[dreadnatty]

[WOOF]

Really nice piece, though there's no question id like it more without the borrowed interest collage at the bottom.

[natstan]

Very nice piece... The collages are probably a tribute to those artists, as seen in some other pieces as well,

[andyroo0312]

Mar 8, 2015 1:53:56 GMT 1 natstan said:

Very nice piece... The collages are probably a tribute to those artists, as seen in some other pieces as well,

Stunning piece. Yes MB likes putting in little tributes to a few artists that they hold in high esteem. I would love to get me a commission before they become to expensive. I never tirer of their art...

[natstan]

Mar 8, 2015 4:05:42 GMT 1 andyroo0312 said:

Mar 8, 2015 1:53:56 GMT 1 natstan said:

Very nice piece... The collages are probably a tribute to those artists, as seen in some other pieces as well,

Stunning piece. Yes MB likes putting in little tributes to a few artists that they hold in high esteem. I would love to get me a commission before they become to expensive. I never tirer of their art...

If only they get more spotlight in this forum. Underated. Love my until september print with those butterfly tributes, presumably to hirst.

Those 'objects' they place at the bottom of the foreground reminds me of renaissance portraiture of the past, with a meaning behind each one placed.

[andyroo0312]

Mar 8, 2015 4:07:46 GMT 1 natstan said:

Mar 8, 2015 4:05:42 GMT 1 andyroo0312 said:

Stunning piece. Yes MB likes putting in little tributes to a few artists that they hold in high esteem. I would love to get me a commission before they become to expensive. I never tirer of their art...

If only they get more spotlight in this forum. Underated. Love my until september print with those butterfly tributes, presumably to hirst.

Yes they are very under loved but I suspect that will change in the coming years, I think they will be around for some time yet. Yes they like their tributes to Basquite , Haring, Klimt ,Hirst and Egon Schiele being the ones I see most.

[jayawesum24]

I wonder whats the average cost on one of their commissions. 

[andyroo0312]

Mar 8, 2015 5:04:43 GMT 1 jayawesum24 said:

I wonder whats the average cost on one of their commissions. 

I reckon depending on size £5k to £12k.

[alittle]

I would love a massive resin piece.

[thriftypix]

Mar 8, 2015 5:32:57 GMT 1 alittle said:

I would love a massive resin piece.

You and me both. Just spectacular!

[WOOF]

I questioned whether or not to respond to you guys re: the "tributes" at the bottom of their work because there appears to be a lot of love for MB here on UAA. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like MB's work. But that's why it's so disappointing to see them tributing (or rather misappropriating, depending on who you ask) other artists work with seemingly no connection to the piece.

Their work is incredibly original. Unique. And personally, I think it would receive FAR more praise from the art world is if they stuck to their own original ideas. Borrowed interest ideas are quickly forgotten. I work in a business that is centered around coming up unique ideas, and in that sense, their tribute to artists like haring actually ends up cheapening their own hard work. It's like they thought, "oh, this isn't enough. We need something else to finish this piece" and then just through them in. Can you imagine Parla or someone the like putting something like that in their work? I can't.

Again, don't jump all over me cus i'm "hating". I'm actually loving - I just want to be able to love more.

[Ottomatik]

Mar 8, 2015 20:12:44 GMT 1 WOOF said:

I questioned whether or not to respond to you guys re: the "tributes" at the bottom of their work because there appears to be a lot of love for MB here on UAA. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like MB's work. But that's why it's so disappointing to see them tributing (or rather misappropriating, depending on who you ask) other artists work with seemingly no connection to the piece.

Their work is incredibly original. Unique. And personally, I think it would receive FAR more praise from the art world is if they stuck to their own original ideas. Borrowed interest ideas are quickly forgotten. I work in a business that is centered around coming up unique ideas, and in that sense, their tribute to artists like haring actually ends up cheapening their own hard work. It's like they thought, "oh, this isn't enough. We need something else to finish this piece" and then just through them in. Can you imagine Parla or someone the like putting something like that in their work? I can't.

Again, don't jump all over me cus i'm "hating". I'm actually loving - I just want to be able to love more.

I'm sure they would be happy to do a commission for you sans reappropration on the bottom of said commission.

