Pretty sure that they are referring to originals so if you sold a unique piece, it'd be obvious who had it.

until the new owner tries to authenticate it

wonder if BRP could post on this thread to clear up exactly how many prints and originals have gone already...?
be nice to know what the odds are before people take a day off work to try the queue...

sounds like these galleries in the UK (some in the US as well) need to take heed from JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY in new york who makes a list (in the order received) of people interested in a show....they post a secret link and call the list starting at the first name they had until all the pieces are sold. if there are 40 pieces and 100 people on the list, you MIGHT not get an opportunity to buy a piece if you are #86.

for example, say i was #30 for the jeff soto show. i would get to choose from whatever pieces are left (whether it be a $30,000 or $3000 piece) after #1-29 are called. i purchased a shep faery piece like this from the gallery...and passed on a few soto pieces.

they have no idea if i am worth thousands or millions, as long as my card works, they are happy...thats the way it should be.

jon

your right definatley as i say its all about the £ at the end of the day either on the day or over time money to money.
I could afford a walker original but i cant afford to keep it for 5 or ten years so i wont get it,

The only way i could afford to keep one is to get one sell it and with the profit get one i really want to keep you see what im saying, i would be seen as flipper scum but yet i am funding the gallery the artist and making my collection bigger and better. What i am saying is hard to grasp and perhaps its late and i fancy a go at devils advocate i like nick walker and look forward to his show i hope its just not let down by pushing in and time wasters

its a load of arse

u can only buy a canvas if u have s**t loads of cash, overpricing of prints, nick canceling forum members commissions

sell out


So Graham could you clarify your position as I'm slightly confused as at 4.04pm In your words NW is a sell out, and your weilding other peoples beef about BUT openly commenting you know little of the facts.

Then less than 2 hours later you post ''he has worked hard and deserves his success''

So which is it dude?

Today at 12:13pm, darjeeling wrote:
Yesterday at 6:30pm, cheeky007 wrote:
I seriously doubt that will happen imo. Like has already been said a few times in this thread, Nicks sudden popularity is in part down to the, much more accessible than the work he has produced before, Vandal series.


...yeah ok, but seriously let's not overlook his sudden popularity is much more so based on the fact that his lame ass moona lisa sold for a billion dollars at Bonhams because some idiot thought it was a Banksy.

His TMA gimmick has gotten old right quick don't ya think? It was an ok image to begin with but it's not the show stopper you guys are acting like it is. He's going to run out of things to paint rainbow streaks on pretty soon anyway.



There have been some seriously ill informed posts on this and other threads.

I'll try to address each nonsense in turn -

To label TMA series a gimmick is laughable. Does that make Banksy's Rat's and his and Warhols cans a gimmick. There are numerous such like 'Gimmick's' woven into the fabric of art historyl if thats the case. I won't go on.

I guess by the same token Micallefs career is f**ked if we're going down the 'Rainbow logic!!..' route?

As for Bonhams and the Moona being bought by some bonus eyed fool from the city your wrong, the underbidders were both very knowledgable and respected in the street art genre

As for all this b**ching by those so say 'about to pull the trigger' on a peice of Nick's is laughable, the only reason that 75% of people on are whining is purely down to, money and greed and that print x is now worth x ammount more than it was pre Bonhams & LA.

I appreciate that there are a lot of people new to Nick's work who are now unable to buy a piece down to the mad prices.

Let's not kid ourselves though folks that this is something that's not happened overnight, for years now Nick has repped himself after splitting from Scrawl collective and has produced a body of work that is comparable to many lauded names dead or alive in the street art world.

Banksy called him an enigma and if anyone's held him back then it's POW who (from the numerous works that people are salivatting over) only chose to do his worst reworking of The Mona Lisa and one of his worst images, very strange as they are the leading/most trumpeted printhouse's with it's routes in graff.
Oh sorry they did do a black Marge Simpson! WTF

There were many who new that Bristol had the TWO of best stencil/graff artists in our midst. For those with short memories or the inability to look past the end of your nose, just take time out of your bitter vision and read Nick's bio (see below). A man who has grafted his way to the top, his work well respected amongst his peers and a very nice gent.

Bristol born artist Nick Walker emerged from the now infamous & ground breaking Wild Bunch/Bristol Sound scene of the early 1980’s. It was from the artistic element that spawned Nick aka Ego.

It was over two decades ago, when the baby faced B-Boy was in his mid teens, he walked into the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and walked out with an agreement with them to host a group graffiti show. He conceptualized, curated & exhibited work within this breakthrough exhibition, simply titled ‘Graffiti Art in Bristol’, and featured the work of 3D, Z- Boys, Fade, Jaffa, Pride and Scot Stevens. This was one of the first times in the UK that street work had been given a legitimate showcase from the outside in.

