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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by The Italian One on Mar 11, 2021 10:35:39 GMT 1, www.artsy.net/lorenzin-art/artist/blu has Headquarters print (standard edition) -- asking EU15,000 Headquarters print (unique variant of 30) -- contact for price plus a nice medium-ish sized drawing (21x30cm) -- asking EU40,000-50,000
thought it was 2 - 2.5k print
www.artsy.net/lorenzin-art/artist/blu has Headquarters print (standard edition) -- asking EU15,000 Headquarters print (unique variant of 30) -- contact for price plus a nice medium-ish sized drawing (21x30cm) -- asking EU40,000-50,000 15 k for a standard HQ?? thought it was 2 - 2.5k print |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by The Italian One on Mar 11, 2021 10:36:28 GMT 1, amazing works and rare very rare!! Imo i think engraving 10/15k and sketch book 5k!
amazing works and rare very rare!! Imo i think engraving 10/15k and sketch book 5k! no way 5k for the DVD! |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by sapi on Mar 12, 2021 22:04:36 GMT 1,    Etching 2/3 DVD 1/100 Anyone any idea on estimated value on these.
the DVD + a video monitor would allow you to have Muto on the wall (which is art historical and as good as anything Banksy or the others has ever made). it should be priced at least as high as Blu's top prints (or maybe the unique variants).
Etching 2/3 DVD 1/100 Anyone any idea on estimated value on these. the etchings are so rare, such a limited edition, and iconic Blu theme (without being painful to live with) that i believe they should be priced like the unique variant prints (eu20,000+ - someone should ask about the UV on artsy). the DVD + a video monitor would allow you to have Muto on the wall (which is art historical and as good as anything Banksy or the others has ever made). it should be priced at least as high as Blu's top prints (or maybe the unique variants). |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by sapi on Mar 12, 2021 22:18:37 GMT 1, www.artsy.net/lorenzin-art/artist/blu has Headquarters print (standard edition) -- asking EU15,000 Headquarters print (unique variant of 30) -- contact for price plus a nice medium-ish sized drawing (21x30cm) -- asking EU40,000-50,000 15 k for a standard HQ?? thought it was 2 - 2.5k print
www.artsy.net/lorenzin-art/artist/blu has Headquarters print (standard edition) -- asking EU15,000 Headquarters print (unique variant of 30) -- contact for price plus a nice medium-ish sized drawing (21x30cm) -- asking EU40,000-50,000 15 k for a standard HQ?? thought it was 2 - 2.5k print remember when a small (6.5x9") Banksy "Keep It Real" Monkey stencil painting on canvas was uk1000 and a larger (16x20") Girl hugging Bomb stencil painting on wood was uk2500 (just checked my email - i almost bought these in 2003). remember when his rats were ~ $150 (i told a friend he could just order online rather than buying from a shop in san francisco's lower haight (my friend never followed up and would have done better just acting at that moment)). everything that is increasing in value seems too expensive at first, particularly when compared to the past pricing. |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by hellfo on Mar 14, 2021 20:47:38 GMT 1, 15 k for a standard HQ?? thought it was 2 - 2.5k print remember when a small (6.5x9") Banksy "Keep It Real" Monkey stencil painting on canvas was uk1000 and a larger (16x20") Girl hugging Bomb stencil painting on wood was uk2500 (just checked my email - i almost bought these in 2003). remember when his rats were ~ $150 (i told a friend he could just order online rather than buying from a shop in san francisco's lower haight (my friend never followed up and would have done better just acting at that moment)). everything that is increasing in value seems too expensive at first, particularly when compared to the past pricing.
Ok but 15.000... nah.
15 k for a standard HQ?? thought it was 2 - 2.5k print remember when a small (6.5x9") Banksy "Keep It Real" Monkey stencil painting on canvas was uk1000 and a larger (16x20") Girl hugging Bomb stencil painting on wood was uk2500 (just checked my email - i almost bought these in 2003). remember when his rats were ~ $150 (i told a friend he could just order online rather than buying from a shop in san francisco's lower haight (my friend never followed up and would have done better just acting at that moment)). everything that is increasing in value seems too expensive at first, particularly when compared to the past pricing. Ok but 15.000... nah. |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by sapi on Mar 14, 2021 23:53:07 GMT 1, remember when a small (6.5x9") Banksy "Keep It Real" Monkey stencil painting on canvas was uk1000 and a larger (16x20") Girl hugging Bomb stencil painting on wood was uk2500 (just checked my email - i almost bought these in 2003). remember when his rats were ~ $150 (i told a friend he could just order online rather than buying from a shop in san francisco's lower haight (my friend never followed up and would have done better just acting at that moment)). everything that is increasing in value seems too expensive at first, particularly when compared to the past pricing. Ok but 15.000... nah.
