URBAN[E] by Eine

[Deleted]

Nice pieces but


expensive too considering the cement piece has air bubbles in it.

Should have gone to www.tiranti.co.uk/ and used a vacuum thingy.

[Deleted]

£2.5k for an 'E'!! Clubbing's not really my scene but I've heard people say you can buy an 'E' in most clubs for about £5 these days!

Mr Eine needs to realise he has lots of competition out there ; )

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Nov 19, 2014 20:25:03 GMT 1 @amboguy said:

£2.5k for an 'E'!! Clubbing's not really my scene but I've heard people say you can buy an 'E' in most clubs for about £5 these days!

Mr Eine needs to realise he has lots of competition out there ; )

competition out there and also coming up to xmas so money is tight for many.

[Deleted]

Think I'd rather a canvas for that kind of money. I'm sure in the flesh it's very nice, but £2500 nice I'm not so sure

[Deleted]

they are nice objects but seem expensive.

[Happy Shopper]

Nov 21, 2014 15:52:10 GMT 1 @araplatoon said:

Think I'd rather a canvas for that kind of money. I'm sure in the flesh it's very nice, but £2500 nice I'm not so sure

Exactly. You can buy a few of the individual letter canvases for that money (much less actually) and create a very nice original.

[Deleted]

In my opinion very few of these will sell. £2500 and an edition of a 100 is stupidly expensive. Is Eine becoming abit of a sell out? Next he will be giving away plastic E's with MacDonalds Happy Meals! Imagine the royalties!

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Nov 21, 2014 21:17:12 GMT 1 dan993c2 said:

In my opinion very few of these will sell. £2500 and an edition of a 100 is stupidly expensive. Is Eine becoming abit of a sell out? Next he will be giving away plastic E's with MacDonalds Happy Meals! Imagine the royalties!

Materials used to make the whole edition for the cement ones including silicone, plaster and cement would total £250 + labor ?


I kind of hoped this was a Yen price or lost in translation...!






These should retail at about £150-£200 a piece IMO.

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

Wow i'd be surprised if he sold one.. Greedy!! His misses probably wants a lot for Xmas, so he needs the cash.

[.dappy]

... pre-orders are now being taken .... GO!

[thomasmer]

They'll pretty much make them to order won't they?

[Deleted]

Keep F5'ing.....

[Unica]

Ridiculous, I like some of his prints, Tenderloin, Shutterfront etc. But lets face it the only print that he has done that has appreciated is probably Shutterfront. I'm sure a few wealthy collectors will buy some of these but anyone else who buys one and attempts to sell in the coming years will lose his shirt. Much better off getting a print IMO.

[petro]

Concrete, metal, and wood cubes (120 x 120 x 120 mm) hand finished and signed by Eine. Each available in an edition of 100 at £2,500 a pop.

The pricing seems to be getting more insane with each Eine release.

www.fragileventures.com

[letiss]

Utterly mental and possibly the craziest pricing since the last few hand finished Dolk editions. This could only be for an oligarch, who's child needs a little extra help to learn the fifth letter of the alphabet.

[nicey]

An edition of 100 for how much! Wow thats nuts. You can get the whole alphabet for £10 at Early Learning Centre.

[Chrisp]

These will be sat un sold until they are full with woodworm. £100 tops sounds about right.
Hand finished is Eine put them in the box and his assistant signed it.

[bone]

What a rip off

[BKBOI]

Does he or someone who works for him check EB? His chit don't even flip properly and he is asking these prices. Not even interested if they were 500 quid.

[natstan]

If any of you read the latest article posted somewhere on one of the threads about him, he is trying to move himself into the contemporary art market. And once you are there (and wanna get there), you can't possibly charge street art prices anymore.?

[mc9205]

Dec 6, 2014 6:56:29 GMT 1 natstan said:

If any of you read the latest article posted somewhere on one of the threads about him, he is trying to move himself into the contemporary art market. And once you are there (and wanna get there), you can't possibly charge street art prices anymore.?

For reference: www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/ben-eine-street-art-is-a-luxury-product-9901002.html

[dashboll]

It's getting really sad in my opinion. Eine got me into the street art game after seeing the canvas he sent to Obama. Ive always been a typo nut and thought it was one of the most amazing pieces I had ever seen. That august I saw his "TO express" work at the Lowry in Salford and was blown away, bought some postcard packs and wished I could get just one piece. A few months later managed to get Oranges and the secondary market, when it arrived I sat there staring at it for hours on end, the detail is fantastic and the colour amazing. The past year his releases look more and more like photoshopped pieces, prices are sky high, but when you look on the bay you see none of the newer stuff tends to shift. Shutterfront imo was his best phase. And now,s**t like the cubes are getting pedalled for thousands, it's so far removed from his roots it's unbeleivable. Nothing wrong with high prices if the market dictates, but these are tat with what looks like very little input from eine. Look at the latest revolution print, squashing down the size of letters for a 3-3-4 what the Fuck is that about? Was so exciting to here the print was coming then shocked by the price and even more shocked at the 3-3-4 issue. Get back to what your best at Ben, please!

There, that's out my system now!

[Chrisp]

Great read, sounds like he want to live in Retna world.
Love this bit of the article on the erm blocks

But being somewhere between a piece of artwork to be admired in a gallery and a paperweight, I ask about their intended purpose: “Haha, I dunno really,”

£2.5k and he has no clue why he made them.

[Argiebaji]

I cannot see any justification for this price either... Unless they are white gold or platinum!?

[Finsbury]

E for Extortionate!

[mace]

Eine, Invader, JR etc. etc.
Seems like the time to cash in has come...

[shills]

hahahhahahahah yeah he's got some pretty gullible fans... too bad his stuff is garbage not worth the flip

[dashboll]

Theyve all been made on a cnc machine with vector files, how that can constitute art I've no idea

[rootona]

I really like ben eine ´s job, but i don't anderstand this release.

[iamzero]

I love the blocks but the price is insane.