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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by anbesivam1 on Sept 7, 2013 11:12:11 GMT 1, Photo by @icyandsot
 
@olek
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jonnyx
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by jonnyx on Sept 7, 2013 23:10:10 GMT 1,  Blek was painting this today at the Bushwick Collective in BK, a damned sight better than what he is trying to put on canvas. Even the rats look legit. why is he painting Charles Schulz in a Warhol wig? seriously though, it's sad for the scene when things like this happen. blek should be beyond reproach. the current evidence suggests otherwise unfortunately.
Blek was painting this today at the Bushwick Collective in BK, a damned sight better than what he is trying to put on canvas. Even the rats look legit. why is he painting Charles Schulz in a Warhol wig? seriously though, it's sad for the scene when things like this happen. blek should be beyond reproach. the current evidence suggests otherwise unfortunately. |
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fingerz
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by fingerz on Sept 7, 2013 23:38:31 GMT 1, why & poo
why & poo
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jonti
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by jonti on Sept 8, 2013 2:14:42 GMT 1,
"hmmmm...that sheep went down well, what else do folk like? ooooh oh oh kangaroo!!! but i'll stick a joey in her so the women might like it too?!"
"hmmmm...that sheep went down well, what else do folk like? ooooh oh oh kangaroo!!! but i'll stick a joey in her so the women might like it too?!"
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woomas
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by woomas on Sept 8, 2013 8:20:53 GMT 1, As somebody else has said 'I bet banksy is regretting those quotes'.
Otomi - being first is not always being best...wholeheartedly agree!
Blek has no relevance today. Pack it in please, there's a good lad.
As somebody else has said 'I bet banksy is regretting those quotes'.
Otomi - being first is not always being best...wholeheartedly agree!
Blek has no relevance today. Pack it in please, there's a good lad.
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twist65
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by twist65 on Sept 9, 2013 12:23:38 GMT 1, Erm, has Blek really stencilled a poo on this one, or has the piece been subjected to an intervention of some sort?!!
Erm, has Blek really stencilled a poo on this one, or has the piece been subjected to an intervention of some sort?!! |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 12:27:43 GMT 1, the whole image looks uncomfortable
the whole image looks uncomfortable
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 12:29:13 GMT 1, A sex doll playing "Die Blechtrommel"... Achtung Scheisse !!
A sex doll playing "Die Blechtrommel"... Achtung Scheisse !!
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 13:01:42 GMT 1, Erm, has Blek really stencilled a poo on this one, or has the piece been subjected to an intervention of some sort?!!
Erm, has Blek really stencilled a poo on this one, or has the piece been subjected to an intervention of some sort?!! Looks like its part of it to me, is there a deep and profound meaning to this?. |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by dotdot on Sept 9, 2013 13:14:01 GMT 1, qestion is...
what is blek's theme with this show ?
perhaps a silly question...
perhaps a silly show
with silly prices ?
shirley not.
caveat emptor.
qestion is...
what is blek's theme with this show ?
perhaps a silly question...
perhaps a silly show
with silly prices ?
shirley not.
caveat emptor.
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 13:16:54 GMT 1, ...i reckon the theme is to buy his older stuff, i have one for sale!.
...i reckon the theme is to buy his older stuff, i have one for sale!.
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dice
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by dice on Sept 9, 2013 13:22:07 GMT 1, the whole image looks uncomfortable
the whole image looks uncomfortable Where's the other hand gone? Why is there a poo on the floor? His earlier works are great I think, there were some lovely huge canvases at Bonhams last year that went for reasonable prices but this entire thread makes me feel very uncomfortable. |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by collection1 on Sept 10, 2013 4:22:08 GMT 1, is it a poo or a banana peel?
is it a poo or a banana peel?
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by biggie on Sept 10, 2013 8:01:24 GMT 1, If these were in a gallery / market stall for £20 each I would walk on by. I notice they're POA now.
If these were in a gallery / market stall for £20 each I would walk on by. I notice they're POA now.