at the same time, i strongly believe this price (and higher) are justified. this 2007 print by blu, related to his 2007 mural on the Tate Modern (www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/street-art/street-art-artists; ), is iconic and exceptional (akin to Rennes and Demos, the three prints that have unique variants, all which are related to giant iconic politically engaged murals he painted (including the many small things making up one large thing theme)). all blu prints are rare (less than 2000 editioned prints counting every print from every edition; i've seen lots of people searching for works by blu here and not much for sale (& found the same elsewhere on the web)). as i've noted before, blu is art historical/peer of the folks who blew up street art on the internet in the 2000s (Banksy, JR, Swoon, Os Gemeos, Shepherd Fairey...). all his peers produced a lot more for the market (while blu exited the market) and at some point serious street art collectors are going to be trying to fill the significant blu-sized-and-shaped holes in their collections and these prints (& that dvd) will trade on par with his peers. 15,000 for an iconic Banksy 2007 signed print in that edition seems ridiculously cheap, no?
gonna happen sometime. could be now. time will tell.
remember when a small (6.5x9") Banksy "Keep It Real" Monkey stencil painting on canvas was uk1000 and a larger (16x20") Girl hugging Bomb stencil painting on wood was uk2500 (just checked my email - i almost bought these in 2003). remember when his rats were ~ $150 (i told a friend he could just order online rather than buying from a shop in san francisco's lower haight (my friend never followed up and would have done better just acting at that moment)). everything that is increasing in value seems too expensive at first, particularly when compared to the past pricing. Ok but 15.000... nah. seems kind of high to me too, especially having engaged with the blu section of this board for a few years. i read some prices on Artsy to be overly optimistic but also take that as a signal of where things are going. at the same time, i strongly believe this price (and higher) are justified. this 2007 print by blu, related to his 2007 mural on the Tate Modern ( www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/street-art/street-art-artists; ), is iconic and exceptional (akin to Rennes and Demos, the three prints that have unique variants, all which are related to giant iconic politically engaged murals he painted (including the many small things making up one large thing theme)). all blu prints are rare (less than 2000 editioned prints counting every print from every edition; i've seen lots of people searching for works by blu here and not much for sale (& found the same elsewhere on the web)). as i've noted before, blu is art historical/peer of the folks who blew up street art on the internet in the 2000s (Banksy, JR, Swoon, Os Gemeos, Shepherd Fairey...). all his peers produced a lot more for the market (while blu exited the market) and at some point serious street art collectors are going to be trying to fill the significant blu-sized-and-shaped holes in their collections and these prints (& that dvd) will trade on par with his peers. 15,000 for an iconic Banksy 2007 signed print in that edition seems ridiculously cheap, no? gonna happen sometime. could be now. time will tell. |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by hellfo on Mar 15, 2021 8:35:41 GMT 1, seems kind of high to me too, especially having engaged with the blu section of this board for a few years. i read some prices on Artsy to be overly optimistic but also take that as a signal of where things are going. at the same time, i strongly believe this price (and higher) are justified. this 2007 print by blu, related to his 2007 mural on the Tate Modern ( www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/street-art/street-art-artists; ), is iconic and exceptional (akin to Rennes and Demos, the three prints that have unique variants, all which are related to giant iconic politically engaged murals he painted (including the many small things making up one large thing theme)). all blu prints are rare (less than 2000 editioned prints counting every print from every edition; i've seen lots of people searching for works by blu here and not much for sale (& found the same elsewhere on the web)). as i've noted before, blu is art historical/peer of the folks who blew up street art on the internet in the 2000s (Banksy, JR, Swoon, Os Gemeos, Shepherd Fairey...). all his peers produced a lot more for the market (while blu exited the market) and at some point serious street art collectors are going to be trying to fill the significant blu-sized-and-shaped holes in their collections and these prints (& that dvd) will trade on par with his peers. 15,000 for an iconic Banksy 2007 signed print in that edition seems ridiculously cheap, no? gonna happen sometime. could be now. time will tell.
