War Boutique 🇬🇧 Metropolitan Peace • Art For Sale

[kobron]

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes...
(Andy Warhol)

remember Coach ....

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Soup Herb thread and results coach.
Love it!
They're both bee-uties.
Really hope you two can do more art together and I hope you've got a plan to plant some irresistible flowers together when Spring arrives.
Happy New Year dude.

[Coach]

This is great news for War Boutique.
His "The Great Game" has been aquired by the National Army Museum.
I have to say that I am impressed that they aquired it, in view of the fact that WB's art often takes a satirical swipe at war.
It's a fabulous piece, that I had the pleasure of seeing at the Herbert gallery show, War Peace and Reconcilliation.

I understand that the piece will be off to Dresden this summer, to be shown there.

WB, great artist in my opinion. I've said it before - if you ever get the chance to go to one of his artists talks, don't miss it - he is fascinating to listen to.

Interesting article about The Great Game here:

www.nam.ac.uk/collection/collection-news/great-game-175-years-afghanistan

[Coach]

Here is a picture I took of The Great Game, when I saw it.

[overend]

Thanks for sharing coach and apologies for not responding before. Surprised that no one else has commented.

Recall seeing this piece on the forum during the show at the Herbert and thinking at the time that it was a clever and insightful work. Congratulations to WB and both the Army Museum and the Herbert for their free thinking and foresight.

[searchandrescue]

Great news, really powerful piece

[Dr Plip]

For me, this was one of the most memorable pieces from the Caught in the Crossfire exhibition. Simple but effective. I'm glad it's found an interesting home.

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Feb 14, 2014 23:11:57 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

For me, this was one of the most memorable pieces from the Caught in the Crossfire exhibition. Simple but effective. I'm glad it's found an interesting home.

Just watched a fascinating series on channel 4 about Goldsmiths graduates, presuming this is the same chap ?

[Coach]

Feb 15, 2014 0:25:04 GMT 1 @martedanielsen said:

Feb 14, 2014 23:11:57 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

For me, this was one of the most memorable pieces from the Caught in the Crossfire exhibition. Simple but effective. I'm glad it's found an interesting home.

Just watched a fascinating series on channel 4 about Goldsmiths graduates, presuming this is the same chap ?

That's years old.

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Fascinating read Coach, a couple of years ago I thought he was an imitator or maybe too linked to Banksy style posturing, but I can see he's the absolutely the genuine article and really a very interesting artist. Looks like he will be taken seriously rarher than lumped in with "Urban Art" which can only be a good thing. Cheers for posting.

[Coach]

I have been lucky enough to meet him a couple of times. He is a smashing chap. Funny and very generous with his time. And he really knows his stuff. Fascinating to listen to. I went to an artist talk by him, and it was enthraling.

One of my favorite pieces is the piece of armour from an Apache helicopter with the playstation logo painted on it. Brilliant. And his Maharishi collab riot track suit was great. The man is a great artist. One day I will hopefully buy an original.

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Feb 15, 2014 0:32:54 GMT 1 @martedanielsen said:

Fascinating read Coach, a couple of years ago I thought he was an imitator or maybe too linked to Banksy style posturing, but I can see he's the absolutely the genuine article and really a very interesting artist. Looks like he will be taken seriously rarher than lumped in with "Urban Art" which can only be a good thing. Cheers for posting.

Sadly a much harsher market to make it in.

[craigf]

I have one of war boutiques clockwork soldier pieces on aluminium on the wall, poignant piece as all of his are. I think @badrobot 's point about his market being a hard one to make it in is true and I did wonder if the move to andipa would help or hinder this, their client list has deep pockets, but their pricing excludes some people who may well be interested in his work

[reformeddealer]

I had the pleasure in showing Toms work when we had our pop up on Carnaby street in 08 - Pleased that people are taking his work seriously. He knows his Onions.

[welikestatic]

Hey everyone,

apologies if this has already been posted somewhere.. we wanted to give you a heads up that War Boutique has just released 2 new prints,


With 100 days until the vote for independence..... check them out here!

www.warboutique.com/index.htm

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Small edition and only 50 quid!..

Lovely.




Plus, I always regret not getting one of these shields from then, thats that though.

[Happy Shopper]

What is the real motivation for this print?
This "Vote" thing seemed to start around the Obama campaign to get the youth voting, because artists knew the kids would vote for Obama and the US needed change.
So, this print, in both colour ways, is there actually a point?

Always good to get out and vote, but is this just a money spinner now?

[ricobenfico]

Jun 9, 2014 12:19:27 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

What is the real motivation for this print?
This "Vote" thing seemed to start around the Obama campaign to get the youth voting, because artists knew the kids would vote for Obama and the US needed change.
So, this print, in both colour ways, is there actually a point?

Always good to get out and vote, but is this just a money spinner now?

