and the second one added hour ago

I did not really see a forum thread to show Saber art, I see various regarding his works but nothing like a new purchase or so on thread so thought I would start one. My latest purchase

Since I only had one stock photo, I was able to obtain more detail images, and the item ships tomorrow.


IMG_2579 by corysontag, on Flickr

Close up

IMG_2577 by corysontag, on Flickr

IMG_2576 by corysontag, on Flickr

IMG_2575 by corysontag, on Flickr

IMG_2578 by corysontag, on Flickr

Signature on reverse

IMG_2581 by corysontag, on Flickr


My saber wall I will now have to reframe when this arrives soon.

photo 2 by corysontag, on Flickr

Tthis was posted on another board I frequent and the link to the actual post was omitted, so I'm not sure where the original post resides, but with what apparently was another brief stint from Lahoda on the banksy forum I thought I'd share this.




Written by SABER

I want to apologize to the online art print community for not taking their earlier warning on this piece of s**t. I stopped all business with Lahoda after my "Pepper's World" print was black listed on the forums for working with him. After I believed he stopped dealing prints and or art I was generally ok with taking the walls as long as there was no business transactions. When LALA gallery opened I buffed my "Pepper's World" mural to make it clear I wanted nothing to do with this clown or his gallery. Unfortunately, it was too little too late as other artists assumed he must be clean again and started to use him as a resource for walls and business. Now, through his half ass gallery LALA he is now selling unauthorized Retna's, English, Shepard, Phish, Saber, Parla, Becca, Futura, Banksy, Dface, Robert Indiana's, etc... and is starting to produce new editions, most recent was Insa and some sort of Robert Indiana's. Please do not buy my older prints or ANYTHING from this crook.

This is why it is not good to work with Lahoda:

Any artist that works with Lahoda/Jetsetgraffiti/LALAgallery/Freewalls also gets called out or black listed on these major Streetart/Print/Graffiti forums. These particular forums drive the print art sales as well as the secondary markets. I personally had a print blacklisted temporarily on all these sites for working with Lahoda "Pepper World" in 2010. I did not sell any of the edition from the release. The people on the forums said they love my work, but they will stop the momentum of the online sales because of my association with JetSetGraffiti/Lahoda. Any artist that works with Lahoda also gets red flagged by the LAPD art fraud detective. This detective has been relentless in poking his nose in our business due to our loose association with Lahoda, and any artist or organization that works with him gets investigated for perpetuating his art fraud.

After the stress of my final print and being contacted by numerous collectors of his ill will I decided never to do business with him again. It was my mistake to allow us to take his walls and billboards as now he has gained reputation off the artists back as well as gained the confidence of major institutions like MOCA and major billboard companies. I told him numerously to stop selling me and my friends work on his site and through twitter/instagram. He has no care for the value or market price of the work and has caused complications with galleries and collectors. He has also stolen two large sculptures from Dface that he holds in his "secret warehouse" as well as Banksy's, and Shepard Fairy's, etc....
From what I understand Daniel Lahoda has been banned from Banksy forum, Obey, Expressobeans, Melrose and Fairfax, Vandal Log, art.net etc ,etc,...for fraud, being an instigator/agitator, and selling unauthorized artwork. Lahoda has sold work to collectors and never sent the product to them, many many times. I have been contacted by collectors that purchased my work who had never received the artwork.

Lahoda can be very charismatic and can come across as someone who wants to help the "Street Art" community. Do not be fooled by his words as the facts prove otherwise. He is only in this for his personal gain. We are the artists and we are the content providers, not the other way around. Its time to cut people like him off.
I am sure we will be seeing some defending responses from Lahoda fans, I would suggest making note of those user names as he has been known to be a busy troll on these forums.

These sites have a tremendous impact on online sales as well as the artists reputation and have the power to affect your pocket book.