[mylilly]

Mar 8, 2015 20:12:44 GMT 1 WOOF said:

I questioned whether or not to respond to you guys re: the "tributes" at the bottom of their work because there appears to be a lot of love for MB here on UAA. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like MB's work. But that's why it's so disappointing to see them tributing (or rather misappropriating, depending on who you ask) other artists work with seemingly no connection to the piece.

Their work is incredibly original. Unique. And personally, I think it would receive FAR more praise from the art world is if they stuck to their own original ideas. Borrowed interest ideas are quickly forgotten. I work in a business that is centered around coming up unique ideas, and in that sense, their tribute to artists like haring actually ends up cheapening their own hard work. It's like they thought, "oh, this isn't enough. We need something else to finish this piece" and then just through them in. Can you imagine Parla or someone the like putting something like that in their work? I can't.

Again, don't jump all over me cus i'm "hating". I'm actually loving - I just want to be able to love more.

The reason you give for not enjoying their work is one of the things I enjoy most about their work. Although I don’t think they are the first or only artist currently stealing, remixing or appropiating other art works, however they do seem to be the only ones blending all 3 of these things consistently, I’ve seen many current artists from David Mitch to Banksy appropriating other artist’s work. Seen the Chapman Brothers remix other famous artworks, and classical and impressionist painters making direct references to their peers, such as Isaac Israëls inclusion of Van Gogh’s sunflowers in his painting spring to mind. Then there are artists such as Elaine Sturtevant who really did make the art world question copyright and originality.

I think there is room for what Miss Bugs are doing and i think there is thought behind there work and they have openly discussed it online themselves. Here's some exstracts from Juxtapoze a good few years back and Brooklyn Art street news -


Well, we’ve taken and made our spin paintings as a reflection of Damien Hirst’s spin paintings. A lot of our work explores ownership of ideas, working styles, and the relationship and knock-on effect that artists have with one another. Hirst is a master of lifting other people’s creations (in the case of the spin painting it had been done many times before by the likes of Alfons Schilling). The great thing about Hirst is he can take things that have been done many times before, put his stamp on them, and make them iconic.

Brooklyn Street Art: You borrow from different artists and other cultural art forms (including Shakespeare in one instance) and incorporate many of those images into your work. How do you go about selecting the images? Are they your favorite artists or is it purely aesthetic?

Miss Bugs: The list of artists that we 'stole' from and remixed for this show is massive...Hannah Hoch and Kurt Schwitters, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vera Lehndorff, Gustav Klimt, Picasso, Mc Escher, Man Ray, David Lynch, Mel Ramous, Takashi Murakami, Leonardo Da Vinci, Banksy, Warhol, Stanley Kubrick.
We'll stop now but the list goes on! You have to look harder for some of them and others can be staring you in the face but sometimes still go unnoticed as they're seen out of context. Playing with ideas of how we view artwork and how much of its reasoning we understand.
We look at links between the artists and their working methods throughout history. Artists that would not normally be considered to sit alongside each other are then remixed together showing just how the working style of (for example) Keith Haring can gel together with Picasso, and how artists from very different periods in time and culture are using very similar approaches, often where you wouldn't expect to see it.
Here we've selected elements of artists whose work goes someway in helping us tell our own story within 'Parlour'... Suppose we're like some sort twisted museum curator cramming the world's greatest artists together into a small room for an orgy, then throwing some classical writers and iconic film directors in for good measure!

The outside installation grew from the concept that the parlour is being protected by a few souls and that this can be a twisted place, full of contradiction… We suppose it’s a nightmare or maybe just a bad dream! Comparisons can be made throughout the show between our ‘Parlour’ and the real world of the art establishment. Just depends how deep you want to scratch!

[WOOF]

Mar 8, 2015 22:40:57 GMT 1 mylilly said:

Mar 8, 2015 20:12:44 GMT 1 WOOF said:

I questioned whether or not to respond to you guys re: the "tributes" at the bottom of their work because there appears to be a lot of love for MB here on UAA. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like MB's work. But that's why it's so disappointing to see them tributing (or rather misappropriating, depending on who you ask) other artists work with seemingly no connection to the piece.

Their work is incredibly original. Unique. And personally, I think it would receive FAR more praise from the art world is if they stuck to their own original ideas. Borrowed interest ideas are quickly forgotten. I work in a business that is centered around coming up unique ideas, and in that sense, their tribute to artists like haring actually ends up cheapening their own hard work. It's like they thought, "oh, this isn't enough. We need something else to finish this piece" and then just through them in. Can you imagine Parla or someone the like putting something like that in their work? I can't.

