Urban Art Association

Where have you been!? I wondered what you would think mike,We have sold quite a few so I think the pricing is quite on the money. The prints will be alot cheaper but I think that when you look at how much time one can take creating an original his probably only on a £7 an hour!!

Hi Nuart. Someone yesterday was comparing to Neate and Ralph Steadman, each to there own i guess! Do you not like any of them? Not even Happy meal. I dont think the pictures quite do the piece justice.

Neate and Steadman ? you are joking right ? Lupa needs to maybe go lock himself away in a room and work for maybe 5 or 10 years just repeating and repeating his lines etc... no way should this be in the public domain at 500 quid a pop at this stage, and no way should it be taken seriously on these boards.. Just my opinion of course. But tired of seeing all this lame work bandied around. I guess the policy is, "if you haven't got anything positive to say, then don't say it"... but that leads to fascism right ? "nice uniform"

Why is Lupa being discussed on here ? it's not urban, stencil, street, graff... why? cos he's ripped a bit of Neates style and someone thought they could flog it to board members.

Totally respect what your saying Nuart but The reason I put a thread up about him is that I know people had pm'd him about work as he writes on these boards. A few forum mebers have bought his work but I have sold to mostly non forum members.

Is that a Lupa avatar Dave ? he he



*apologies in advance for the rest of the days sarcastic posts... it was a rough weekend, it's either take it out on art or the girlfriend and kid. Speaking of which.. "Oi !, where's my fucking tea" !

I wish

don't mind debating it,hopefully lupa will get some feedback and produce better work..comparisions with neate and steadman hold no ground at all,as has been said..as for pricing,I think there is an element of 'if he can charge x then I can charge x' going on.. really OTT for whats on offer

Dont take offence! see artfortruth for a grilling!!!

take it as constructive criticism

but we dont know who priced the pieces.......

dave, no offence taken, this is what it's all about...

I cannot debate with people having positive and negative comments about this work. That is exactly what this forum is about. Art as always is down to an individuals taste which can vary with time and mood.

Money and price to a certain extent does not come into it (I wish they were cheaper also). If you do not like it you should not buy it. If it was cheaper would it make it better?

As for what it is painted on, what does that matter? People have been painting on cardboard and all sorts of materials for many years.

I still love Happy Meal and of course thats all that matters to me...... ;D ;D ;D

Keep up the good work Lupa...Rome was not conquered in a day

I like lupa's stuff, and people charge what they can get dont they? If he can get £400 a pop then good luck to him.
I personally think anyone who pays more than a grand for a mark rothko is throwing their money away, its just a few bars of different colour, but because he is a celebrated impressionist (and im sure someone could write an essay on each piece and the 'moods' the artist is conveying) his works sell for millions. A nice big thick splodge of orange, then a big bar of royal blue, with a thin line of green at the bottom. 3 million quid please. Now that takes the piss in my book. Art is worth whatever people are willing to pay.

if all but a few pieces have sold out, then £400 is clearly not over priced is it? and when the online gallery takes their cut that does not leave too much for lupa's efforts in my opinion.

Its naive to say that the name of an artist shouldnt matter, because it clearly does. Had adam neate been a total unknown his latest show would never have sold out at those prices, neither would micallefs LA show, but because of their popularity people are prepared to pay a fortune for their work (including me), but how much would you be willing to pay for your favourite piece if it was produced by an unknown artist. Take your favourite micallef of neate, one that probably cost £25,000 or more, if that exact same work was produced by a total unknown art student, would you even pay £2,500 for it?

If someone sees a Lupa piece that they absolutely love, then £400 is a bargain really isnt it? or is it all about the name?

I can't put my finger on what i like about Lupa's work, but i know what i like, and i really liked it the instant i saw it and that for me is a key factor if i am thinking of throwing my hard earned cash at it. I am guilty of buying prints on impulse in the past only to stash under the bed and try and offload a few months down the road, but i have changed my outlook, abandoned the bandwagon, and decided to be patient and wait for the stuff i really love to become available instead, and i LOVE portraits, the more surreal and different the better, and Lupas work fits the bill, my last three purchases have been a couple of Adam neate cide exhibition portraits, a Michael de feo original self portrait, and now Lupas loud and disorientated piece on cardboard (which i first saw about a month or so ago, and have been pestering Lupa about ever since!), i don't give a shit if Lupa is an unknown, his work has a place on my walls all day long, and if folk like it enough to buy it, they will, and have! (pricewise, yes a bit expensive for an unknown, but i personally prefer spending £400 on a one-off piece i like, albeit by an unknown artist, than £400 on a print from a run of 300 or so by a more established artist.)

Why did this thread move, just come out of a meeting and find amilas has a little section all of its own!(nice) I thought that was a great debate!