If it is any of the people claiming that made this print, why have they not updated the outis website or the outis Facebook page with the information?

.....someone can always send it to pest control when it arrives

He would not get involved or put his name anywhere near this nonsense.

His name was never mentioned at release. As soon as someone releases a print with a bit of mystique, people think its banksy.

banksy would never be that obvious! Get real.

people thinking he will do a stunt like central park again, get real. 

Account is still active... so i think JPS is not banned. 

Are you Outis?

I wonder what the response would would be but would be pretty dam funny

I know you can block members but does anybody know if there is a way to block a thread?

Good post

i have absolutely nothing to add

äähhh...28 pages of something...what's going on here? Wasn't able to follow the thread from the start and way too lazy to read it all up. Can someone post a short summary?

it is not Banksy, it never was, non-one who knows anything seriously thought it was EVER (after the very first limited speculation).  The first posts in this thread are not about if this is or is not Banksy.  They are about is this marketing practice deceptive and if so how deceptive is it.   Who the artist is is irrelevant and always has been.  The marketing scheme an artist used has always been the issue.  The way out has nothing to do with Banksy

The way to stop all this is for GP to say, we are sorry we participated in this nonsense. We promise not to work with the artist again.  We dont condone the marketing technique used to create initial buzz for this print.  We made a mistake in going forward with a release under these circumstances, and if you are unhappy with your print we are happy to issue you a refund and move along.

In all likelihood the artist is someone that no-one has ever heard of and was looking too make a splash. Graffiti Prints likely knows exactly who it is, was aware of the marketing plan and agreed to release the print because they thought the image was not bad and it would be a good chuckle.  They probably thought things would not get out of hand.  Im sure they felt boxed in and decided to go on the defensive, but probably should have pulled the plug once it did.

All that said, if you keep it all in perspective i do love they way some others have cashed in on the hoopla, and good on them for doing so.  Anyone who can cash in on it should, by releasing prints signed by the artist formerly known as outis, or signed as AP, or who cares what.  The brand OUTIS has been completely devalued (if it ever had any). Ill be hanging my Butt Hurt print proudly, and if the middle gets released at a reasonable price i might consider it as well.  Love Hurts was always overpriced at 90 gbp plus shipping.  Jboy claiming to be outis just to get a rise out of GP is funnier than the original gag, and GP is just silly for taking the bait and not simply saying we are 99.9% it is not Jboy.

G,

im not sure you really believe this.  As a guy who owns some truly amazing stuff, im sure you would be very unhappy if you found out a gallery you were dealing with on a big ticket piece is willing to engage in such a thing.

If a reputable gallery put out a piece that looked like a working living artist that was signed anonymous, im thinking you would take exception.  There is nothing stopping Gagosian from releasing an unsigned print that looks a lot like a Hirst or Koons, or Murakami as an unsigned numbered print other than it would be bad form and reputation suicide.  We are 99.9% sure this dot print is not a Hirst, but i cant say for sure, we just found a stack of them in a back.  $1500 apiece and a bargain at that price

Maybe a bad example as hirst probably has not actually painted his own dots in some time, so an unsigned one is probably as legitimate as a signed one in a lot of ways.  Heck if an assistant wanted to sell me an unsigned canvas out of the back door of the studio i would probably buy it

maddog-

Maybe you are not giving me enough credit as to how many brain cells I have in my head or maybe I need to be more clear. Lol.

I wouldn't spend a lot of money on something by "Outis" not knowing who or what is behind all of it. But would I spend a little bit on a print image I liked? Yes. The amount of money I paid for this print has been worth every penny just for all of this hoopla. It's been entertaining to say the least (at least to me).

Yes then why the .01% chance still that its a banksy why not just say its 100% not banksy just like you have done with jboy and jps