I hope you're right. In my opinion, blu is right behind banksy.
seems kind of high to me too, especially having engaged with the blu section of this board for a few years. i read some prices on Artsy to be overly optimistic but also take that as a signal of where things are going. at the same time, i strongly believe this price (and higher) are justified. this 2007 print by blu, related to his 2007 mural on the Tate Modern ( www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/street-art/street-art-artists; ), is iconic and exceptional (akin to Rennes and Demos, the three prints that have unique variants, all which are related to giant iconic politically engaged murals he painted (including the many small things making up one large thing theme)). all blu prints are rare (less than 2000 editioned prints counting every print from every edition; i've seen lots of people searching for works by blu here and not much for sale (& found the same elsewhere on the web)). as i've noted before, blu is art historical/peer of the folks who blew up street art on the internet in the 2000s (Banksy, JR, Swoon, Os Gemeos, Shepherd Fairey...). all his peers produced a lot more for the market (while blu exited the market) and at some point serious street art collectors are going to be trying to fill the significant blu-sized-and-shaped holes in their collections and these prints (& that dvd) will trade on par with his peers. 15,000 for an iconic Banksy 2007 signed print in that edition seems ridiculously cheap, no? gonna happen sometime. could be now. time will tell. I hope you're right. In my opinion, blu is right behind banksy. |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by denada on Mar 15, 2021 10:26:24 GMT 1, BLU's place in the canon is secure. But in my opinion he is too niche for a near or even mid term breakout. BLU is intentionally keeping his market niche. He's a socialist. Phlegm, heavily influenced by BLU as he was, has adopted largely the same approach to his market as BLU.
I agree.
The issue with Blu is not his talent, it is his temperament.
He's up there with the greats of this 'scene' in terms of quality. You just have to go through his Minima Muralia book to see he has the history, pedigree, and volume of work to be considered one of the biggest stars in street art.
But he doesn't want to be a 'star'.
In fact, he would most likely find this thread talking up his prices nauseating.
Look at his history - he hates consumerism. From writing 'don't feed the sponsors' aimed at the likes of Nissan (I think) who sponsored the street art exhibition at the Tate Modern. To trashing his own works to stop developers using his murals as part of a development in Berlin, and destroying his own work in his home town. He even painted over his 'Art in the Street's wall.
He's uncompromising to his values to the detriment of his art 'career'.
He doesn't want a market, hence no more prints.
The most successful artists are often aspirational and work the art market to meet their own aims. Either by hopping gallery representation to get to the top of the tree, or by setting record prices at auction.
I can't see either by Blu. If prices started to raise, I could imagine Blu flooding his own market.
It's actually refreshing to see a artist 'keep it real' at the detriment to personal wealth and fame.
He's old school punk rock in a world of manufactured pop trash.
Collect Blu because you love his work and want to live with it. No matter what the future value is, his work is and will always be special (even if it's only to a niche market of collectors).
BLU's place in the canon is secure. But in my opinion he is too niche for a near or even mid term breakout. BLU is intentionally keeping his market niche. He's a socialist. Phlegm, heavily influenced by BLU as he was, has adopted largely the same approach to his market as BLU.
I agree.
The issue with Blu is not his talent, it is his temperament.
He's up there with the greats of this 'scene' in terms of quality. You just have to go through his Minima Muralia book to see he has the history, pedigree, and volume of work to be considered one of the biggest stars in street art.
But he doesn't want to be a 'star'.
In fact, he would most likely find this thread talking up his prices nauseating.
Look at his history - he hates consumerism. From writing 'don't feed the sponsors' aimed at the likes of Nissan (I think) who sponsored the street art exhibition at the Tate Modern. To trashing his own works to stop developers using his murals as part of a development in Berlin, and destroying his own work in his home town. He even painted over his 'Art in the Street's wall.
He's uncompromising to his values to the detriment of his art 'career'.
He doesn't want a market, hence no more prints.
The most successful artists are often aspirational and work the art market to meet their own aims. Either by hopping gallery representation to get to the top of the tree, or by setting record prices at auction.