It's a fundamental decision, not just for us living in Scotland but for the UK as a whole and Europe. The colourways indicate what side of the fence you sit on;

Red, White and Blue - Better Together

Blue and White - Scottish Independence

So as 'different' as each are, WB has a purpose of choosing these coloourways. Be steady with your choice!  

[Happy Shopper]

Yeah, I get that. But why really produce these prints?
Feels a bit like artists producing valentines prints just in time to give as gifts.
Not really giving an opinion or anything to say! Know what I mean?

[ricobenfico]

Creative artistic licence or plagarism?!?

Apologies for the size of the image, couldn't find a smaller one.

[ricobenfico]

Yeah, I get you HS and agree. I suppose people who like art, and in this case, know WB would consider buying these. But for me and along with a number of other prints and originals that are produced by other artists, these are 'seasonal' or for 1 off events e.g. London Olympics gone now, Christmas themed prints to pull out for a month each year, topical news stories that were 'stencilled' etc.

[mojo]

Jun 9, 2014 12:32:26 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Yeah, I get that. But why really produce these prints?
Feels a bit like artists producing valentines prints just in time to give as gifts.
Not really giving an opinion or anything to say! Know what I mean?

War Boutique is Glaswegian and therefore has a vested interest in the future of Scotland.
As well as being one of the more politically outspoken artists currently 'out there'. 
He is also a great person with an incredible back ground - I know for a fact that Banksy loves his work and owns many of War Boutique artworks.

[mojo]

Jun 9, 2014 12:54:37 GMT 1 @nordicstar said:

Jun 9, 2014 12:32:26 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Yeah, I get that. But why really produce these prints?
Feels a bit like artists producing valentines prints just in time to give as gifts.
Not really giving an opinion or anything to say! Know what I mean?

The artistic work is already done. The print is like having a s**t after a meal.

Maybe you didn't see my last post!

War Boutique is Glaswegian and therefore has a vested interest in the future of Scotland.
As well as being one of the more politically outspoken artists currently 'out there'.
He is also a great person with an incredible back ground - I know for a fact that Banksy loves his work and owns many of War Boutique artworks.

Read more: urbanartassociation.com/posts/recent#ixzz348ustaGs

[Happy Shopper]

Good to know he's Scottish.... So, what's his opinion on the vote?
I'd assume voting for Scottish Independence would be seen as the more negative vote... Maybe I'm wrong?

[mojo]

Jun 9, 2014 13:10:41 GMT 1 @nordicstar said:

Yes i read it. I love art more than i love prints. I do like prints as well. But i dont see the questions oround prints. Them Bee ng good or bad or bought flipped etc.. the artist does what the artist needs to do in her work as an artist, and cant be bothered to care what people might think of the outcome. If we are talk ng about art and not for an excample design?

In my experience artists do care about how their work is received.

[mojo]

Jun 9, 2014 13:14:15 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Good to know he's Scottish.... So, what's his opinion on the vote?
I'd assume voting for Scottish Independence would be seen as the more negative vote... Maybe I'm wrong?

To be honest I'm not entirely sure about his personal view on Scottish Independence, I can try and find out. 
It's obviously a very big deal for Scotland and will effect the rest of the UK especially if they vote independence ........ there's a hell of a lot of oil up there! 
Glad knowing War Boutique is Scottish helped to understand the point of the artwork ; )

[Happy Shopper]

Jun 9, 2014 13:35:53 GMT 1 mojo said:

Jun 9, 2014 13:14:15 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Good to know he's Scottish.... So, what's his opinion on the vote?
I'd assume voting for Scottish Independence would be seen as the more negative vote... Maybe I'm wrong?

To be honest I'm not entirely sure about his personal view on Scottish Independence, I can try and find out. 
It's obviously a very big deal for Scotland and will effect the rest of the UK especially if they vote independence ........ there's a hell of a lot of oil up there! 
Glad knowing War Boutique is Scottish helped to understand the point of the artwork ; )

To be honest, knowing he's Scottish makes his interest more clear but not the point of these prints.
I love his work, just not sure about these.

[smishdown]

Jun 9, 2014 9:11:47 GMT 1 @wizbong said:

Small edition and only 50 quid!..

Lovely.




Plus, I always regret not getting one of these shields from then, thats that though.

Would love one of those shields.
How much were they?

[Mark Perronet]

Jun 9, 2014 13:10:41 GMT 1 @nordicstar said:

Yes i read it. I love art more than i love prints. I do like prints as well. But i dont see the questions oround prints. Them Bee ng good or bad or bought flipped etc.. the artist does what the artist needs to do in her work as an artist, and cant be bothered to care what people might think of the outcome. If we are talk ng about art and not for an excample design?

what does that mean..I love art more than I love prints..?

[Stoko]

I think doing it as a print makes it more of a statement than a few stickers around glasgow. We now - just on here - have people contemplating the possibility of a Scottish independence because of this print.
Job done, from an artistic point of view. At £50 a pop its hardly a cash in.

PS: I think both are rubbish.
*dashes off upstairs to make an Indiana style 'SH1T' design because i know people will buy it*