I think by comparing him to MBW you are paying JJ Adams a massive compliment... And to be clear, I cannot stand MBW

Can't believe anyone would use the word "investment" in the same thread as JJ. We should start our "make your own" thread again...that was fun

there is no "next Banksy"...

so when I say investment that my colour Diana that I bought for £375 is worth 3k plus or my c3po I bought for £895 is worth 5k plus
Hmmmmm Mr business man please teach me

Wow those sound like amazing investments! You should probably hang onto them for a few more years I reckon the Diana will be worth £8k+ and the c3po will definitely 100% be worth £15k+

So so incredible. Let me know the next pieces that are good investments I'll pop down to my nearest shopping centre and see if they have any on their pop up stands next to the last supper with superman and batman round the table

Just to remind everyone that this is a sales thread.

If you want to discuss JJ Adams you can do so here:
urbanartassociation.com/thread/129140/jj-adams?page=1

Please keep this thread for sales only and please take any insults to PM.

message me pal

Quite possibly the greatest post of all time. Bravo sir

Purchase what you like and want to see on your own walls!

DON'T listen to the opinion of others.
You're not hanging it on their walls.

Again, buy what YOU like!

pogop — I think you make excellent points about the opening of doors and everyone having to start somewhere.

There are certain individuals — whether it's those whose work I respect such as Banksy, or those whose work I actively dislike such as Mr Brainwash — who are remarkably effective as gateway artists. They manage to capture the imagination of people, including those who might not otherwise take an interest in art.

For many enthusiasts and collectors, their introduction to art may have been through one of these artists. The relevant work could be witty or topical, but more importantly it's generally accessible and easily understandable. And for someone who might know little or nothing about art, that is both their welcome mat and open door. From this initiation, and building upon this foundation, they're likely to learn about other street artists or graffiti writers. Later, their interests may broaden to encompass Pop Art or blue-chip Contemporary Art.

With the gradual accumulation of knowledge comes greater confidence. And then, rather suddenly, museums and galleries and auction houses that once felt quite intimidating become far less so. This in turn encourages further curiosity, experiences, and the opening of many more previously-undiscovered doors like, say, Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, Post Impressionism or Photography.

It becomes an ever-expanding tentacle process of interest and learning. I would compare art to other subjects, like geopolitical history, or even memorising the streets and landmarks of a city. It can be overwhelming, there's just so much to absorb. So you keep things simple and basic at first. You start off with the big names and events. And little by little, the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place. You begin to appreciate and even understand the interrelationships between separate specialised areas of study.

Eventually, you end up with a broader view, or at least a sense of it. And that's when the proper fun begins, when you can start refocussing again on the details, on the minutiae — but this time with the added advantage of knowing how and where it all fits within the bigger picture.

One of the exciting things for me is reconsidering and re-evaluating work I initially liked or disliked. For example, art I may have found incredibly attractive when first viewed in a vacuum, in isolation, quickly loses its appeal if I later discover that the style or underlying concept plagiarises or is too similar to the work of artistic predecessors.

Now, as a collector, if — in a prior state of beautiful and blissful ignorance — I had originally spent £50 on such derivative art (perhaps heeding the often thought-terminating and mantra-like, clichéd advice of "Buy what you like!"), I would simply laugh this off and put it down as a learning experience. A little embarrassing, but just one those commonplace things; no real harm done. On the other hand, if I had originally spent £500 or £5,000 on such derivative art, you can bet that I'd be cursing myself for having been an easily-led moron.

It's a reason why I value so much the contrarian voices on the forum. Even if I don't necessarily agree with them, they make me think and ask myself more questions.

All of us are permanent students here, some possibly wiser than others. And that's part of the beauty of this place.

I hope your future adventures are as fulfilling as mine have been thus far.

Not too my taste.

Taking an iconic Ali picture and photo shopping random things in doesn't do it for me.

Anyone got a JJ Adams - Dance with the devil regular or rainbow edition they want to sell ? ....please PM if you have.
Im based in London.

Thanks

LL

His work always reminds me of an intro to Photoshop homework assignment. The day you learn about compositing, changing the layer from normal to multiply which magically makes anything white invisible and the how to use the transform and warp tool. That's probably how he got those god awful tattoos on them.

But if that's your thing and you like the image buy it. Who cares what other people thinks. You have to look at it on your wall everyday, not us.

lol that is pretty funny mate