I can't see either by Blu. If prices started to raise, I could imagine Blu flooding his own market.
It's actually refreshing to see a artist 'keep it real' at the detriment to personal wealth and fame.
He's old school punk rock in a world of manufactured pop trash.
Collect Blu because you love his work and want to live with it. No matter what the future value is, his work is and will always be special (even if it's only to a niche market of collectors).
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by denada on Mar 15, 2021 10:33:14 GMT 1, I am going to email BLU a link to this thread 😁
I've always wondered what Blu thought about collectors / enthusiasts for his work.
It seems that we (as consumers) are everything that he hates about the art world.
It would certainly be a interesting conversation.
I am going to email BLU a link to this thread 😁
I've always wondered what Blu thought about collectors / enthusiasts for his work.
It seems that we (as consumers) are everything that he hates about the art world.
It would certainly be a interesting conversation.
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by The Italian One on Mar 15, 2021 10:57:15 GMT 1, I am going to email BLU a link to this thread 😁
I've always wondered what Blu thought about collectors / enthusiasts for his work.
It seems that we (as consumers) are everything that he hates about the art world.
It would certainly be a interesting conversation.
he went to him telling how much he lowed his work and that he likes to collect his art.
BLU reply was just: - "FUCK OFF I hate people collecting art!!"
I think that this reaction was just after the experience with galleries (Patricia, studio cromie , lazarides and POW) soon after he left the art market.
He is the last 100% pure artist.
Even if I do not understand his choice, and I know he simple hates collector, I still think he is one of the best artist in the world!
I am going to email BLU a link to this thread 😁
I've always wondered what Blu thought about collectors / enthusiasts for his work.
It seems that we (as consumers) are everything that he hates about the art world.
It would certainly be a interesting conversation.
there is a member on here who once spoke with BLU back in the days, he went to him telling how much he lowed his work and that he likes to collect his art. BLU reply was just: - "FUCK OFF I hate people collecting art!!" I think that this reaction was just after the experience with galleries (Patricia, studio cromie , lazarides and POW) soon after he left the art market. He is the last 100% pure artist. Even if I do not understand his choice, and I know he simple hates collector, I still think he is one of the best artist in the world! |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Peter Bengtsen on Mar 15, 2021 11:25:48 GMT 1, BLU's place in the canon is secure. But in my opinion he is too niche for a near or even mid term breakout. BLU is intentionally keeping his market niche. He's a socialist. Phlegm, heavily influenced by BLU as he was, has adopted largely the same approach to his market as BLU. I agree. The issue with Blu is not his talent, it is his temperament. He's up there with the greats of this 'scene' in terms of quality. You just have to go through his Minima Muralia book to see he has the history, pedigree, and volume of work to be considered one of the biggest stars in street art. But he doesn't want to be a 'star'. In fact, he would most likely find this thread talking up his prices nauseating.
Look at his history - he hates consumerism. From writing 'don't feed the sponsors' aimed at the likes of Nissan (I think) who sponsored the street art exhibition at the Tate Modern. To trashing his own works to stop developers using his murals as part of a development in Berlin, and destroying his own work in his home town. He even painted over his 'Art in the Street's wall.
He's uncompromising to his values to the detriment of his art 'career'.
He doesn't want a market, hence no more prints. The most successful artists are often aspirational and work the art market to meet their own aims. Either by hopping gallery representation to get to the top of the tree, or by setting record prices at auction. I can't see either by Blu. If prices started to raise, I could imagine Blu flooding his own market. It's actually refreshing to see a artist 'keep it real' at the detriment to personal wealth and fame. He's old school punk rock in a world of manufactured pop trash.
Collect Blu because you love his work and want to live with it. No matter what the future value is, his work is and will always be special (even if it's only to a niche market of collectors).
Bl u did not erase his mural at Art in the Streets. Excerpt from his blog at the time: 
BLU's place in the canon is secure. But in my opinion he is too niche for a near or even mid term breakout. BLU is intentionally keeping his market niche. He's a socialist. Phlegm, heavily influenced by BLU as he was, has adopted largely the same approach to his market as BLU. I agree. The issue with Blu is not his talent, it is his temperament. He's up there with the greats of this 'scene' in terms of quality. You just have to go through his Minima Muralia book to see he has the history, pedigree, and volume of work to be considered one of the biggest stars in street art. But he doesn't want to be a 'star'. In fact, he would most likely find this thread talking up his prices nauseating.
