, London)
On leaving art college in 1970, Reid co-founded the radical Suburban Press where he developed his unique style of cut ups and sloganeering.
His iconoclastic defacements of pop culture and nationalistic images with ransom note lettering became synonymous with punk rock, and his most famous imagery defined an era: exemplified in the cover art for the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks, Anarchy In The UK, & God Save The Queen. Jamie_Reid_God_Save_Us_All_unfolded-cropJamie Reid, God Save Us All, 2017
Since then he has continued to make politically progressive art, protesting against nuclear weapons, racism, the criminal justice bill, and more recently, Trump. His socialist beliefs are matched a deeply esoteric and pagan practice: Reid is an advocate for spiritual as well as political change.
His works are held in collections by New York’s Museum of Modern Art, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, and Tate Modern Gallery.
Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie,s**t-stirring rebel and romantic.
Jamie Reid (b. 1947, London)
On leaving art college in 1970, Reid co-founded the radical Suburban Press where he developed his unique style of cut ups and sloganeering.
His iconoclastic defacements of pop culture and nationalistic images with ransom note lettering became synonymous with punk rock, and his most famous imagery defined an era: exemplified in the cover art for the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks, Anarchy In The UK, & God Save The Queen. Jamie_Reid_God_Save_Us_All_unfolded-cropJamie Reid, God Save Us All, 2017
Since then he has continued to make politically progressive art, protesting against nuclear weapons, racism, the criminal justice bill, and more recently, Trump. His socialist beliefs are matched a deeply esoteric and pagan practice: Reid is an advocate for spiritual as well as political change.
His works are held in collections by New York’s Museum of Modern Art, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, and Tate Modern Gallery.
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Billy Childish 🇬🇧 Print Release • Show News • Art For Sale, by Bill Hicks on Jul 4, 2023 9:07:55 GMT 1, We are pleased to announce a major new solo exhibition
BILLY CHILDISH ’looking at paintings’
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CARL FREEDMAN GALLERY
28 Union Crescent / Margate / CT9 1NS
Special Preview: Saturday 1st July, 4-7 pm
All welcome
Exhibition runs from 2nd July – 3rd September 2023
12-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday
Free entry
We are pleased to announce a major new solo exhibition BILLY CHILDISH ’looking at paintings’ at CARL FREEDMAN GALLERY 28 Union Crescent / Margate / CT9 1NS Special Preview: Saturday 1st July, 4-7 pm All welcome Exhibition runs from 2nd July – 3rd September 2023 12-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday Free entry
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# WithSyria, by Bill Hicks on May 20, 2023 9:30:44 GMT 1, Earlier this month, the Arab League agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership 12 years after its suspension due to its brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Saudi Arabia, which is hosting the Arab League summit on May 19, issued an official invitation to Bashar al-Assad to attend.
Ahead of Friday’s meeting where our social media timelines will inevitably be flooded by Arab rulers shaking hands with Assad, here are just seven reasons why normalizing with the Assad regime is a terrible, shameful move: 1. Assad is a war criminal. Nothing has changed.
The Syrian regime has murdered hundreds of thousands of Syrians and crushed all dissent through barbaric, illegal tactics such as the deliberate bombing of civilians, chemical weapons attacks, and the systematic torture and killing of men and women in underground detention dungeons. To this day, over 150,000 people are still estimated to be forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily detained in Syria and fear of detention overshadows every aspect of public life.
