Early Banksy Art

[saint]

[saint]

Another early one c.1999ish?

[cosmic]

Oct 1, 2020 12:02:18 GMT 1 saint said:

Another early one c.1999ish?

'Sickle Kid', circa 1999 stencil spray paint signature, stencil spraypaint and acrylic on board 30 x 50cm (11 13/16 x 19 11/16in).

[tab1]

Oct 1, 2020 19:57:48 GMT 1 cosmic said:

Love Rat 2003

>>> is this the first time a rat appeared on a canvas ?? <<<

😯
The stenciling has definitely improved vastly over the years!😬

[Terry Fuckwitt]

Oct 1, 2020 19:57:48 GMT 1 cosmic said:

Love Rat 2003

>>> is this the first time a rat appeared on a canvas ?? <<<

Looks like a Bambi canvas. It has to be the worst Banksy I've ever seen. That hand 😂

[saint]

Oct 1, 2020 19:57:48 GMT 1 cosmic said:

Love Rat 2003

>>> is this the first time a rat appeared on a canvas ?? <<<

Not on canvas, but this version of love rat was either same year or year before I think?

[saint]

Ai, thought so, so which Love Rat came first do you think?

[saint]

God the stencil work has changed over the years!

I believe at Dragon bar in 2002 there were radar rats on canvas... will see if I can find a pic....

[saint]

This is from Bonhams sale in 2009, prov from Dragon bar 2002...

[sixftjellybaby]

Oct 2, 2020 15:48:46 GMT 1 cosmic said:

Oct 2, 2020 9:36:55 GMT 1 saint said:

Not on canvas, but this version of love rat was either same year or year before I think?

this exact piece on a wooden pallet is from the Turf War exhibition (Kingsland Road) 18 JULY 2003

That’s the one I got offered back in the day for £2000...(kicking myself now as I type )

[saint]

Che Guevara on Skates, from 2000.

[avec art]

I knew this artwork well in person. It was purchased on credit from a show under the Westway in 2003 I think it was. Monkeys on one side and chequebook vandalism on the other

[tab1]

Oct 3, 2020 22:00:02 GMT 1 avec art said:

I knew this artwork well in person. It was purchased on credit from a show under the Westway in 2003 I think it was. Monkeys on one side and chequebook vandalism on the other

how much at the time?

[avec art]

you really want to know .. it was a friend who bought it, and it was expensive. It was a small fortune to spend on art, especially from some guy with a spray can .. £3000 ... paid in instalments

[Pipes]

Oct 3, 2020 22:21:44 GMT 1 avec art said:

you really want to know .. it was a friend who bought it, and it was expensive. It was a small fortune to spend on art, especially from some guy with a spray can .. £3000 ... paid in instalments

Do they still have it?

[Dive Jedi]

Oct 3, 2020 22:21:44 GMT 1 avec art said:

you really want to know .. it was a friend who bought it, and it was expensive. It was a small fortune to spend on art, especially from some guy with a spray can .. £3000 ... paid in instalments

Now that's just silly money......

[avec art]

It might not seem a lot to some people, but those days POW couldn't easily shift prints for £50 or whatever. You wouldn't put down money like that as an investment, that's not why it was purchased. It was bought out of love for the art. It was this person who initially brought the artist to my attention and probably why I am a printmaker today

[saint]

Oct 4, 2020 21:46:56 GMT 1 cosmic said:

Heavy Weaponry 1998
the very first Heavy Weaponry ??

Yes I think so. Earliest version I’ve seen.

Always wished he had done a print version of HW.

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Oct 5, 2020 10:34:28 GMT 1 saint said:

Oct 4, 2020 21:46:56 GMT 1 cosmic said:

Heavy Weaponry 1998
the very first Heavy Weaponry ??

Yes I think so. Earliest version I’ve seen.

Always wished he had done a print version of HW.

Got to think that would be up there as one of the best prints.. who knows, it might be the next one

[brycepen]

Oct 5, 2020 10:54:03 GMT 1 @giveashit said:

Oct 5, 2020 10:34:28 GMT 1 saint said:

Yes I think so. Earliest version I’ve seen.

Always wished he had done a print version of HW.

Got to think that would be up there as one of the best prints.. who knows, it might be the next one

Tbh, I think it looks rather amateur and a bit banal.

That is not at all meant to be a dig at Banksy. I’m an artist myself, and usually when I look at my work from decades ago (like this), I’m usually pretty embarrassed by my subpar technique, attention to detail, and use of color theory. And I think that we can all agree that his work has become more advanced in technique and quality since 1998 

In any case, I don’t Banksy is as much of an insecure perfectionist as I am, haha.

[avec art]

that is NOT it. It was not part of a panel .. 3 monkeys, drippier than those

[saint]

Jail Break from 2010 on metal.

[saint]

The original Gangster rat was quite different to the slightly later print edition (the one people use to make a stencil and do fakes from without research or being honest about painting it themselves). This is from 2004 and was from an edition of 25. I have limited knowledge of the edition but I've seen the exclamation mark in black also.

[saint]

sorry, it should be gangsta, not gangster. I'm not down with the kids.

[saint]

Another 2004 rat, Rat With Umbrella.

[Nick]

Another lovely rat

[coller]

apologies for the repeats but stumbled across a decent group of photos:

[Dexter Bulldog]

oh those monkeys. wow
would love to see a better pic of that wood one..

[lee100]

Makes you wonder where all of these canvas’s are now. They hardly ever hit the market !

[coller]

Oct 7, 2020 19:41:55 GMT 1 Dexter Bulldog said:

oh those monkeys. wow
would love to see a better pic of that wood one..

they're from this show: www.fondazioneterzopilastrointernazionale.it/en/press-release/guerra-capitalismo-liberta/

probably more pics out there

edit: found it