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by behaviorist on Sept 10, 2013 8:16:05 GMT 1, It's mesmerizing in a way. Where's his left hand and what's holding up that drumstick? Why does his neck seem strangely elongated? Is that a banana peel in homage to Warhol or a piece of pooh a la Paul McCarthy? And why do I even care so much?
It's mesmerizing in a way. Where's his left hand and what's holding up that drumstick? Why does his neck seem strangely elongated? Is that a banana peel in homage to Warhol or a piece of pooh a la Paul McCarthy? And why do I even care so much?
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 10, 2013 14:32:46 GMT 1, I had a dream with Blek in it, he walked up to me and painted a sheep on my face then pushed a strawberry in each of my eyes stood back to get perspective then said "Beep Beep" and walked off through a wall singing the Tina Turner version of 'When i was a little girl i had a rag doll'.
I had a dream with Blek in it, he walked up to me and painted a sheep on my face then pushed a strawberry in each of my eyes stood back to get perspective then said "Beep Beep" and walked off through a wall singing the Tina Turner version of 'When i was a little girl i had a rag doll'.
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by vinzc on Sept 10, 2013 15:38:53 GMT 1, I had a dream with Blek in it, he walked up to me and painted a sheep on my face then pushed a strawberry in each of my eyes stood back to get perspective then said "Beep Beep" and walked off through a wall singing the Tina Turner version of 'When i was a little girl i had a rag doll'.
hilarious.
for some reason, now i have 'we dont need another hero' stuck in my head.
I had a dream with Blek in it, he walked up to me and painted a sheep on my face then pushed a strawberry in each of my eyes stood back to get perspective then said "Beep Beep" and walked off through a wall singing the Tina Turner version of 'When i was a little girl i had a rag doll'. hilarious. for some reason, now i have 'we dont need another hero' stuck in my head. |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by vinzc on Sept 10, 2013 15:52:26 GMT 1, i just got the email...pricing seems real far off. and the quality of the pieces are quite disappointing. agree w the above on both counts. vinzc, what is the picture in your avatar, if you dont mind me asking?
it's a photo i took. for the last 8 or so years, ive been working on a project called street layers. it started by staring at walls with high concentrations of street/graf art...i would look for/at concentric points in the wall where pieces would overlap/decay. so say 4-6 different pieces, different mediums, put up during different seasons intersected on one specific spot...id photograph that. id take that weathered, now abstract image, and blow it up...sometimes to 5x7ft. it's actually how i fell in love with street art, and in turn started photo-documenting it in the us and abroad. after a while, i decided to take a step back and photograph the entire wall after studying it so close.
being based in nyc for a majority of those years, and the rise of the anti-graf squads in the boroughs...it became more difficult to find walls with layers and layers of history on them. so art started to spread out, street art began being more of a legitimate practice legal murals/walls...which are still gorgeous, but not in the vein of what i was after. so i started photographing layers of pasted, torn, weathered mass marketed advertisements (also illegally pasted, but some how permissible). my avatar isnt a good representation of some of the depth that can be found in some of the images i shoot, but i love the image all the same.
so the short answer is - that pic is one i took in hamburg of a weathered/torn advertisement.
