I, for one, appreciate all the process photos. The print looks great and it's fantastic to see an artist so involved in the creation of a piece as opposed to just submitting the image to a printer. I was initially going to pass on this as I have one of the original flags, but the images are fast changing my mind and I may have to grab this. Damn Swoon and Saber are draining my bank account!

Thanks for posting and please continue.

Quoted.

RPM

Thank you to you both very much!!!

I guess he just finished up as well (at 10PM tonight) and MM just posted these...

COMPLETED - Regular Edition: (of 80)



COMPLETED - Black and Purple [was the Black and White but now switched to Black and Purple]: (of 15)

I for one would rather clink on a link to see the photos (if i wanted to) rather than them take up the whole page.

This must be the most bizarre thread I have seen in a long time

Of course any Gallery, Artist, or person from or has ever visited LA has a connection to JetSetGraffiti and must be tarred with the same brush. Unbelievable!

I didnt think these were out until Tuesday?

hopefully ronhill has popped out for some condiments and will be back

I've gotten a real close look at the newly finished prints and I don't know if any photo could do them justice. The shades of gray in the photo is really pewter flake, and has a warm shimmer to it. The paper is so textured and fibrous that inks pooled together and created different colors. It also has pits that failed to fill with color at all, looking speckled. The HPMs are impossible to describe, each one is completely unique. I can't wait to see a photo of the entire set!

Dont get me wrong i like to see loads of pics (when i want to), its just that when they post loads it takes up a lot 100 posts page, they could maybe show a few pics and a link to the rest like Butterfly or Romanywg do.

Edit: Country bumpkin = slow download speed + small laptop screen.

Thanks for the pics. Any of the HPMs?

Don't know if it's because I'm not from The States or because I get like the Grinch round Christmas, but, this does absolutely nothing for me.

It's a flag been scribbled on...And he's already done it....Many times.

Seems like Saber's flogging a dead horse to me, or maybe not, you yanks keep lapping it up.

Other artists get a fair bit of stick for doing different colourways of prints, this is the same thing, but everytime we get page after page of the same people commenting on them as the last time it was released, those same hardly make another post all year.

Always makes me laugh when people reduce an artists work by just describing it. You can do this for any artist or work you don't like. Eg. ...

Eine.....all he does is paint letters on stuff.
Faile ...... They cut out comics stick them to stuff.
Jr.....he takes photos and sticks them to stuff.

also there's a slight difference between different colourways and variations on a theme
IMO. Maybe Saber has over done this. I don't give a fuck. I'm not buying one. I do love them though.

I think it’s a completely fair comment saying that you don't like an image because you don't get it or because it bores you or because it does nothing for you. There are too many prints talked about on this forum that I feel exactly the same way about. It's definitely a case of "different strokes," you know?

However, other than it being a "flag,” this piece is absolutely unlike any of the others he's done. It's not an identical image, it’s not a color variation of prior releases, and it’s not the same paper or size.

Too many artists these days think a 2 or 3 color screenprint results in a piece of fine art. I personally disagree. For example, I love my Banksy print, but I'm not naive enough to believe that much work went into it. In fact, I'd go as far to say it’s actually the simplest (as far as work and effort) piece I have. By contrast, this is a highly detailed and meticulously planned edition where the artist has been involved in every stage of production. Just the sheer amount of work that has gone into this makes this something to take notice of.

Additionally, to find fault because an artist has found a particular image or medium that he is choosing to explore seems to be nitpicking. I mean, how many Campbell soup cans did Warhol work with? How many rats has Banksy portrayed? How many splatter pieces did Pollock make?

With these "flag" pieces, Saber has been making statements about the state of health care and the economy in the U.S. It’s simply a medium that he is exploring (in addition to continuing his works in abstract lettering and photo realistic cityscapes), not unlike Jasper Johns. He is also legitimately trying to make a piece of affordable art in multiples that is more than just a computer print out. Surely he should be applauded for that, if nothing else.

Also, for those that say he has milked the flag image to death, to date by my math, he has put out a grand total of 616 flag pieces (including next week's release). By comparison, Banksy has put out 2,075 rat prints (signed and unsigned), which also does not include originals or the bronzed rats.

Just my $.02.

RPM

agreed. Very well said RPM!!

Yesterday at 8:14pm, rpmoore4 wrote: I think it’s a completely fair comment saying that you don't like an image because you don't get it or because it bores you or because it does nothing for you. There are too many prints talked about on this forum that I feel exactly the same way about. It's definitely a case of "different strokes," you know?

However, other than it being a "flag,” this piece is absolutely unlike any of the others he's done. It's not an identical image, it’s not a color variation of prior releases, and it’s not the same paper or size.

Too many artists these days think a 2 or 3 color screenprint results in a piece of fine art. I personally disagree. For example, I love my Banksy print, but I'm not naive enough to believe that much work went into it. In fact, I'd go as far to say it’s actually the simplest (as far as work and effort) piece I have. By contrast, this is a highly detailed and meticulously planned edition where the artist has been involved in every stage of production. Just the sheer amount of work that has gone into this makes this something to take notice of.

Additionally, to find fault because an artist has found a particular image or medium that he is choosing to explore seems to be nitpicking. I mean, how many Campbell soup cans did Warhol work with? How many rats has Banksy portrayed? How many splatter pieces did Pollock make?

With these "flag" pieces, Saber has been making statements about the state of health care and the economy in the U.S. It’s simply a medium that he is exploring (in addition to continuing his works in abstract lettering and photo realistic cityscapes), not unlike Jasper Johns. He is also legitimately trying to make a piece of affordable art in multiples that is more than just a computer print out. Surely he should be applauded for that, if nothing else.

Also, for those that say he has milked the flag image to death, to date by my math, he has put out a grand total of 616 flag pieces (including next week's release). By comparison, Banksy has put out 2,075 rat prints (signed and unsigned), which also does not include originals or the bronzed rats.

Just my $.02.

RPM



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