These crimes are still ongoing, and have been extensively documented by the UN and reputable Syrian and international organizations. A court in the German town of Koblenz found two defendants guilty for crimes against humanity orchestrated by the Assad regime. Canada and the Netherlands are undertaking a joint effort to hold Syria responsible for gross human rights violations under the UN Convention against Torture. Syria remains heavily sanctioned by the US and the EU for Assad’s war crimes. Shaking hands with Assad amounts to whitewashing his atrocities. 2. A large segment of Syrians will never accept Assad and cannot return to Syria while he remains in power
In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom and dignity after 40 years of the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and his father before him. The protests were met with brutal force, and over 14 million people have been forced to flee their homes, including 6.8 million people who are internally displaced. Returning to Syria carries a huge risk of arrest, disappearance, torture, and execution. The widespread bombing, theft, and seizure of properties by the regime mean many people, especially those who fled as children, have nowhere to return to. 3. Putting refugees at an increased risk of deportation
Many Arab states hope that normalizing relations with Assad will make it easier to force refugees to return to Syria. But international law is clear: It’s illegal to deport refugees to a place where they face persecution. Refugees in Turkey and Lebanon are living in a climate of fear as existing hostilities and xenophobic sentiments against Syrians have become even more pronounced, and thousands of refugees have been arbitrarily deported in recent months. There are numerous documented cases of returnees being subjected to horrific violations including rape, torture, arrest, forced conscription, and disappearance at the hands of the regime. 4. Peace is not possible without justice and political transition
Arab states are cynically pursuing their own political agendas at the expense of basic human rights. They are betraying victims of the regime’s war crimes and giving Assad a green light to continue committing crimes with impunity.
As Kim Ghattas noted in a recent article, the violence that erupted in Sudan should serve as a grim warning of the long-term consequences of compromising with tyrants without justice and accountability. 5. There is no hope for prosperity in Syria under Assad
Assad has proven time and again that he is incapable of fostering stability in Syria. The incompetence, economic mismanagement and corruption has pushed Syria into a severe economic crisis and people in Syria now struggle to even afford bread or fuel. Meanwhile, the Assad regime has turned Syria into a major narco-state where the manufacturing and illegal smuggling of the amphetamine drug Captagon has become a multi billion dollar operation. 6. Emboldening tyrants everywhere
Shaking hands with Assad instead of holding him accountable is not only a grave betrayal to Assad’s victims. It also sends a signal to authoritarians worldwide that they can brutally break every rule of international law and not face any real consequence, setting a dangerous precedent for humanity as a whole. Failure to hold Russia accountable for its crimes in Syria and elsewhere has emboldened Putin to invade Ukraine. 7. A bunch of authoritarian rulers will not decide the future of Syria. Syrians will.
All the reasons why people took to the streets in 2011 still plague everyday life. Syrians have endured 12 years of unimaginable suffering and have been utterly failed by the international community. But in the face of this failure, Syrian grassroots activists and civil society risked their lives to create meaning and resistance when hope felt impossible. They will not allow a bunch of authoritarian rulers to dictate their future. And we will continue to work hand in hand with them to shake the world’s consciousness into action and build a Syria for all Syrians without Assad, without dictatorship, and without extremism.
Earlier this month, the Arab League agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership 12 years after its suspension due to its brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Saudi Arabia, which is hosting the Arab League summit on May 19, issued an official invitation to Bashar al-Assad to attend.
Ahead of Friday’s meeting where our social media timelines will inevitably be flooded by Arab rulers shaking hands with Assad, here are just seven reasons why normalizing with the Assad regime is a terrible, shameful move: 1. Assad is a war criminal. Nothing has changed.
The Syrian regime has murdered hundreds of thousands of Syrians and crushed all dissent through barbaric, illegal tactics such as the deliberate bombing of civilians, chemical weapons attacks, and the systematic torture and killing of men and women in underground detention dungeons. To this day, over 150,000 people are still estimated to be forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily detained in Syria and fear of detention overshadows every aspect of public life.
These crimes are still ongoing, and have been extensively documented by the UN and reputable Syrian and international organizations. A court in the German town of Koblenz found two defendants guilty for crimes against humanity orchestrated by the Assad regime. Canada and the Netherlands are undertaking a joint effort to hold Syria responsible for gross human rights violations under the UN Convention against Torture. Syria remains heavily sanctioned by the US and the EU for Assad’s war crimes. Shaking hands with Assad amounts to whitewashing his atrocities. 2. A large segment of Syrians will never accept Assad and cannot return to Syria while he remains in power
In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom and dignity after 40 years of the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and his father before him. The protests were met with brutal force, and over 14 million people have been forced to flee their homes, including 6.8 million people who are internally displaced. Returning to Syria carries a huge risk of arrest, disappearance, torture, and execution. The widespread bombing, theft, and seizure of properties by the regime mean many people, especially those who fled as children, have nowhere to return to. 3. Putting refugees at an increased risk of deportation
Many Arab states hope that normalizing relations with Assad will make it easier to force refugees to return to Syria. But international law is clear: It’s illegal to deport refugees to a place where they face persecution. Refugees in Turkey and Lebanon are living in a climate of fear as existing hostilities and xenophobic sentiments against Syrians have become even more pronounced, and thousands of refugees have been arbitrarily deported in recent months. There are numerous documented cases of returnees being subjected to horrific violations including rape, torture, arrest, forced conscription, and disappearance at the hands of the regime. 4. Peace is not possible without justice and political transition
Arab states are cynically pursuing their own political agendas at the expense of basic human rights. They are betraying victims of the regime’s war crimes and giving Assad a green light to continue committing crimes with impunity.