Feel free to dig around and judge for yourself on his long standing reputation with the art community. These links are from just from a quick search. Those who speak highly of him haven't done the research or haven't dealt with the impending problems that are immanent.


More and more information on Lahoda's crooked ways continue to flood these forums on a constant basis for years. Many of the positive pro Lahoda comments were him using different user names. Regardless, if any allegations are true, just working with his brand creates negative discussion soiling any momentum of art/print sales as well as creates a dark cloud over the artist.

Litigious Lahoda writes letter to Obey forum:
forum.thegiant.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14192

Discussion on shady activity with Jose Parla prints:
forum.Expressobeans/viewtopic....+parla#p1715208

Expresso Beans, Look who's back in the art business:
forum.Expressobeans/viewtopic....ilit=lahoda>

forum.Expressobeans/viewtopic....ilit=lahoda>

Shady Shepard print discussion:
forum.Expressobeans/viewtopic....p;start=180>

Discussion on stolen Shepard Fairey test prints:
omgposters.com/2009/02/20/new-large-format-obey-art-prints/

Art cop makes public statement on Banksy forum:
urbanartassociation.com/index.c....hread=59635>

"Lahoda stole my money what do I do?" Banksy Forum
urbanartassociation.com/index.c....ay&thread=54253

Compiled thread of complaints and activity on Banksy Forum:
urbanartassociation.com/index.cgi?board=jetsetgraffiti

forum.thegiant.org/viewtopic.php?....mp;t=14192> ;

Lahoda gets D- on Better Business Bureau:
www.la.bbb.org/business-reviews/A....es-CA-100075573

Responses on Banksy forum about Lahoda LAPD art fraud allegation:
urbanartassociation.com/index.c....ad=60001&page=1

Blog on Lahoda and links to his activity:
melroseandfairfax.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-is-daniel-lahoda_23.html

blog.vandalog.com/2010/10/jetset-graffiti-investigation/

Art Cop post on BMW parts site:
forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?p=12184043

Unauthorized sale of Retna pieces. New Image Gallery response:
urbanartassociation.com/index.c....&page=1#1010170

Here is Judge Judy b**ch slapping him:



Love Saber.......

I've read that post on here before, he doesn't hold back does he?

And rightly so!

Not hiding at all it seems :

www.facebook.com/daniel.lahoda.7?fref=ts

Great post

Who would you toss to the wolves first?

1. Daniel Lahoda
2. James Golding

Daniel Lahoda on twitter:
"I'm sick of being polite and taking a back seat to the lies and slander. I want to see PROOF of all the shit people talk about me..."

My thoughts exactly, but then, why should we have to prove him guilty? The LAPD has said he is shady, let him prove to us that he is not, and go from there. Untill then, lets keep it where it is.

In the last picture, is this a huge AIKO?

yeah well done for letting her know... it looks like a weird place for a piece like that! almost hidden...

That piece is actually from a show called Streets Brewed. The show was held in a brewery in Downtown LA. The owner of the brewery refused to return the art after the show ended, and a lot of the artists got together and got a moving truck and took back their art. Looks like that Aiko is from that show.



Link for images of the entire show

hungry4morela.blogspot.com/2011/05/angel-city-brewery-streets-brewed.html

I remember hearing about this via ABCNT"s and Mear's twitters.

more info on how they got their art back.

www.viewfromaloft.org/2011/07/street-art-brewhaha-works-retrieved-from-brewery.html

Interesting that they say... "This new mural is part of the now impressive LAFreewalls project curated by JetSetGraffiti.
Pic by Jsg"

So this particular piece was liberated from a Down Town gallery and now LALA Arts retain a similar work by AIKO... I'd assume this needs liberating too.

But what do I know?

I guess Daniel is back from his holidays... he sent me 5 lovely messages yesterday.

A sample...

"You are such a fool; I hope you do have the balls to talk shit to my face someday... I'd love to show you what's good... You need the help."




Ha.... TW@T.