Again, don't jump all over me cus i'm "hating". I'm actually loving - I just want to be able to love more.

The reason you give for not enjoying their work is one of the things I enjoy most about their work. Although I don’t think they are the first or only artist currently stealing, remixing or appropiating other art works, however they do seem to be the only ones blending all 3 of these things consistently, I’ve seen many current artists from David Mitch to Banksy appropriating other artist’s work. Seen the Chapman Brothers remix other famous artworks, and classical and impressionist painters making direct references to their peers, such as Isaac Israëls inclusion of Van Gogh’s sunflowers in his painting spring to mind. Then there are artists such as Elaine Sturtevant who really did make the art world question copyright and originality.

I think there is room for what Miss Bugs are doing and i think there is thought behind there work and they have openly discussed it online themselves. Here's some exstracts from Juxtapoze a good few years back and Brooklyn Art street news -


Well, we’ve taken and made our spin paintings as a reflection of Damien Hirst’s spin paintings. A lot of our work explores ownership of ideas, working styles, and the relationship and knock-on effect that artists have with one another. Hirst is a master of lifting other people’s creations (in the case of the spin painting it had been done many times before by the likes of Alfons Schilling). The great thing about Hirst is he can take things that have been done many times before, put his stamp on them, and make them iconic.

Brooklyn Street Art: You borrow from different artists and other cultural art forms (including Shakespeare in one instance) and incorporate many of those images into your work. How do you go about selecting the images? Are they your favorite artists or is it purely aesthetic?

Miss Bugs: The list of artists that we 'stole' from and remixed for this show is massive...Hannah Hoch and Kurt Schwitters, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vera Lehndorff, Gustav Klimt, Picasso, Mc Escher, Man Ray, David Lynch, Mel Ramous, Takashi Murakami, Leonardo Da Vinci, Banksy, Warhol, Stanley Kubrick.
We'll stop now but the list goes on! You have to look harder for some of them and others can be staring you in the face but sometimes still go unnoticed as they're seen out of context. Playing with ideas of how we view artwork and how much of its reasoning we understand.
We look at links between the artists and their working methods throughout history. Artists that would not normally be considered to sit alongside each other are then remixed together showing just how the working style of (for example) Keith Haring can gel together with Picasso, and how artists from very different periods in time and culture are using very similar approaches, often where you wouldn't expect to see it.
Here we've selected elements of artists whose work goes someway in helping us tell our own story within 'Parlour'... Suppose we're like some sort twisted museum curator cramming the world's greatest artists together into a small room for an orgy, then throwing some classical writers and iconic film directors in for good measure!

The outside installation grew from the concept that the parlour is being protected by a few souls and that this can be a twisted place, full of contradiction… We suppose it’s a nightmare or maybe just a bad dream! Comparisons can be made throughout the show between our ‘Parlour’ and the real world of the art establishment. Just depends how deep you want to scratch!

Again, I didn't say I don't enjoy their work. I just think I would probably enjoy it more. And while I respect that other artists have done the same, there's a reason why Isaac Israëls isn't as well known Van Gogh. For me, unique, original ideas will always win out.

But thank you for the response. It's interesting to read their take on it. I think I stand by my opinion, but it's nice to see that there's thought behind their choices.

[natstan]

Mar 8, 2015 22:40:57 GMT 1 mylilly said:

Mar 8, 2015 20:12:44 GMT 1 WOOF said:

I questioned whether or not to respond to you guys re: the "tributes" at the bottom of their work because there appears to be a lot of love for MB here on UAA. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like MB's work. But that's why it's so disappointing to see them tributing (or rather misappropriating, depending on who you ask) other artists work with seemingly no connection to the piece.

Their work is incredibly original. Unique. And personally, I think it would receive FAR more praise from the art world is if they stuck to their own original ideas. Borrowed interest ideas are quickly forgotten. I work in a business that is centered around coming up unique ideas, and in that sense, their tribute to artists like haring actually ends up cheapening their own hard work. It's like they thought, "oh, this isn't enough. We need something else to finish this piece" and then just through them in. Can you imagine Parla or someone the like putting something like that in their work? I can't.

