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Something Happened at POW?, by graeme501 on Sept 9, 2008 11:22:27 GMT 1, in the past year or so, POW have lost artists such as dface, eine, nick walker and dolk, and artists including faile, micallef, lucy mclauchlan, bast and david choe release the majority if not all of their print releases elsewhere
POW have replaced these artists with todd james, hutch, btoy, zbiok, rementer, aiko, sam3 ect ... (some who release prints elsewhere too)
POW have been doing great with santas ghetto, cans, and the like, but from a purely printmaking point of view, the quality of the outgoing artists dont match the incoming, and its been ages since a banksy release
has something happened at POW in order for all the top class artists to leave? aswell as their top screenprinter, or is it simply a case of them wanting to bring in fresh new artists?
in the past year or so, POW have lost artists such as dface, eine, nick walker and dolk, and artists including faile, micallef, lucy mclauchlan, bast and david choe release the majority if not all of their print releases elsewhere
POW have replaced these artists with todd james, hutch, btoy, zbiok, rementer, aiko, sam3 ect ... (some who release prints elsewhere too)
POW have been doing great with santas ghetto, cans, and the like, but from a purely printmaking point of view, the quality of the outgoing artists dont match the incoming, and its been ages since a banksy release
has something happened at POW in order for all the top class artists to leave? aswell as their top screenprinter, or is it simply a case of them wanting to bring in fresh new artists?
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Gentle Mental
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Something Happened at POW?, by Gentle Mental on Sept 9, 2008 13:18:33 GMT 1, Think they're trying to hatch the next big thing... only POW has the draw to catapult a nobody into a SOLD OUT success with just one release.
But i really feel they should conserve their firepower, crying "the next big thing" one after another, when most of them are clearly not, can be unhealthy. Greed is not a good thing in Street Art... it affects credibility and authenticity.
And they really must lower their prices for new artists, please...
Would love a PENNY squid, but finds it impossible to justify the purchase when Dave Kinsey offers a far superior image for only ยฃ20!
BTW (dave's latest is STUNNING)
Think they're trying to hatch the next big thing... only POW has the draw to catapult a nobody into a SOLD OUT success with just one release.
But i really feel they should conserve their firepower, crying "the next big thing" one after another, when most of them are clearly not, can be unhealthy. Greed is not a good thing in Street Art... it affects credibility and authenticity.
And they really must lower their prices for new artists, please...
Would love a PENNY squid, but finds it impossible to justify the purchase when Dave Kinsey offers a far superior image for only ยฃ20!
BTW (dave's latest is STUNNING)
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Something Happened at POW?, by carlito on Sept 9, 2008 13:51:56 GMT 1, when do they cry 'next big thing' ?
when do they cry 'next big thing' ?
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Something Happened at POW?, by onemandown72 on Sept 9, 2008 14:13:04 GMT 1, POW are a victim of their own success. When they began printing street artists work they were one of the leaders in a renewed interest in streest art. There were other printing houses / outlets but very few that fell into this "street art" category. Most prints were put together by traditional printers. I'm sure someone else will stand me corrected but I can't think of any others that were UK based putting out this sort of work. As it became clear that there was a market for this, it attracted more artists & in turn more printers, which gave rise to more competition. As a result you had newer printers / print stores offering a different service to artists, artists may have wanted more control over the direction / sales of their work and so on. POW are not the only guys in town, but are the forefathers and can always use this to their advantage, so long as they keep maintaining the standards that put them there in the first place.
POW are a victim of their own success. When they began printing street artists work they were one of the leaders in a renewed interest in streest art. There were other printing houses / outlets but very few that fell into this "street art" category. Most prints were put together by traditional printers. I'm sure someone else will stand me corrected but I can't think of any others that were UK based putting out this sort of work. As it became clear that there was a market for this, it attracted more artists & in turn more printers, which gave rise to more competition. As a result you had newer printers / print stores offering a different service to artists, artists may have wanted more control over the direction / sales of their work and so on. POW are not the only guys in town, but are the forefathers and can always use this to their advantage, so long as they keep maintaining the standards that put them there in the first place.
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