As Kim Ghattas noted in a recent article, the violence that erupted in Sudan should serve as a grim warning of the long-term consequences of compromising with tyrants without justice and accountability. 5. There is no hope for prosperity in Syria under Assad
Assad has proven time and again that he is incapable of fostering stability in Syria. The incompetence, economic mismanagement and corruption has pushed Syria into a severe economic crisis and people in Syria now struggle to even afford bread or fuel. Meanwhile, the Assad regime has turned Syria into a major narco-state where the manufacturing and illegal smuggling of the amphetamine drug Captagon has become a multi billion dollar operation. 6. Emboldening tyrants everywhere
Shaking hands with Assad instead of holding him accountable is not only a grave betrayal to Assad’s victims. It also sends a signal to authoritarians worldwide that they can brutally break every rule of international law and not face any real consequence, setting a dangerous precedent for humanity as a whole. Failure to hold Russia accountable for its crimes in Syria and elsewhere has emboldened Putin to invade Ukraine. 7. A bunch of authoritarian rulers will not decide the future of Syria. Syrians will.
All the reasons why people took to the streets in 2011 still plague everyday life. Syrians have endured 12 years of unimaginable suffering and have been utterly failed by the international community. But in the face of this failure, Syrian grassroots activists and civil society risked their lives to create meaning and resistance when hope felt impossible. They will not allow a bunch of authoritarian rulers to dictate their future. And we will continue to work hand in hand with them to shake the world’s consciousness into action and build a Syria for all Syrians without Assad, without dictatorship, and without extremism.
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EBay £9.99 start price x ten listings , by Bill Hicks on May 4, 2023 20:35:01 GMT 1, www.met.police.uk/
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Heritage Auctions 🇺🇲, by Bill Hicks on Mar 28, 2023 18:32:08 GMT 1, Thank you for the helpful response. The key takeaway here would be that, provided: (a) the certificate of authenticity in your possession dated 16 May 2017 is an authentic Pest Control Office COA; and (b) this COA corresponds to the specific piece you are selling, then the piece itself is a genuine Ban ksy. What remains confusing, however, is that the artwork exhibited at the Art in the Streets show at MOCA in 2011, and subsequently offered for sale by Phi llips de Pury in 2012 *, is not the same artwork as the one Heri tage Auctions currently has listed for sale *. They are clearly two separate pieces, i.e. similar but nevertheless different versions of Single Lane Ahead painted on two different street signs — regardless of whether either or both were ever cleaned. Heritage Urban Any follow-up comments or update? I assumed Heri tage Auctions was spending additional time being more thorough with its own due diligence checks (better late than never) — perhaps by liaising further with the consignor. Or reaching out to Pest Control Office, or even Phil lips. But the only change to the auction listing thus far seems to be the inclusion of a new reserve price of $300,000, pushing up the opening bid amount from the previous $150,000: fineart.ha.com/itm/banksy-b1974-single-lane-ahead-2011spray-enamel-on-street-sign46-7-8-x-46-7-8-inches-1190-x-1190-cm-with/a/8119-66024.s__________ As already stated, the specific piece being sold by Heri tage Auctions is neither the same painting nor even the same street-sign substrate as the artwork exhibited at Art in the Streets at MOCA in 2011, and then consigned to Phil lips de Pury in 2012. This, irrespective of whether the original MOCA / Phil lips de Pury artwork may have been "cleaned" at a later date. To be clear, they are two separate pieces: different versions of Single Lane Ahead painted on two different street signs. Supplementary point for emphasisThe above issue was expressly brought to your attention last week, after you accessed the forum once again on 23 March but then remained silent. This was also the moment Heri tage Auctions ceased being able to claim good-faith ignorance regarding the materially-inaccurate lot description reference to: "EXHIBITED: Art in the Streets, MOCA 2011, Los Angeles, California."For this purpose, let's leave aside questions of integrity and professional reputation. If the above false reference is not corrected or at least qualified prior to Thursday 30 March, and the piece actually sells on that date, it will potentially place Heri tage Auctions in a delicate legal position. The company might well expose itself to accusations of a “knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment”.