Look at his history - he hates consumerism. From writing 'don't feed the sponsors' aimed at the likes of Nissan (I think) who sponsored the street art exhibition at the Tate Modern. To trashing his own works to stop developers using his murals as part of a development in Berlin, and destroying his own work in his home town. He even painted over his 'Art in the Street's wall.
He's uncompromising to his values to the detriment of his art 'career'.
He doesn't want a market, hence no more prints. The most successful artists are often aspirational and work the art market to meet their own aims. Either by hopping gallery representation to get to the top of the tree, or by setting record prices at auction. I can't see either by Blu. If prices started to raise, I could imagine Blu flooding his own market. It's actually refreshing to see a artist 'keep it real' at the detriment to personal wealth and fame. He's old school punk rock in a world of manufactured pop trash.
Collect Blu because you love his work and want to live with it. No matter what the future value is, his work is and will always be special (even if it's only to a niche market of collectors).
Bl u did not erase his mural at Art in the Streets. Excerpt from his blog at the time: |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by denada on Mar 15, 2021 11:33:44 GMT 1, I agree. The issue with Blu is not his talent, it is his temperament. He's up there with the greats of this 'scene' in terms of quality. You just have to go through his Minima Muralia book to see he has the history, pedigree, and volume of work to be considered one of the biggest stars in street art. But he doesn't want to be a 'star'. In fact, he would most likely find this thread talking up his prices nauseating.
Look at his history - he hates consumerism. From writing 'don't feed the sponsors' aimed at the likes of Nissan (I think) who sponsored the street art exhibition at the Tate Modern. To trashing his own works to stop developers using his murals as part of a development in Berlin, and destroying his own work in his home town. He even painted over his 'Art in the Street's wall.
He's uncompromising to his values to the detriment of his art 'career'.
He doesn't want a market, hence no more prints. The most successful artists are often aspirational and work the art market to meet their own aims. Either by hopping gallery representation to get to the top of the tree, or by setting record prices at auction. I can't see either by Blu. If prices started to raise, I could imagine Blu flooding his own market. It's actually refreshing to see a artist 'keep it real' at the detriment to personal wealth and fame. He's old school punk rock in a world of manufactured pop trash.
Collect Blu because you love his work and want to live with it. No matter what the future value is, his work is and will always be special (even if it's only to a niche market of collectors).
Bl u did not erase his mural at Art in the Streets. Excerpt from his blog at the time: Thanks for the clarification, my memory isn't what it once was.
2010 seems like a lifetime ago.
I agree. The issue with Blu is not his talent, it is his temperament. He's up there with the greats of this 'scene' in terms of quality. You just have to go through his Minima Muralia book to see he has the history, pedigree, and volume of work to be considered one of the biggest stars in street art. But he doesn't want to be a 'star'. In fact, he would most likely find this thread talking up his prices nauseating.
Look at his history - he hates consumerism. From writing 'don't feed the sponsors' aimed at the likes of Nissan (I think) who sponsored the street art exhibition at the Tate Modern. To trashing his own works to stop developers using his murals as part of a development in Berlin, and destroying his own work in his home town. He even painted over his 'Art in the Street's wall.
He's uncompromising to his values to the detriment of his art 'career'.
He doesn't want a market, hence no more prints. The most successful artists are often aspirational and work the art market to meet their own aims. Either by hopping gallery representation to get to the top of the tree, or by setting record prices at auction. I can't see either by Blu. If prices started to raise, I could imagine Blu flooding his own market. It's actually refreshing to see a artist 'keep it real' at the detriment to personal wealth and fame. He's old school punk rock in a world of manufactured pop trash.
Collect Blu because you love his work and want to live with it. No matter what the future value is, his work is and will always be special (even if it's only to a niche market of collectors).
Bl u did not erase his mural at Art in the Streets. Excerpt from his blog at the time: Thanks for the clarification, my memory isn't what it once was.
2010 seems like a lifetime ago.
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by sapi on Mar 15, 2021 19:47:45 GMT 1,
I've always wondered what Blu thought about collectors / enthusiasts for his work.
It seems that we (as consumers) are everything that he hates about the art world.
