Urban Art Association

Disagree. Ive gone through the process of getting COAs for all my prints and have no intention on selling. I want the real goods with the provenance. By your theory someone would be just as happy with a high quality bootleg hanging on their wall.

Gary,

Does it need to be a Choose Your Weapon or will any Banksy print do? I'll take up your offer in the unlikely event that I get lucky in the lottery but if it includes any Banksy then I'll take up your offer anyway.

Don't need it back by Christmas either. Some time in the New Year would be fine.

if anyone plans on insuring there collection(whish i suggest you do) you will need authentificton as well as an estimated evaluation on price from a gallery....

so all the hoopla about coa's yea or nay are rubbish talkers... anyine with any sound mind would insure there works and a coa is imperative

Hmm... hadn't thought about that. Good point. Not sure how much my homeowners insurance covers, might need to look into that and see what I need as far as proof of legitimacy.

I still don't think the print release was planned for this morning so perhaps that's why there is no COA... because they weren't ready - just a thought.

bringing it back to the art, just read this on Wooster Collective. I doff my hat to you Mr. B

www.woostercollective.com/2010/12/banksy_lends_his_support_for_voina_with.html

Banksy has chosen the legal defense fund of the underground Russian artist collective VOINA to be the recipient of all of the proceeds from the sale.



If you're not familiar with VOINA, two of its members are currently in jail in
St Petersburg for drawing a massive p***s on a bridge opposite KGB headquarters. The action was a protest of police corruption.

slate !!

no but I remember the name for some reason. Its not some vendetta but just interested!

And what happened to the threadearlier where people could vote how bad POW are? I posted saying it was really out of order etc.. but I now can not find it.
Silky did you pull it?

biggie your avatar is wrong in so many ways lol...voina agree nice of mr B to do but really dont think will help them in what they did.

only other time see all the stress from a print release will be nick walker tma sydney.

believe mike from brp will do same as before so be better situation than right now.

think dface solo last time in a long while see in the uk... josh keyes will be next big night for us on forums i believe....s

Well, so much to say but as I’m now approaching 40 hours without sleep I’ll keep it short (EDIT: or not!). Here are some of my highlights (you’ll notice that I haven’t mentioned many of the downsides to the release, which I think have been covered enough):

- The evening started with a quick decision at 7pm, whilst at my desk at Bristol, to gamble and head to London, and with it miss a formal xmas party, basically on a wing and a prayer!

- Arriving in Soho at 9.30pm to a smaller queue than expected, before having the realisation again that no ‘solid’ information had been released and looking around at all the forum sheep and wondering whether we’re all bloody mad

- 10pm and rumours of a POW email – the iPhones come out and ... mass hysteria, with a few moments of no-one believing what they were seeing, to suddenly everyone quickly packing up and legging it. The ditherers were almost left behind!

- Then watching a dozen or so collectors running down the middle of Shaftesbury Avenue, dodging traffic, literally begging people for their taxi. Brilliant scene, I was giggling as I ran!

- Grabbing a taxi with three others, one of which offers to pay the guy an extra tenner to go like the wind ... and then lets Billysport pick up the tab. Sucker

- Getting our place in the new queue at around the 40 people mark, then watching taxis and cars arriving from everywhere, people running and cycling towards POW from all directions in the hope of getting the best spot possible – pillows, sleeping bags and wives being dragged behind.

- Watching Slammer arrive and taking on the big Russian mafia flippers (and their fun-draped wives!) at the front of the queue.

- Yapsey doing a count of the queue every 3 minutes (for the whole night ), the poor guy must have lost about 10 years off his life from the stress of it all!

- Spending hours explaining to the drunken curious that we were waiting for Vagna’s book signing!

- Passing the time helping Artyce with his homework, which consisted of drawing Big Macs and chicken nuggets!!

- Spending a very tense few hours trying to prevent a stampede (a big thanks to the guys who sorted that out, especially the chap that had almost certainly lost his voice by the end of the night and the Kiwi peacemaker!) but finally getting a ticket and with it a massive wave of relaxation.

- 10am: two in, two out. A slow, rather depressing period of watching the flippers go in first and walk out with their Turquoise prints (there’ll be a few or them on eBay soon!) and then walking off, smiling, all the way to the Banksy.

- 10:30am: start the long 4 hour journey home, clinging to the tube all the way (apart from the last leg in the car, for obvious reasons!)

Was it worth it? It certainly was, but mainly because I got lucky. There was some good banter with friends old and new, with mild weather. I would say that the night wasn’t nearly as bad as many are making out (agreed, the fight was a bit nasty but nothing out of the ordinary for 3am in most towns and cities in the country!). Put it this way, I had nothing to lose and had a far more interesting night that I would have had in lying asleep in my bed. There are a few photos below (I particularly like the irony of one of them – I’ll let you decide which one!)

Having said that, and to reiterate what most people think – in regards to a store release, I do think that the whole issue could have been avoided by (1) handing out tickets at midnight and (2) using some of the huge profits POW earn to employ 3 beefcakes and some barriers to control the queuing and prevent people jumping in and put a stop to any violence.

It was a stressful night, with tensions running very high, and I was in a decent position (around 70 in the queue) – massive commiserations to all those people who just missed out (I really do feel for you). 40 hours without sleep and still don’t feel tired – the joy of a Banksy release Nice to have a year to recover before the next!

I keep reading posts over and over again saying that POW's hand was forced and that the release wasn't planned for today etc.

If you still believe that then I suggest you go and read Sand's post #3078 on Page 103. There is no doubt in my mind that it was supposed to happen today from reading that.

@ ninja - think printers was put under pressure from all that happened.. happy few managed to pic up print sorry for the others!

tma sydney brp be the next and come feb think they will take into account what has happened last few hours at pow..s

Five or so held back from each edition though I think (for POW staff etc?). That certainly accounted for the prints at Berwick Street. Numbers 6-25 available in each of the three colours according to somebody on this thread.

Congratulations on all those who have been lucky so far! But if you haven't got your hands on one yet, remember you still have a chance in the online release at POW - www.picturesonwalls.com/

I fully realize some people are upset about how things went last night with the release so the forum rules are relaxed a little, as I understand people just feel they need to let off a bit of steam in frustration

But still Take it easy people

Thanks!