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Post by shootagain on Jan 16, 2012 14:54:53 GMT 1
Seen at Andipa Gallery this WE... I was a bit surprised/shocked I must admit !    What do you guys think ? |
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Post by bitpunk on Jan 16, 2012 15:03:44 GMT 1
Its a nice idea making Space Invaders from rocks from outer space. Are you talking about plagiarism with reference to Invader or the legendary coin-op?
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Post by craigf on Jan 16, 2012 15:04:02 GMT 1
Taking a balanced view Invader did not invent the space invader and is unlikely to have been the first to use it as art. He is more synomonus with using tiles (or now waffles) for his art and I dig the use of a meterorite to form these invaders. I do think the media used adds something to these, but I wouldn't buy one for this sort of money
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Post by Cedric Mnich on Jan 16, 2012 15:09:55 GMT 1
agree with craigf
Edit : these look far better than the 2-dice (real scale) meteor sculpture I saw at FIAC 2011
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Post by dappy on Jan 16, 2012 15:28:56 GMT 1
search: invader /art on ebay. There is more than enough out there not to worry about plagerism.
I like these especially as they were made from real meteorites.
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Post by m00man on Jan 16, 2012 15:32:29 GMT 1
a green meteorite in the shape of the superman S is required
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Post by hubblebubble on Jan 16, 2012 15:33:17 GMT 1
I think if we applied the 'don't copy' rule then Blek would be all over Banksy like a rash...  |
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Post by LunchSpecial on Jan 16, 2012 15:53:59 GMT 1
I think these are truly amazing! well the use of materials and the relevancy of the characters at least  plus it's the title of an art piece, and installation... the other is the name of the artist, what he calls himself.. his logo. "Space-Invader" because he's coming to invade your space with his art  just my thoughts |
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Post by Guest on Jan 16, 2012 15:57:32 GMT 1
Quite cool looking but you'd need a whole load of them for your wall to make them look right.
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Post by jonti on Jan 16, 2012 16:11:21 GMT 1
These are brilliant!
Think of them in relation to Egyptian relics and carvings of what was the culture in their time etc... They were made out of stone millions of years old and are people and museums collect and pay very nice money for them.
These are modern relics made out of stone millions of years ago carved into references of the culture of our time, but from stone that came from SPACE, part of another world, not just down the road from someone's house!
I think it's beautiful idea.
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Post by shootagain on Jan 16, 2012 17:04:24 GMT 1
Just to be clear : I di NOT accuse the artist of "plagiarism" I was wondering what people though, hence the "?" ;-) I like those too eventhough wouldn't pay that price for such a small piece... By the way, Andipa still had some very beautiful Banksy canvas, very nicely framed ... and very expensive as you would expect there ;-)
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Post by gooooglemale on Jan 16, 2012 18:06:33 GMT 1
By the way, Andipa still had some very beautiful Banksy canvas, very nicely framed ... and very expensive as you would expect there ;-) well they bought them secondary and have had them ever since. Funny you should mention their canvas framing - the GWB dip in there makes my blood boil. £1/4m price tag and yet framed completely wrong - horizontal rather than on the diagonal. The bottom of the string is lower than her hand. AAAGH |
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Post by shootagain on Jan 16, 2012 20:05:24 GMT 1
By the way, Andipa still had some very beautiful Banksy canvas, very nicely framed ... and very expensive as you would expect there ;-) well they bought them secondary and have had them ever since. Funny you should mention their canvas framing - the GWB dip in there makes my blood boil. £1/4m price tag and yet framed completely wrong - horizontal rather than on the diagonal. The bottom of the string is lower than her hand. AAAGH We're definitely not talking of the same GWB then ;-) The one framed I saw had none of problem you're mentioning... |
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Post by dappy on Jan 16, 2012 20:39:16 GMT 1
this ... unless they have moved it around  .  (Just to be clear : I did accuse the artist of "plagiarism" ) |
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Post by AFR1KA on Jan 16, 2012 21:18:36 GMT 1
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Post by shootagain on Jan 16, 2012 21:40:11 GMT 1
this ... unless they have moved it around .  (Just to be clear : I did accuse the artist of "plagiarism" ) Yep, it' s completely different one now ;-) |
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Post by mkeeley on Jan 17, 2012 1:30:04 GMT 1
Hope that's not £7.5k each! As others have said he's not the first and won't be the last to use them, it's not as though he created them. As long as people do something a bit different with them I don't see a problem.
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Post by johnnyh on Jan 17, 2012 3:11:45 GMT 1
He acknowledges his source The Space Invader Game 1978.
At $7.5 K not likely to see many on the street either. Think they are quite coll but if I took one home and told the Mrs I paid $7.5K pretty certain I'd be homeless and she would be calling the lawyers.
Divorce on the grounds of insanity!!!
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Post by Cedric Mnich on Jan 17, 2012 9:53:45 GMT 1
Given it's made from a quite rare material (meteorit !) it is certainly 7.5K each. Don't forget that an original invader mosaic ranges from 4000 to 8000... and it's made from glass or resin from earth, not from outer space... Funny how the expensiveness of the art is finally only a perception of artist's fame, nothing else. If it was by Koons or Hirst, people would probably say, "wow, only 7.5K, quite affordable for a unique work ! " ;-)
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Post by tobaum on Jan 17, 2012 12:05:48 GMT 1
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Post by jusdeep on Jan 17, 2012 12:26:53 GMT 1
You should check this guys work out… www.rubikcubism.co.uk/Saw it at Affordable Art Fair last year and was thinking an Invader under 4k?! |
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Post by LunchSpecial on Jan 17, 2012 13:56:21 GMT 1
You should check this guys work out… www.rubikcubism.co.uk/Saw it at Affordable Art Fair last year and was thinking an Invader under 4k?! edit* its more like rubik cube fan art... probably a forum member or former who saw a way to make some bank |
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Post by BK83 on Jan 17, 2012 17:33:13 GMT 1
Not even close to plagiarism.
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Post by Guest on Jan 17, 2012 18:03:30 GMT 1
The story I heard about Heywood is that he was actually making the invader guys before the man I associate with them, Invader, was. I do not know if that is factual, although I know he is a much older guy than Invader appears to be.
Edit: Afrika is correct, I was thinking of Feckner.
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Post by Deux Spin on Jan 18, 2012 21:41:43 GMT 1
You should check this guys work out… www.rubikcubism.co.uk/Saw it at Affordable Art Fair last year and was thinking an Invader under 4k?! Saw these in the past too. They are ok, but the creator certaintly isnt an artist. Poor choice of images, the formula one are just naff! He even stole the name from Invader who established: www.rubikcubism.com/ years earlier! |
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Post by Deux Spin on Jan 18, 2012 21:42:43 GMT 1
p.s. I do like these Heywood Invaders though |
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Post by Guest on Jan 18, 2012 23:29:13 GMT 1
Given it's made from a quite rare material (meteorit !) it is certainly 7.5K each. Don't forget that an original invader mosaic ranges from 4000 to 8000... and it's made from glass or resin from earth, not from outer space... Funny how the expensiveness of the art is finally only a perception of artist's fame, nothing else. If it was by Koons or Hirst, people would probably say, "wow, only 7.5K, quite affordable for a unique work ! " ;-) was just about to say the same thing!!! its a bloody meteorite! it aint guna be cheep is it! |
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Post by sfinks on Jan 18, 2012 23:55:12 GMT 1
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Post by porcambiar on Feb 26, 2012 15:46:47 GMT 1
men, you are so stupid... invader copies "space invader game"
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