It would certainly be a interesting conversation.
there is a member on here who once spoke with BLU back in the days, he went to him telling how much he lowed his work and that he likes to collect his art. BLU reply was just: - "FUCK OFF I hate people collecting art!!" I think that this reaction was just after the experience with galleries (Patricia, studio cromie , lazarides and POW) soon after he left the art market. He is the last 100% pure artist. Even if I do not understand his choice, and I know he simple hates collector, I still think he is one of the best artist in the world!
Blu sold original drawings and prints into the art market, making significant bank (e.g., some of the small drawings, which might have taken 1-2 hours to make, yielded Blu over 1000eu each (after gallery split), some yielded 3800eu (sold outside of gallery split)).
Blu's subsequent decision to opt out of the art market does not somehow invalidate his prior sales. a buyer who later regrets a purchase cannot demand their money back from an artist (and if you have been collecting for some time, you, like me, will have work you have purchased in the past that you would happily sell back to the artist at costs, but no luck there). similarly, an artist who subsequently regrets a sale cannot later cancel the sale (and Blu has not tried this - e.g., he could seek to repurchase works he previously released into the market or got POW to cancel the remainder of his print releases, but did not).
the work now functions as art commodity. Blu's opting out of the market has limited the development of his market (with few galleries pushing the work and/or handling resale; with less opportunities for trend-setting collectors to acquire the work). the art market likes dead artists, in part, because there is a built in limit to supply and they can evaluate what is the best work/ensure that no better work is coming up to undercut the value of what they have, and this allows them to corner the valuable areas. Blu's opting out creates similar conditions - which could be the perfect storm - while Blu continues to build his brand (as his recent mural book establishes, he continues to produce his best murals and stands out from the all the noise in global street art world as innovator).
if Blu seeks to counter this by flooding the market, that will be awesome (we will see more blu work and might find works we want to live with available for sale). it might slow his market but it could also kick it into high gear (lack of supply is a major limit currently to anyone trying to sell Blu's work). it would take a long term flood to catch up to his peers in terms of works in the market (how many total editioned prints - counting every print from every edition - has Banksy released? or Shepherd Fairey? must be over 100,000 (while for Blu it is less than 2000)).
the threat to share this thread with Blu is impotent. Blu doesn't care what we think (i doubt he would read it) and we already expect he will hate it. so what? Banksy must hate most of the commentary on this message board (which i do not follow closely - are people suggesting making money is contrary to Banksy's values and threatening to expose those threads to him? what a joke).
Njideka Akunyili Crosby complained about people reselling her work (in the documentary The Price of Everything), noting she would prefer to sell her work to museums (wouldn't we all). the price of her works also went from ~ $5k to over $1m each and she now has a long line of museums queueing to buy her works. even established artists making millions on the primary market (like Gerhard Richter) complain about the contemporary art market (while continuing to make work for that market and take the profit). no one is complaining in the beginning, when they are struggling to sell work and support themselves. most artists never reach the stage where they can support themselves with their art and would aspire to be in the position where they have to deal with problems that arise from having an active secondary market with increasing values.
we have a global art community because people buy art (supporting a broad range of artists in their creative pursuits). part of the incentive for folks buying art (and keeping up with the art market on boards like this) is that the art may increase in value over time (and turn a profit, or show their art collecting prowess, or be a great museum donation with tax benefits). that incentive leads to the funding and creation of a lot more art.
in addition, as the value of work increases, the protection of the work (for future generations) also increases (people protect art when it is valuable over longer time periods and are less protective of work they do not see as valuable). if you love Blu's work and want it to be preserved, you should want the value to increase (i was extremely relieved when i saw a Margaret Kilgallen cluster sell for over $400k - not because i own her work (i was too late), but because it signaled to me that more of her work will be valued and preserved for the future). i cited the fact that Blu's drawings are worth over $10k on this board when encouraging someone to reframe a drawing with UV glass (and now it looks like that drawing is worth a lot more).
Blu is art historical and will be recognized as such (unlike most of the artists on this message board - who are not expanding the scope of what art can be but instead fitting into the framework built by the leaders of street art). at some point his market will catch up to this (which could happen in the next year, or by 2025, or 2030 or ...). time will tell.
I've always wondered what Blu thought about collectors / enthusiasts for his work.
It seems that we (as consumers) are everything that he hates about the art world.
