[Daniel Silk]

Do you have any news on the story that LAZinc are opening a gallery in London?

Any Pics?

[paul1066]

I think I walked passed the gallery today!! Its on Greek Street, Soho, nearish Soho Square. No signage outside, but I peered in (door is covered) and there is definitely a whole load of art (nothing that I recognized). No indication of when it might open.

[crack]

paul1066 said:

I think I walked passed the gallery today!! Its on Greek Street, Soho, nearish Soho Square. No signage outside, but I peered in (door is covered) and there is definitely a whole load of art (nothing that I recognized). No indication of when it might open.

Saw this the other day and posted on the forum - diff thread. Somebody did cfm that this indeed is the LAZinc gallery...

[mido]

I had a wander down Greek St today but couldn't see anything.... however, it was drak, and I hadn'y fully read the info above :-)

[gm]

I took a stroll down Greek Street at lunchtime. If you're walking down from Soho Square, the soon-to-be gallery is on the left, a bit further down from the Pillars of Hercules.

They've got one piece which I think I recognise from Santa's Ghetto in the front window, but there are cloths hung all round behind it so you can't actually see what's going on nside.


There's no indication outside of when it will be opening.

[Daniel Silk]

Thanks very much for the photo GM

mmmm, interesting

I guess all we can do is keep an eye out at the shop and on the www.lazinc.com website for news of an opening.

[mido]

that's the artwork they used on one of the radiohead singles - I have the 12" :-)

[samsky]

On the Lazinc site it now has the address of that shop, could possibly mean its open? if you book etc??

[gm]

There's a sign on the door today saying that it's by appointment only.


ps. Love your avatar, samsky ;D

[Daniel Silk]

I wonder if by being "Appointment only" its going to be just for people with £10,000+ to spend?

Its a shame if thats how its gonna be

I think a good sized POW/Lazinc Gallery would be very popular ;D

What do you all think?

[samsky]

I doubt it he sells a variety of items like sold out screen prints etc as well as canvas and mixed media stuff… Sure you would find somthin affordable

[samsky]

www.lazinc.com has now been updated and new art for sale

[Daniel Silk]

The prices have gone up a bit more

And a few new Banksy pieces added

Interesting, no D*Face?

[mido]

admin said:

The prices have gone up a bit more

And a few new Banksy pieces added

Interesting, no D*Face?

and no 3d!

[Honest Jon]

3d's work is on there. I cant believe the prices of the work, its really good for us with older prints, but I can honestly see POW putting there prices up on the next lot of prints by banksy. well espesially the signed ones. Think i might just take out a massive loan and buy tons of prints, think about it youd make a killing in a year or so. think about it the happy chopper print (unsigned) was £50-£60 origianlally now Laz is selling them at £1200 + vat. Wow wish i had one of those. Think i might hold onto my prints for a while.

[mido]

3d said:

3d's work is on there. I cant believe the prices of the work, its really good for us with older prints, but I can honestly see POW putting there prices up on the next lot of prints by banksy. well espesially the signed ones. Think i might just take out a massive loan and buy tons of prints, think about it youd make a killing in a year or so. think about it the happy chopper print (unsigned) was £50-£60 origianlally now Laz is selling them at £1200 + vat. Wow wish i had one of those. Think i might hold onto my prints for a while.

cool, he's up there now, but wasn't before today.

hmm, the prices seem to have gone up in general!

I have no older prints, and little chance of getting any at these silly prices. c'est la vie.

markets can go down as well as up you know. I have bought and sold records on and off for years and all 'artists' have peaks and troughs. The secret is being able to recognise the peaks and troughs!

[Daniel Silk]

I think Laz must keep an eye on whats being said on the forum

Where have all the D*Face Pictures gone? ;D

[twigboy]

I've just been on the Insect site, and there is a picture of
the new banksy instalation at Laz on there site... A melting Red Phone box?
Has anyone been to Lazinc to see it? Are they open yes... As I'm in London this weekend.
Nice to see Banksy back doing stuff other than prints...

[Daniel Silk]

Thanks for tellin us about the picture of the Phone Box on www.Insect.co.uk I had not spotted that. So its by Banksy Then? any idea of the price?