Again, don't jump all over me cus i'm "hating". I'm actually loving - I just want to be able to love more.

The reason you give for not enjoying their work is one of the things I enjoy most about their work. Although I don’t think they are the first or only artist currently stealing, remixing or appropiating other art works, however they do seem to be the only ones blending all 3 of these things consistently, I’ve seen many current artists from David Mitch to Banksy appropriating other artist’s work. Seen the Chapman Brothers remix other famous artworks, and classical and impressionist painters making direct references to their peers, such as Isaac Israëls inclusion of Van Gogh’s sunflowers in his painting spring to mind. Then there are artists such as Elaine Sturtevant who really did make the art world question copyright and originality.

I think there is room for what Miss Bugs are doing and i think there is thought behind there work and they have openly discussed it online themselves. Here's some exstracts from Juxtapoze a good few years back and Brooklyn Art street news -


Well, we’ve taken and made our spin paintings as a reflection of Damien Hirst’s spin paintings. A lot of our work explores ownership of ideas, working styles, and the relationship and knock-on effect that artists have with one another. Hirst is a master of lifting other people’s creations (in the case of the spin painting it had been done many times before by the likes of Alfons Schilling). The great thing about Hirst is he can take things that have been done many times before, put his stamp on them, and make them iconic.

Brooklyn Street Art: You borrow from different artists and other cultural art forms (including Shakespeare in one instance) and incorporate many of those images into your work. How do you go about selecting the images? Are they your favorite artists or is it purely aesthetic?

Miss Bugs: The list of artists that we 'stole' from and remixed for this show is massive...Hannah Hoch and Kurt Schwitters, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vera Lehndorff, Gustav Klimt, Picasso, Mc Escher, Man Ray, David Lynch, Mel Ramous, Takashi Murakami, Leonardo Da Vinci, Banksy, Warhol, Stanley Kubrick.
We'll stop now but the list goes on! You have to look harder for some of them and others can be staring you in the face but sometimes still go unnoticed as they're seen out of context. Playing with ideas of how we view artwork and how much of its reasoning we understand.
We look at links between the artists and their working methods throughout history. Artists that would not normally be considered to sit alongside each other are then remixed together showing just how the working style of (for example) Keith Haring can gel together with Picasso, and how artists from very different periods in time and culture are using very similar approaches, often where you wouldn't expect to see it.
Here we've selected elements of artists whose work goes someway in helping us tell our own story within 'Parlour'... Suppose we're like some sort twisted museum curator cramming the world's greatest artists together into a small room for an orgy, then throwing some classical writers and iconic film directors in for good measure!

The outside installation grew from the concept that the parlour is being protected by a few souls and that this can be a twisted place, full of contradiction… We suppose it’s a nightmare or maybe just a bad dream! Comparisons can be made throughout the show between our ‘Parlour’ and the real world of the art establishment. Just depends how deep you want to scratch!

Thanks for the insight into their works. I for one also like finding these little surprise tributes in their work. In fact, I think it makes it much more interesting and makes me the viewer question the intent for doing so.

[mrkyuss]

I like Miss Bugs.

[oxomo]

I really like this piece, and Miss Bugs in general...I just always struggle with the concept of actually putting them on my wall.

With this piece, I just think I'll feel like I'm constantly being stared at.

[kbfrombk]

A mere blip on the radar screen of reappropriation.

With others you look at it and think "oh that thing reminds me of ___"; whereas with MB I've always ever seen one of their things and thought, "damn that's MB and I want it" !!

[chan011]

heres another new one they are working on

[Phear Loathing]

With re appropriation there is no miss bugs. It's what they do and have done since the beginning.

[chan011]

Mar 8, 2015 5:04:43 GMT 1 jayawesum24 said:

I wonder whats the average cost on one of their commissions. 

this info is a few years old so prices have probably gone up. the surgical blade piece at the top of the thread is a medium size. 


Size and prices for resin pieces is as follows:

small 120cm x 90cm (ish) - £6000 (this is the starting size - cannot go smaller with resin due to detail)

medium 150cm x 110cm (ish) - £8300

large 180cm x 130cm (ish) - £9500 - £15000 (depending on materials/size)

[Daniel Silk]

Amazing how far Miss Bugs has come in the last few years I think many didn't take the art seriously to start with as it was at a time when lots of new artists where appearing in the scene, but now Miss Bugs I would have thought would be in most people's top ten Artist list.