It would certainly be a interesting conversation.
there is a member on here who once spoke with BLU back in the days, he went to him telling how much he lowed his work and that he likes to collect his art. BLU reply was just: - "FUCK OFF I hate people collecting art!!" I think that this reaction was just after the experience with galleries (Patricia, studio cromie , lazarides and POW) soon after he left the art market. He is the last 100% pure artist. Even if I do not understand his choice, and I know he simple hates collector, I still think he is one of the best artist in the world! right! blu opted out of the art market, hates collectors (& their accumulation of money), we get it (it has been mentioned many times on this board and everyone is in agreement). Blu sold original drawings and prints into the art market, making significant bank (e.g., some of the small drawings, which might have taken 1-2 hours to make, yielded Blu over 1000eu each (after gallery split), some yielded 3800eu (sold outside of gallery split)). Blu's subsequent decision to opt out of the art market does not somehow invalidate his prior sales. a buyer who later regrets a purchase cannot demand their money back from an artist (and if you have been collecting for some time, you, like me, will have work you have purchased in the past that you would happily sell back to the artist at costs, but no luck there). similarly, an artist who subsequently regrets a sale cannot later cancel the sale (and Blu has not tried this - e.g., he could seek to repurchase works he previously released into the market or got POW to cancel the remainder of his print releases, but did not). the work now functions as art commodity. Blu's opting out of the market has limited the development of his market (with few galleries pushing the work and/or handling resale; with less opportunities for trend-setting collectors to acquire the work). the art market likes dead artists, in part, because there is a built in limit to supply and they can evaluate what is the best work/ensure that no better work is coming up to undercut the value of what they have, and this allows them to corner the valuable areas. Blu's opting out creates similar conditions - which could be the perfect storm - while Blu continues to build his brand (as his recent mural book establishes, he continues to produce his best murals and stands out from the all the noise in global street art world as innovator). if Blu seeks to counter this by flooding the market, that will be awesome (we will see more blu work and might find works we want to live with available for sale). it might slow his market but it could also kick it into high gear (lack of supply is a major limit currently to anyone trying to sell Blu's work). it would take a long term flood to catch up to his peers in terms of works in the market (how many total editioned prints - counting every print from every edition - has Banksy released? or Shepherd Fairey? must be over 100,000 (while for Blu it is less than 2000)). the threat to share this thread with Blu is impotent. Blu doesn't care what we think (i doubt he would read it) and we already expect he will hate it. so what? Banksy must hate most of the commentary on this message board (which i do not follow closely - are people suggesting making money is contrary to Banksy's values and threatening to expose those threads to him? what a joke). Njideka Akunyili Crosby complained about people reselling her work (in the documentary The Price of Everything), noting she would prefer to sell her work to museums (wouldn't we all). the price of her works also went from ~ $5k to over $1m each and she now has a long line of museums queueing to buy her works. even established artists making millions on the primary market (like Gerhard Richter) complain about the contemporary art market (while continuing to make work for that market and take the profit). no one is complaining in the beginning, when they are struggling to sell work and support themselves. most artists never reach the stage where they can support themselves with their art and would aspire to be in the position where they have to deal with problems that arise from having an active secondary market with increasing values. we have a global art community because people buy art (supporting a broad range of artists in their creative pursuits). part of the incentive for folks buying art (and keeping up with the art market on boards like this) is that the art may increase in value over time (and turn a profit, or show their art collecting prowess, or be a great museum donation with tax benefits). that incentive leads to the funding and creation of a lot more art. in addition, as the value of work increases, the protection of the work (for future generations) also increases (people protect art when it is valuable over longer time periods and are less protective of work they do not see as valuable). if you love Blu's work and want it to be preserved, you should want the value to increase (i was extremely relieved when i saw a Margaret Kilgallen cluster sell for over $400k - not because i own her work (i was too late), but because it signaled to me that more of her work will be valued and preserved for the future). i cited the fact that Blu's drawings are worth over $10k on this board when encouraging someone to reframe a drawing with UV glass (and now it looks like that drawing is worth a lot more). Blu is art historical and will be recognized as such (unlike most of the artists on this message board - who are not expanding the scope of what art can be but instead fitting into the framework built by the leaders of street art). at some point his market will catch up to this (which could happen in the next year, or by 2025, or 2030 or ...). time will tell. |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by sapi on Mar 15, 2021 23:12:59 GMT 1, BLU remains aloof from the whole thing. Phlegm takes things a step further though and actively works to bring his market down with posts like this: http://instagr.am/p/CMc6DRwne91
BLU remains aloof from the whole thing. Phlegm takes things a step further though and actively works to bring his market down with posts like this: http://instagr.am/p/CMc6DRwne91 another difference - Blu posting a drawerful of new editions would be celebrated on this board (we want more editioned Blu art in the world (and uneditioned), more Blu murals, more Blu animations, not less). and longer term, a drawerful of new editions is not overproduction and Phlegm is not damaging anything with that post other than short term flipping (but this is not a Phlegm thread) |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by teopozzi on Mar 18, 2021 0:45:20 GMT 1, www.instagram.com/blupxls/
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Skizz 82 on Mar 18, 2021 12:13:33 GMT 1, The article was removed but i ve read the Google cash Copy....they say pxl was a collective to which blu belongs but since it has been removed I doubt it is verified
The article was removed but i ve read the Google cash Copy....they say pxl was a collective to which blu belongs but since it has been removed I doubt it is verified
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Skizz 82 on Apr 3, 2021 12:55:11 GMT 1, Anyone knows who printed this in Colombia?