If anyone visits the new gallery, could you take a few pics and post them on the Forum please ;D

[twigboy]

It is open now... Will try and get some pics at the weekend


Added by Admin - Thanks very much

[frankie]

i was by the gallery today and while nice to look at, i was pretty surprised by the price tag on most items (ie, for very very rich people). btw the banksy melted phone booth is £50,000. subversive I guess, but i dont really get why anyone, rich or other would spend that much on a phone booth sawed in half with some red paint dripped around it. lets just say it was a far cry from the israel painting with the graffiti wall in the middle.

[Daniel Silk]

I think it would have been good if they had a bigger gallery selling everything POW has on its website.

I know that you can call into POW, but it would be even better if you could see all the pictures framed up and on the walls of a nice gallery ;D

What do you think?

[Honest Jon]

Has any one been and visited the gallery yet? Whats it like? I wana get to london and have a little butchers.

[Daniel Silk]

I thought you had been to the shop that was their before Lazinc moved in ;D

Just messin

Na! I haven't been to see it yet, I hope to go next month I keep saying things like that and never get round to it

[Daniel Silk]

ahhhh I cant get a refund on that 12" now that the shops shut and Lazinc has moved in

It was a record shop wasn't it?

[twigboy]

Never got there in the end, sorry, no pics to up-load yet... Actually, I think where
Laz Inc is use to be an old sex shop... nice

[gm]

Noticed that the Lazinc gallery's open now, but I was in a hurry and didn't have time to stop and gawk. There's a stuffed squirrel in the window and a big Donwood on one wall.

I haven't been able to get into the Lazinc website for about 2 weeks now. Front page loads ok but when I hit the Enter button I get a 404

Edit: And as for the prices - feckin ridiculous! Last time I looked on the Lazinc site there was a Laugh Now sprayed on to a wooden pallet and priced up at something like 6 grand + vat. Yes, I know it's an original Banksy but the pallet probably came out of a skip, and how long does it take to apply a stencil and squirt a bit of paint on? Not worth it at all. If he'd chopped down his own tree, hand carved the planks and lovingly assembled the pallet himself too... it'd still be overpriced.

He's pricing himself (Lazarides is pricing him) way out of the market that made him popular in the first place.

[mido]

gm said:

Noticed that the Lazinc gallery's open now, but I was in a hurry and didn't have time to stop and gawk. There's a stuffed squirrel in the window and a big Donwood on one wall.

I haven't been able to get into the Lazinc website for about 2 weeks now. Front page loads ok but when I hit the Enter button I get a 404

Edit: And as for the prices - feckin ridiculous! Last time I looked on the Lazinc site there was a Laugh Now sprayed on to a wooden pallet and priced up at something like 6 grand + vat. Yes, I know it's an original Banksy but the pallet probably came out of a skip, and how long does it take to apply a stencil and squirt a bit of paint on? Not worth it at all. If he'd chopped down his own tree, hand carved the planks and lovingly assembled the pallet himself too... it'd still be overpriced.

He's pricing himself (Lazarides is pricing him) way out of the market that made him popular in the first place.

yeah, sometimes Laz's website seems to work for me, sometimes not..... strange

I'm afraid it's called market forces. if people are prepared to pay x then they will be charged that.

The price of art, unlike most other artforms, does NOT depend on how difficult / time consuming it is, but how 'famous' the person is.

At least the prints are pretty affordable, even if they have risen in cost and signed ones sell out mucho pronto. For £75 we can all (if we are on the ball) get an unsigned print.....

[Daniel Silk]

Yeah, I have found the new lazinc website does not work sometimes

I think it could just be that is very slow at loading

[gm]

The price of art, unlike most other artforms, does NOT depend on how difficult / time consuming it is, but how 'famous' the person is.

I understand that, but can't agree with it, and even if my lottery numbers come up on Saturday there's no way I'd pay it. I don't care how famous the name is, I still like to think I'm getting value for money `

Walked past again last night and saw the phone box. Hmm. If it had been planted on the corner of Oxford Street or something it would have been fantastic. Planted in the middle of a gallery space it doesn't have the same effect.