Thank you for the helpful response. The key takeaway here would be that, provided: (a) the certificate of authenticity in your possession dated 16 May 2017 is an authentic Pest Control Office COA; and (b) this COA corresponds to the specific piece you are selling, then the piece itself is a genuine Ban ksy. What remains confusing, however, is that the artwork exhibited at the Art in the Streets show at MOCA in 2011, and subsequently offered for sale by Phi llips de Pury in 2012 *, is not the same artwork as the one Heri tage Auctions currently has listed for sale *. They are clearly two separate pieces, i.e. similar but nevertheless different versions of Single Lane Ahead painted on two different street signs — regardless of whether either or both were ever cleaned. Heritage Urban Any follow-up comments or update? I assumed Heri tage Auctions was spending additional time being more thorough with its own due diligence checks (better late than never) — perhaps by liaising further with the consignor. Or reaching out to Pest Control Office, or even Phil lips. But the only change to the auction listing thus far seems to be the inclusion of a new reserve price of $300,000, pushing up the opening bid amount from the previous $150,000: fineart.ha.com/itm/banksy-b1974-single-lane-ahead-2011spray-enamel-on-street-sign46-7-8-x-46-7-8-inches-1190-x-1190-cm-with/a/8119-66024.s__________ As already stated, the specific piece being sold by Heri tage Auctions is neither the same painting nor even the same street-sign substrate as the artwork exhibited at Art in the Streets at MOCA in 2011, and then consigned to Phil lips de Pury in 2012. This, irrespective of whether the original MOCA / Phil lips de Pury artwork may have been "cleaned" at a later date. To be clear, they are two separate pieces: different versions of Single Lane Ahead painted on two different street signs. Supplementary point for emphasisThe above issue was expressly brought to your attention last week, after you accessed the forum once again on 23 March but then remained silent. This was also the moment Heri tage Auctions ceased being able to claim good-faith ignorance regarding the materially-inaccurate lot description reference to: "EXHIBITED: Art in the Streets, MOCA 2011, Los Angeles, California."For this purpose, let's leave aside questions of integrity and professional reputation. If the above false reference is not corrected or at least qualified prior to Thursday 30 March, and the piece actually sells on that date, it will potentially place Heri tage Auctions in a delicate legal position. The company might well expose itself to accusations of a “knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment”.
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Billy Childish 🇬🇧 Print Release • Show News • Art For Sale, by Bill Hicks on Mar 22, 2023 16:07:01 GMT 1, As Boris Johnson prepares to face the House of Commons privileges committee over Partygate, Billy Childish has prepared this emergency poster to help focus the committee’s collective mind.
Childish says:
In commemoration of the blond slug who thought he was Churchill but was merely a lying toad, we are extremely proud to announce the publication of this fine Ltd Edition Poster celebrating the exoneration/expulsion (delete as appropriate) of ‘Good ol’ Boris’, darling of the gormless.
As Boris Johnson prepares to face the House of Commons privileges committee over Partygate, Billy Childish has prepared this emergency poster to help focus the committee’s collective mind. Childish says: In commemoration of the blond slug who thought he was Churchill but was merely a lying toad, we are extremely proud to announce the publication of this fine Ltd Edition Poster celebrating the exoneration/expulsion (delete as appropriate) of ‘Good ol’ Boris’, darling of the gormless.
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Banksy • Save or Delete Poster • Greenpeace , by Bill Hicks on Mar 1, 2023 13:22:48 GMT 1,
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Banksy • Parliament Square • Brian Haw, by Bill Hicks on Feb 24, 2023 20:38:06 GMT 1, The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
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