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by qkz on Apr 3, 2021 13:28:23 GMT 1, Anyone knows who printed this in Colombia?
I tried to ask at LALINTERNA CALI, but it's not their work
Anyone knows who printed this in Colombia? I tried to ask at LALINTERNA CALI, but it's not their work |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Skizz 82 on Apr 3, 2021 13:30:08 GMT 1, Anyone knows who printed this in Colombia? I tried to ask at LALINTERNA CALI, but it's not their work
Anyone knows who printed this in Colombia? I tried to ask at LALINTERNA CALI, but it's not their work yes, in fact, I also thought of them since they are also friends of ericailcane |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by sapi on Apr 3, 2021 19:05:45 GMT 1, untitled Blu print from his time in Columbia (<--link to Blu's blog post with this work) (happy it is framed as you can see the paper is very thin and was worn at the edges - as it was when i got it)  IMG_7669 by streetart postinternetAnyone knows who printed this in Colombia?
blu posted photos of the printer/printing on his blog. i see the link to the archive of Blu's blog no longer works, but luckily i screencapped it
untitled Blu print from his time in Columbia (<--link to Blu's blog post with this work) (happy it is framed as you can see the paper is very thin and was worn at the edges - as it was when i got it) IMG_7669 by streetart postinternetAnyone knows who printed this in Colombia? blu posted photos of the printer/printing on his blog. i see the link to the archive of Blu's blog no longer works, but luckily i screencapped it |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Skizz 82 on Apr 3, 2021 19:17:58 GMT 1, Sapi you are a superdatabase about blu....better than minima muralia
Thanks
Sapi you are a superdatabase about blu....better than minima muralia
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Reader on Apr 4, 2021 19:36:29 GMT 1,
A rare beast from the man himself. As far as I know the only one signed.
Blu - for the birthday of the library room, 13th December 2006
size : 98 x 68cm
2006
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A rare beast from the man himself. As far as I know the only one signed. Blu - for the birthday of the library room, 13th December 2006 size : 98 x 68cm 2006 offset lithograph |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by Skizz 82 on Apr 4, 2021 19:39:08 GMT 1, Priceless!🔝🔝
Priceless!🔝🔝
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by aml on Apr 5, 2021 1:47:29 GMT 1, Bump
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by The Italian One on Apr 5, 2021 13:13:55 GMT 1, A rare beast from the man himself. As far as I know the only one signed. Blu - for the birthday of the library room, 13th December 2006 size : 98 x 68cm 2006 offset lithograph
please tell story behind this 
A rare beast from the man himself. As far as I know the only one signed. Blu - for the birthday of the library room, 13th December 2006 size : 98 x 68cm 2006 offset lithograph how did you get it signed? please tell story behind this |
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Blu 🇮🇹 Bologna Street Art • Print Release • Art For Sale, by teopozzi on Apr 7, 2021 0:20:23 GMT 1, maybe you can find some info here
www.megunica.org/traveldiary.php
in the movie "megunica" in order of appearance is a list of people they met :
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