Urban Art Association

LOL, hmmm.. not sure that reads how you intended Silk

Nah, you get negged cos we aint got any bullets

Reward? Its an art shop that sells prints, I bet if you had the chance of getting one you would. If you want reward points, go to Sainsburys.

It's a little childish, but I love it.

Oh, ok....why not. I'm not talking about someone getting rewarded for hoping on a subway and going to a shop in the city...what i said was if you are going to have an art show, an annual art show, and hold it in Bethlehem, and some of your ultra-loyal fans get enough money together to actually go to your extraordinary location, then yes, I think it would be nice if you "rewarded" those people with something a little special......and I dont know what Ssainburys is, but I'm sure it's very fancy......oh, and by the looks of things, looks like they raised the price of one of two banksy prints already.....reward? f**k that! charge more...charge so much so only people who live in homes with security gates around them can afford your paper

thanks, but if he thinks that Antony Micallef is just "a little childish", I'd hate to disrobe in his presence.....

Crikey... you're right!

this may sound like stupid question as I know very little about the people who live in Bethlehem, but do you think that any locals will be buying this art....do you think it will speak to them, so to speak?

Just bin searchin online for photos of Manger Square, Bethlehem -

I was talking about that particular work, not him in general. Micallef is a talented painter, something I realised a few years back and not just a few months back like most.

when is the shop gonna open?

and I don't think it's been there all along?

i've mainly just been reading bits and bobs this evening but i must say i think there is something a little bit dis-tasteful about this years ghetto.
if they put on a show for peole to go to to highlight the problems that exist in the west bank then great, but to play the game the way they know it exists is in poor tatse a little and i think it is somewhat exploitative.

anyone who ventures over there from anywhere further than an hour or so away, is going purely for the exclusive wares, not to go on a fact-finding mission, or to attempt to see life through the eyes of an everyday palestinian.
sure, if it's presence alone encourages a few to go and open their minds to how much of a struggle these people have to go through on a daily and weekly basis, then that surely must be a good thing.
to me, it looks like the commercial side of the operation is totally out of keeping with the so called message they are trying put across.

put on a show, let people come - for the right reasons - and raise some money for local causes. when you combine the two, in the same place i think you have a serious conflict of interests.

to add, the gold flag is a reject print, the trolley is on reject paper and that pigeon is just crap. no doubt the masses will be all over them like flies round shit but i would still have my reservations even if the art was class, the fact it is pretty lame makes it all the more tragic.

the print sales should be an aside, a by-product of the work on the wall.
sadly i think it will end up that the wall will be a by-product of the print sale.