i just got the email...pricing seems real far off. and the quality of the pieces are quite disappointing. agree w the above on both counts. vinzc, what is the picture in your avatar, if you dont mind me asking? hey coach... it's a photo i took. for the last 8 or so years, ive been working on a project called street layers. it started by staring at walls with high concentrations of street/graf art...i would look for/at concentric points in the wall where pieces would overlap/decay. so say 4-6 different pieces, different mediums, put up during different seasons intersected on one specific spot...id photograph that. id take that weathered, now abstract image, and blow it up...sometimes to 5x7ft. it's actually how i fell in love with street art, and in turn started photo-documenting it in the us and abroad. after a while, i decided to take a step back and photograph the entire wall after studying it so close. being based in nyc for a majority of those years, and the rise of the anti-graf squads in the boroughs...it became more difficult to find walls with layers and layers of history on them. so art started to spread out, street art began being more of a legitimate practice legal murals/walls...which are still gorgeous, but not in the vein of what i was after. so i started photographing layers of pasted, torn, weathered mass marketed advertisements (also illegally pasted, but some how permissible). my avatar isnt a good representation of some of the depth that can be found in some of the images i shoot, but i love the image all the same. so the short answer is - that pic is one i took in hamburg of a weathered/torn advertisement. |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by coach on Sept 10, 2013 17:07:30 GMT 1, vinzc, what is the picture in your avatar, if you dont mind me asking? hey coach... it's a photo i took. for the last 8 or so years, ive been working on a project called street layers. it started by staring at walls with high concentrations of street/graf art...i would look for/at concentric points in the wall where pieces would overlap/decay. so say 4-6 different pieces, different mediums, put up during different seasons intersected on one specific spot...id photograph that. id take that weathered, now abstract image, and blow it up...sometimes to 5x7ft. it's actually how i fell in love with street art, and in turn started photo-documenting it in the us and abroad. after a while, i decided to take a step back and photograph the entire wall after studying it so close. being based in nyc for a majority of those years, and the rise of the anti-graf squads in the boroughs...it became more difficult to find walls with layers and layers of history on them. so art started to spread out, street art began being more of a legitimate practice legal murals/walls...which are still gorgeous, but not in the vein of what i was after. so i started photographing layers of pasted, torn, weathered mass marketed advertisements (also illegally pasted, but some how permissible). my avatar isnt a good representation of some of the depth that can be found in some of the images i shoot, but i love the image all the same. so the short answer is - that pic is one i took in hamburg of a weathered/torn advertisement.
Thanks for the reply. That is very interesting. I would like to see some of those pics, if you are willing to show them. Do you have a link? Cheers.
vinzc, what is the picture in your avatar, if you dont mind me asking? hey coach... it's a photo i took. for the last 8 or so years, ive been working on a project called street layers. it started by staring at walls with high concentrations of street/graf art...i would look for/at concentric points in the wall where pieces would overlap/decay. so say 4-6 different pieces, different mediums, put up during different seasons intersected on one specific spot...id photograph that. id take that weathered, now abstract image, and blow it up...sometimes to 5x7ft. it's actually how i fell in love with street art, and in turn started photo-documenting it in the us and abroad. after a while, i decided to take a step back and photograph the entire wall after studying it so close. being based in nyc for a majority of those years, and the rise of the anti-graf squads in the boroughs...it became more difficult to find walls with layers and layers of history on them. so art started to spread out, street art began being more of a legitimate practice legal murals/walls...which are still gorgeous, but not in the vein of what i was after. so i started photographing layers of pasted, torn, weathered mass marketed advertisements (also illegally pasted, but some how permissible). my avatar isnt a good representation of some of the depth that can be found in some of the images i shoot, but i love the image all the same. so the short answer is - that pic is one i took in hamburg of a weathered/torn advertisement. Thanks for the reply. That is very interesting. I would like to see some of those pics, if you are willing to show them. Do you have a link? Cheers. |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 10, 2013 17:09:20 GMT 1, Thanks for the reply. That is very interesting. I would like to see some of those pics, if you are willing to show them. Do have a drink, Cheers.
Thanks for the reply. That is very interesting. I would like to see some of those pics, if you are willing to show them. Do have a drink, Cheers. cheers to you coach, mines a large one. |
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by friedrichberthold on Sept 11, 2013 4:18:03 GMT 1, I went to his show last Saturday and frankly, I love his new stuff ! This guy is great !
DAMIT, BASTA
I went to his show last Saturday and frankly, I love his new stuff ! This guy is great !
DAMIT, BASTA
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 18:04:40 GMT 1, I want to like this print just because I love my Beggar in Paris print so much but I really really don't like this one at all.
I want to like this print just because I love my Beggar in Paris print so much but I really really don't like this one at all.
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 18:26:06 GMT 1, You need to buy an older more classic Blek i reckon Ambo.
You need to buy an older more classic Blek i reckon Ambo.
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Blek le Rat at Jonathan Levine, by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 19:38:30 GMT 1, You need to buy an older more classic Blek i reckon Ambo.
Nah I'm happy with my Beggar and only have so much wall space !
You need to buy an older more classic Blek i reckon Ambo. Nah I'm happy with my Beggar and only have so much wall space ! |
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