Clearly states acetates to be retired, never to be used again?
Should of just released prints in the initial release, at least people that genuinely wanted a deck can pick some up cheap now

$8k 😂😂

surely £20000 at tateward?

people spending this amount without knowing the market or the artist deserve to be burnt

Stowe care to comment, 8k for a worthless print with no resale value and 3 skateboards you can pick up for under a 100 quid on ebay, albeit different colours is quite frankly taking the p

So Stowe .....

You think deleting instagram comments will stop people finding out the utter scam this is?

You (Stowe) really need to comment on this blatant rip off

Authorized by who?
On this thread someone posted pest controls response that the re-releases of the clown image was not authorized, just around in circles.

So it’s ok to bootleg an image if it doesn’t cost so much?

Lets see where all you clowns really at.

I’m interested in buying a test press set. Tonight! I’ll give you wire or since were talking fakes be real authorized images. I’ll give a full set of Bristol Museum posters. Dorothy klansman david copper and MP. And I have two full sets of them. And a bunch of the folded DP. Posters. Each of these £10 is worth more than any wcp to me & should to you to. F2F ONLY! NYC.

while all the experts here are busy slating Clown, here's a little idea of what they have been doing with their profits, a lot of investment in the skate community:

www.clownskateboards.com/inaction

I'd be very surprised if they have fallen out with Banksy

Thread momentum regained, 100 pages at least….

lol
Coming from someone with good form on the bristol protest thread and quite a few other threads with abuse

excuse me? 

were you one of the instagram posters then being immediately deflective - would not surprise me

I'd assume Banksy designed the logo to put on their products, but not become the product.

If I were Banksy I think I'd be a bit annoyed at them releasing the logo as a print (and across 3 decks). It crosses the line into looking like an authorised Banksy artwork, rather than just logo on a T-shirt or skateboard.

I believe the artist generally retains the copyright for this type of usage... but it's not always clear.

text from Clown email sent out today:


The great thing about doing what we do - apart from loving it - is that we raise money for things to make a difference. This year Ludo, Adam Neate, you and the shops have helped that along, but we can't stop now, we are just getting warmed up on ‘IN ACTION.

The plans for 2022 on ‘IN ACTION’ are afoot and we want next year to have a greater impact than 2021. We are preparing a full end of year summary so you can see the great works that have been done with YOUR backing, In Action has allowed us to put some happy faces in this world both home and abroad, something we can all do with at the moment.

The Clown Skateboards community movement ‘IN ACTION’ is about the act of making a practical commitment, seeing it through and realising the outcomes from our actions. This is something that does not belong to us but belongs to all of us who feel the same and want to partner with Clown to make positive actions.

Now read on.


Clown Skateboards and Stowe Gallery are great friends, having worked and drunk in the same urban art circles for a good few years now. We had both been talking about working together on something, but life just got in the way. Two things for sure: 1. it had to reflect both our worlds - skate and art and 2. as both parties are strong believers in giving back, THAT had to play a major part. Clown has a Community Interest Company (Clown In Action) which was one of the key drivers behind Jeff and Vikas bringing Clown back in 2020 and therefore the cause that would benefit was a no-brainer

Clown has been working with artists from their very inception: Mau Mau, Adam Neate, Jock and one or two others you might have heard of...Just how did Clown get Banksy to do their logo? BANKSY was just about to explode after he, Jeff Boardman and Vikas Malik came together to create a street party to showcase his work for the very first time in London with the now legendary “Rivington Street Exhibition” and the release of the first little black book “Banging My Head Against A Brick Wall”. After the show Jeff and Vikas - who had been looking to start their own movement that incorporated their worlds of Skateboarding, Art and Music - asked BANKSY to create the Clown logo and designs for the first 2 boards. You can read more here

The guys at Stowe Gallery have been working with a ton of other artists in the Urban art world for many years. And as they have also moved in the same circles as the main man himself, it was a simple choice as to whom we would choose to release the first ever Clown Original with.

Stowe's whole business is obviously art, so our mutual interests of art, skateboarding and beer had to come together eventually.

And you can see the fruits of that love-in on the 17:12:21

And Stowe

It doesn't matter where the cash is going ......

The point is that people who don't under stand his market will think it's authorised or an official release

By releasing a print you're making it real easy for a beginner or someone lacking knowledge to mistake it for being part of his official Canon

And I think that's what you are both relying on in order to sell them