This elevated Nick from ‘Vandal’ (a recurring theme in his work to date) to Artist and created opportunities for him to paint the film sets of movies ranging from Judge Dredd to Hackers, B-Monkey and Stanley Kubrick's, Eyes Wide Shut. It was during this brief move away from street work that he shed his infamous EGO tag and re-emerged as Nick Walker the Apish Angel.

As a forerunner to Banksy and the now mainstream British stencil/graffiti phenomenon, he has always been a pioneer of his field. Constantly evolving and pushing the boundaries of traditional graffiti by combining intricate stencil images with his conventional freehand methods, his work has always been without fear of being pigeon holed and always remains artistically landscaped, constantly innovative and thought provoking. In more recent years his distinctive style has effortlessly made the transition from world streets to gallery walls leading to him show his work worldwide by taking part in solo and group shows in London, Canada, Tokyo, Berlin, Taiwan and numerous venues in the US. He has featured in numerous publications, and features heavily in books written by graff’s sage Tristan Manko’s

His highly acclaimed 2006 Bristol show titled ‘The Art of Nick Walker’ took a retrospective look at his work from 1994 to present. This was quickly followed up by the release of his piece titled ‘The Moona Lisa’ which stole the show at POW’s annual shin-dig, ‘Santa’s Ghetto’. The old girl even getting her ‘cheeks’ out on the BBC’s coverage of the event for News Night. Having conceived and cut this the latest of subversions of the ‘worlds most famous portrait’, Nick painted the image for the first time at the Nuart, music and Art festival (’06) held in Stavanger, Norway each September. The execution of the piece was caught on film and has received over 40,000 views on You Tube.

As well as the sold out ‘To have and To Hold’ show at The Wonderful Workshop in Bristol, 2007 has also seen his editions sell out at the Randall-Scott Gallery in Washington DC and feature in the ‘Found’ show at the Leonard Street Gallery, London. Autumn 2007 will see him exhibit what he himself has referred to as his ‘hardest & most time consuming body of work to date’ in London. 2008 sees Nick kicking off with his first solo show in Los Angeles at the Carmichael gallery in February.

Nick continues to be hugely popular in the UK and worldwide.
The true gent of the street art scene (yes, way before it went showbiz!); ladies and gents, I give you Nick Walker aka The Apish Angel and man of many hats!

I'd like to.
I have a job that stops me being in London tomorrow.
I cannot afford to buy other works just to be seen as a better customer.
Does this make me less of a fan?

Nice one Pez!

I cant believe some of the stuff i've read on here.

Nick is a great guy and doesnt deserve the bashing he is getting.

BRP do a great job. There prints are of the highest quality and their customer service is second to none.

I am not in a privileged position to buy before tomorrow night but if I had bought originals from BP before and was a preferred buyer, I would not expect them to blank me to sell to someone in the Q.
I would think I am a big supporter of thiers so I deserve to have first option.

There is too much hate and bitterness directed towards great artists and great printhouses.
This forum is breeding a 'new collector' who feels they deserve to get every new release and failing to do so, they launch a scathing attack on BRP and POW.

Totally agree with Zippy.
This should be about trust and building relationships with the galleries, at every level. Any collector who has been buying an artists work, from early on in their career has every right to view new work, and have the opportunity to buy and continue their collection before newer fans. This is the only way it should work. Whilst there is this mass hysteria going on, Nick's work like many other current and past artists remained unsold for a long time, at highly affordable prices. Why the fuss now, clearly it's again down to both money and the desire to say "look at me, I've got an XXXXX on my wall, haven't I got my finger on the pulse"
Learn a lesson if you miss out this time and look at what is new and fresh that you like and then if said artist makes it, you can share in their success. If they don't - so what you've got art that you like

why not save you self some time and buy a canvas from this guy.

it's really cheap...

cgi.ebay.co.uk/NICK-WALKER-VANDAL-PORTRAIT-CANVAS_W0QQitemZ360043563788QQihZ023QQcategoryZ75295QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

....NOT!!!

Just to let everyone know something here.

Nick who must be manic at the moment sent me the following email yesterday.

" Thanks - kind words."

Cheers

Nick

Did he need to bother, did he fuck but he did or got someone to answer his mail. This on a day when he has probably got loads on etc etc. Everyone givint it some needs to wind their necks in and calm down. Devisiveness is not required here for fucks sake.

It's still a business at the end of the day and all good galleries have a client list, thats how they operate. Mike is a fair person and I'm sure if you was a loyal customer in the past then you will have no problem in getting a work, why should he sell to any Tom, Dick or Harry from the street, more than likely the sort who will sell it on after a week.

Totally agree, I wouldn't buy anything without seeing it first, that's just stupidity.
I like NW's work that's why I bought a few in early 2006 but I still would not queue all night for a print.