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OUTIS • Print Release • Street Art, by Deleted on Feb 16, 2014 14:23:54 GMT 1,

Feb 16, 2014 14:12:38 GMT 1 tartarus said:

Feb 16, 2014 12:31:10 GMT 1 Art Fan 2011 said:

Didn't everyone buy it because they "loved the image"?? Now there`s rumours it may be a JBOY, people seem less keen. If this had appeared on the JBOY site, as a JBOY, signed by JBOY and priced at £150 everyone would have laughed at it, if it even got a mention, but because no one knows who the artist is the world goes mad. Perhaps if an artist wants to make it big they should never sign there work and stay a secret?

As Outis remains a mystery, what`s to stop a gallery or anyone infact releasing another print allegedly from Outis? No-one can confirm nor deny that it is, surely this opens up the door to some serious profiteering and market manipulation. The "next" "Outis" print cannot be far away, and if "the official outis" (whoever he maybe) wants to cash in he better be quick because this bubble will burst big time very soon!

Outis is the art equivalent of the animal liberation front. They have no leader, no structure as such, they are a banner under which anyone can choose to protest against animal cruelty and for their rights. 

Based on that, and this stunt! Any artist or complete random has as much right to use the Outis moniker as anyone else. We could see a thousand print releases from different people and id bet a fair few would be hoovered up on here. 

So who knows, the next outis release could be from literally anyone!! Cant wait

I think that's the point, it's been used by artists and writers for hundreds of years to mean "nobody".

From wiki "Οὖτις" was used as a pseudonym by the Homeric hero Odysseus, when he fought the Cyclops Polyphemus, and had put out the monster's eye. Polyphemus shouted in pain to the other Cyclopes of the island that "Nobody" was trying to kill him, so no one came to his rescue.

So I guess if nobody is attacking the urban artprint collectors scene, then nobody is to blame.

Feb 16, 2014 14:12:38 GMT 1 tartarus said:

Feb 16, 2014 12:31:10 GMT 1 Art Fan 2011 said:

Didn't everyone buy it because they "loved the image"?? Now there`s rumours it may be a JBOY, people seem less keen. If this had appeared on the JBOY site, as a JBOY, signed by JBOY and priced at £150 everyone would have laughed at it, if it even got a mention, but because no one knows who the artist is the world goes mad. Perhaps if an artist wants to make it big they should never sign there work and stay a secret?

As Outis remains a mystery, what`s to stop a gallery or anyone infact releasing another print allegedly from Outis? No-one can confirm nor deny that it is, surely this opens up the door to some serious profiteering and market manipulation. The "next" "Outis" print cannot be far away, and if "the official outis" (whoever he maybe) wants to cash in he better be quick because this bubble will burst big time very soon!

Outis is the art equivalent of the animal liberation front. They have no leader, no structure as such, they are a banner under which anyone can choose to protest against animal cruelty and for their rights. 

Based on that, and this stunt! Any artist or complete random has as much right to use the Outis moniker as anyone else. We could see a thousand print releases from different people and id bet a fair few would be hoovered up on here. 

So who knows, the next outis release could be from literally anyone!! Cant wait

I think that's the point, it's been used by artists and writers for hundreds of years to mean "nobody".

From wiki "Οὖτις" was used as a pseudonym by the Homeric hero Odysseus, when he fought the Cyclops Polyphemus, and had put out the monster's eye. Polyphemus shouted in pain to the other Cyclopes of the island that "Nobody" was trying to kill him, so no one came to his rescue.

So I guess if nobody is attacking the urban artprint collectors scene, then nobody is to blame.