[WOOF]

Apr 29, 2015 20:40:57 GMT 1 chan011 said:

Mar 8, 2015 5:04:43 GMT 1 jayawesum24 said:

I wonder whats the average cost on one of their commissions. 

this info is a few years old so prices have probably gone up. the surgical blade piece at the top of the thread is a medium size. 


Size and prices for resin pieces is as follows:

small 120cm x 90cm (ish) - £6000 (this is the starting size - cannot go smaller with resin due to detail)

medium 150cm x 110cm (ish) - £8300

large 180cm x 130cm (ish) - £9500 - £15000 (depending on materials/size)

fuuuuuuuuuck - i wish I had "go fuck yourself" money to throw at an MB commission...

[Ottomatik]

Dan, they have always been at the top of my list!

Here's a new one from Instagram:

[randomname]

Mar 7, 2015 20:29:42 GMT 1 WOOF said:

Really nice piece, though there's no question id like it more without the borrowed interest collage at the bottom.

Didn't you just spend a lot of time defending a certain other artist for "borrowing" some else's artwork as a central element of her own?

[kbfrombk]

mb ftw

[WOOF]

Apr 29, 2015 21:50:44 GMT 1 randomname said:

Mar 7, 2015 20:29:42 GMT 1 WOOF said:

Really nice piece, though there's no question id like it more without the borrowed interest collage at the bottom.

Didn't you just spend a lot of time defending a certain other artist for "borrowing" some else's artwork as a central element of her own?

I think you may be mistaking me for someone else. I don't think I've ever defended anyone, including Sandra C who I suspect you're referring to, for "borrowing" someone else's artwork as a central element of her own work. I even went back into my old posts to try and see what you might be talking about, but couldn't find anything. Can you refer me to the post you're talking about?

[Ottomatik]

Apr 29, 2015 21:50:44 GMT 1 randomname said:

Mar 7, 2015 20:29:42 GMT 1 WOOF said:

Really nice piece, though there's no question id like it more without the borrowed interest collage at the bottom.

Didn't you just spend a lot of time defending a certain other artist for "borrowing" some else's artwork as a central element of her own?

Dude, DBSØN is Bugs, he's just trying to distract us.

[randomname]

Apr 29, 2015 22:09:17 GMT 1 WOOF said:

Apr 29, 2015 21:50:44 GMT 1 randomname said:

Didn't you just spend a lot of time defending a certain other artist for "borrowing" some else's artwork as a central element of her own?

I think you may be mistaking me for someone else. I don't think I've ever defended anyone, including Sandra C who I suspect you're referring to, for "borrowing" someone else's artwork as a central element of her own work. I even went back into my old posts to try and see what you might be talking about, but couldn't find anything. Can you refer me to the post you're talking about?

To be fair, I don't remember if you ever said anything specifically about her use of comic book art. I just remember you're a fan of her work. So I thought it was a little odd you would take exception to someone using another artist's work as a minor element. But not have a problem with an artist using anther person's work as the central element. If anything, I'd say Sandra's misappropriation is far more blatant. 

[WOOF]

Apr 29, 2015 23:15:50 GMT 1 randomname said:

Apr 29, 2015 22:09:17 GMT 1 WOOF said:

I think you may be mistaking me for someone else. I don't think I've ever defended anyone, including Sandra C who I suspect you're referring to, for "borrowing" someone else's artwork as a central element of her own work. I even went back into my old posts to try and see what you might be talking about, but couldn't find anything. Can you refer me to the post you're talking about?

To be fair, I don't remember if you ever said anything specifically about her use of comic book art. I just remember you're a fan of her work. So I thought it was a little odd you would take exception to someone using another artist's work as a minor element. But not have a problem with an artist using anther person's work as the central element. If anything, I'd say Sandra's misappropriation is far more blatant. 

I enjoy Sandra's work, but have never said it doesn't appropriate. I'm also a fan of MB's. Actually, a much bigger fan. And I think unlike SC, MB's work can stand on its own without the help of appropriation. So I don't get why they do it. They don't need to, and I think it cheapens the work. I still think it's good, but I lso think it could be better...