[motor]

siddhartha said:

it's all about the charcoals!!!!!!!1 NICE!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of B&W pieces.
They are mostly oil on canvas.
There are only few charcoal pieces. I remember 3 portraits out of the 15.
Nevertheless they are simply superb. Pics are good but nothing compare when seeing in flesh.
I am heading down there later on with camera.

[Existencil]

I agree. The angel & Head charcoals are out of this world.

Stuey*Esquire

[RBK]

Motor - so the majority of the B&W pieces are charcoals on paper, or oil on canvas?

[CR]

In all the mayhem of the LAZ scandal and the POW release everyone seems to have overlooked these amazing pieces!

some of these are absoloutly fantastic and reminds me of how amazing an artist Micallef is!

I really like this one



I think this charcol or oil one is amazing, some nice detail!



This one is pretty ace



and I hope POW release this one at santas Ghetto and I manage to get one!



Not really feeling the chrome statues though!!

CR

[runningdog]

The b&w pieces seem to have a lot more emotive content than the coloured stuff. If I buy anything on Ebay it will be the POW angel - I seriously think that's the best out of the print releases.


(edited to remove ignorance)

[absyrd]

www.teddyandmoo.com/blog/

Pics of Mary Kate and Ashley at the show.

[closeencounters]

looks like an impressive show, thanks for the pics guys and congrats to those who got their very own pieces today... got home to find them all gone from pow and laz (though the latter was way outta my league!)
really appreciate his distinct aesthetic and wry commentary on society, proper sophisticated and that!

[verbalkint]

oh bugger

If i had known mary kate and ashley were there i would have gone in a heartbeat!!

seriously though, these pictures have left me bewildered as to the choices made for the laz prints. I hope POW release a few more, some of the black and white stuff would look amazing but as long as its bigger than head and self portrait.

It seems mad that the head studies were £3000 at his last show and now just one year later they are £50,000.

Were the $30,000 ones the 3 together that were mainly wording? That would have to be the meaning of life for me to shell out £15,000 on it! I assumed this would be a pre pre pre preview sell out with it being in LA and the buzz around him, and dare i say it, the quality of alot of the work. Im surprised to hear that some of the work was still available at the preview

Were the statues for sale then? or were they just show pieces. Also, what was the 21st century love? was that a canvas too?

[pw]

verbalkint said:

these pictures have left me bewildered as to the choices made for the laz prints. I hope POW release a few more, some of the black and white stuff would look amazing but as long as its bigger than head and self portrait.

I seriously doubt that we'll be seeing any more micallef print releases any time soon. its one thing flooding the market with a big edition print to allow his fans to get a print but if he releases more it could be a disaster for his career.

[Ågentßacardi]

verbalkint said:

Were the statues for sale then? or were they just show pieces.

Yes, they were for sale. They also had maquettes of the 4 statues, edition of 25, US$45,000 each.

What a steal!!

[peggysue]

The show absolutely blew me away!! Class on top of class. Thought the maquettes were amazing. The Girl With Guns was a stunner. FYI, they were not made of chrome but rather nickle plated bronze.

[motor]

Agree. Those statues are mind blowing
All those details

[motor]

rklimek said:

Motor - so the majority of the B&W pieces are charcoals on paper, or oil on canvas?

Hey RK sorry for late response...
B&W are mostly oil on canvas. As I said only 3 were charcoal and it was on canvas too if I am not mistaken.
Seriously this boy has some talent

[RBK]

Thanks for clarifying motor - I'm more interested in people's reaction/review of the actual art than all this print nonsense.

[®at]

verbalkint said:

Were the $30,000 ones the 3 together that were mainly wording? That would have to be the meaning of life for me to shell out £15,000 on it!

yes- first to sell out and most interest of any there. 30k each

I assumed this would be a pre pre pre preview sell out with it being in LA and the buzz around him, and dare i say it, the quality of alot of the work. Im surprised to hear that some of the work was still available at the preview

nothing had stickers when 5pm preview opened. 15 mins later all but a few had stickers....they went VERY fast.

Were the statues for sale then? or were they just show pieces.

yep
run of 23- $45000 each.
Large statues- $4.5 million (am being serious...thats what i was told....)

[stuey09]

Wow, the B&W's look fantastic. Thanks for the pictures. Out of interest, how has the local media viewed his show, or has it been overlooked?

[thwaites]

easycraig said:

Lets look at some art. I absolutely love the charcoal pieces. They are just stunning.

[sham69]

Micallef is in another league.
It's fine art.
Very fine art.

[njr911]

I like but not convinced about the framing...not up to JJ at the Neate show

[influence]

Some more photos:

www.flickr.com/send?nsid=14006676@N05&set=72157602134074861

copy/paste URL

[sham69]

Don't know if this has been posted before but here goes.

Do I detect a note of weariness from Juxtapoz regarding the Laz promo machine?

The following statement leads me to believe so:

Pictures on Walls + Antony Micallef
Friday, 21 September 2007
Pictures On Walls has had (they went that fast) a new Antony Micallef print earlier today for those of you who feel like you missed out on the great Los Angeles art swindle of September 2007. Just get on their mailing list already, and visit Micallef's representative gallery's site to get on their list too.

The promotion machine is in motion on this artist and if you'd like to get a piece of this sure-to-be-highly-valued-for-awhile-if-not-forever artist, those are the places to get it. Micallef's work is really very nice, but the formulaic hype is giving us a case of the "whatevers".

[dawn2006]

I love the when i'm famous image. I wonder who bought that??