it's called integrity. Something I've always taken my hat off to them for having.

Buying on POW....brings back a ton of memories

Sad day, and very accurate reflection on how things have (inevitably) changed.

Very cool to be able to get your hands on a poster at poster prices, and hope they will release tons to flood the market and make fakes pointless...

Can't wait to see what they will release in the coming weeks.

 
What do you reckon? 100,000 entries? One entry per person though, I wonder how many people will use multiple email addresses? I entered once for me and the Mrs. But I guess other people will knock themselves out creating new email accounts etc.

The to be released Sale Ends is indeed radically reworked from the LA version.

That and the BLU were godsend for the fans

Not his best work but a hand finished Alexone for £45 is a bargain

Sad news! Looks like there's some real bargains to be had in the coming weeks and months. Wonder if they will do the same with the other remaining LA editions that were never released. Will finally see the glitter gorilla!

£20

Missed the Dolk Che ( Damn work, have read the Email but was not able to check the pow site

THE POW STORY

POW was started sixteen years ago by a loose collection of graffiti artists and illustrators shunned by the controlling influences of the day. Working from borrowed office space in East London we set about producing, promoting and distributing our own art.

The invention of the internet and the cardboard tube enabled us to circumvent the centuries-old grip of the established art world and we laid waste to their cronyism and vested interests and good taste. We delivered a new generation of art directly into people’s homes. Well, the Royal Mail did most of it.

Somewhere along the way we mastered our craft and many POW prints have become benchmarks within the industry. We pioneered the use of foil block, embossing and glitter colours and we were the first in the industry to use non-solvent based inks. We never put anything down the drain except effort.

Throughout it all POW has remained an independent, artist-run operation, organising landmark exhibitions and pioneering the concept of a shit pop-up shop long before it became fashionable.

However, inevitably disaster struck - and many of our artists became successful. Street Art was welcomed into mainstream culture with the benign shrug of a hippy parent. The clocks didn’t stop, society didn’t seem to improve or even care and the art we produced became another tradeable commodity, despite our best efforts at poor customer service and price fixing. Regrettably some POW prints have now become worth tens of thousands of pounds.

So this is it, the writing is on the wall. POW has proved unwilling or unable to become the sort of professional retail outlet that services a demand whether our hearts are in it or not. Its time to call it quits. Well, it was time to call it quits about three years ago, but hey...

Thanks for your interest, your patience and your custom. Please join us in our next venture.

x POW

Please join us in our next venture
Please join us in our next venture
Please join us in our next venture

Really surprised to see a Banksy print available for the average joe again. Hope i score one of these beauties to go straight up on my wall.
Good luck to everyone on the forum.

i cant even get in the site ..

Ditto, good luck to all. Lets not have any flipped on here if people are lucky eh? POW have been amazing over the years and this deserves some respect. It won't get it from all, but it deserves it.

Last ever POW Banksy release. Sad sad day.


Edit - that was Ditto to Karls post saying good luck to everyone on the forum.