Sam Durant 🇺🇸 Multimedia Artist • End White Supremacy

[Daylight Robber]

New piece up at
www.samdurant.net/



“They Tried To Bury Us. They Didn't Know We Were Seeds.” Sam Durant, 2022
Hand-stenciled poster, spray acrylic on paper, 50 x 70 cm, edition of 100, printed in various colors, signed and numbered by the artist.

Proceeds go to support two civil society groups based in Berlin opposing the war on Ukraine, fighting the Russian invasion and helping refugees. Let's support the Ukrainian’s who are the victims of this brutal and illegal war and also show solidarity with the Russian dissidents fighting Putin’s criminal regime. For more information visit @vitsche_berlin and @demokrati.ja.org.

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New hand stencilled edition up now on his site $100

[House of Arts]

Stop hunger! Only €1500 per print hit me up!

[Ghoul Bones Jones]

Couldn't believe this was still available. Instant cop for me! Thanks for the heads up. 

[Ghoul Bones Jones]

These are great. I'm a little confused about edition size. Is it 100 total, with multiple colors comprising one single edition? Or is it multiple colors, an edition of 100 for each colorway?

[Criminal Mischief]

My understanding was that it's 100 total. (As opposed to the Luis Buhl release which is edition of 3 per color.)

[irl1]

Apr 6, 2022 21:13:38 GMT 1 Ghoul Bones Jones said:

These are great. I'm a little confused about edition size. Is it 100 total, with multiple colors comprising one single edition? Or is it multiple colors, an edition of 100 for each colorway?

100 in total like the last two releases 

[Ravnur 2020]

Kudos for the cause and price point.
I do like the message, just not the artwork 😏

[Newar]

Love the message (it's from a greek poet) , got it on my shopping totebag in french

[Ghoul Bones Jones]

Apr 7, 2022 10:57:03 GMT 1 Mooncub said:

Oh come on guys. This is total crap! Does anybody seriously want this on their wall? Artists will print anything these days and fools will buy it.

Different strokes for different folks! I actually know exactly where I'll get this hung up in my place! I think the message is uplifting, and quite frankly I don't have any art on my walls that is purely text-based, so this will be a great addition to mix things up a bit.

[nobokov]

Apr 7, 2022 10:57:03 GMT 1 Mooncub said:

Oh come on guys. This is total crap! Does anybody seriously want this on their wall? Artists will print anything these days and fools will buy it.

Agreed. So cheesy and it looks terrible.

[Gentle Mental]

Powerful.
Meaningful.
Unique, sincere and urgent.
Great cause.
Not cheesy.

[teabaggins]

Just shy of hanging a “Live, Laugh, Love” sign in your home IMO.

[Criminal Mischief]

You know, I felt the same way about the last two releases. I think it's easy to be dismissive, and when looked at purely from an aesthetic perspective, it's pretty bad. But when the artist is represented by Sadie Coles, Paula Cooper, and Blum & Poe, you have to assume there's something there.

And these editions are consistent with the artist's body of work. So, I think it's actually drawing from a history of protest and activism, and not the aesthetics of Art. It's hand-sprayed on poster, not soft-ground etching on arches. It's bringing the streets into the white walled institution, which is jarring, and also relevant for this forum.

Now having seen it through that lens, signed and numbered by the artist, affordable, and raising money for a good cause. Personally, I was sold.

[teabaggins]

Apr 7, 2022 16:15:15 GMT 1 Criminal Mischief said:

You know, I felt the same way about the last two releases. I think it's easy to be dismissive, and when looked at purely from an aesthetic perspective, it's pretty bad. But when the artist is represented by Sadie Coles, Paula Cooper, and Blum & Poe, you have to assume there's something there.

And these editions are consistent with the artist's body of work. So, I think it's actually drawing from a history of protest and activism, and not the aesthetics of Art. It's hand-sprayed on poster, not soft-ground etching on arches. It's bringing the streets into the white walled institution, which is jarring, and also relevant for this forum.

Now having seen it through that lens, signed and numbered by the artist, affordable, and raising money for a good cause. Personally, I was sold.

Thoughtful and great share. To me personally that’s a LOT of, (far too many), filters to get through to convince yourself you like something enough to spend money on it.

[Daylight Robber]

Apr 7, 2022 18:18:49 GMT 1 teabaggins said:

Apr 7, 2022 16:15:15 GMT 1 Criminal Mischief said:

You know, I felt the same way about the last two releases. I think it's easy to be dismissive, and when looked at purely from an aesthetic perspective, it's pretty bad. But when the artist is represented by Sadie Coles, Paula Cooper, and Blum & Poe, you have to assume there's something there.

And these editions are consistent with the artist's body of work. So, I think it's actually drawing from a history of protest and activism, and not the aesthetics of Art. It's hand-sprayed on poster, not soft-ground etching on arches. It's bringing the streets into the white walled institution, which is jarring, and also relevant for this forum.

Now having seen it through that lens, signed and numbered by the artist, affordable, and raising money for a good cause. Personally, I was sold.

Thoughtful and great share. To me personally that’s a LOT of, (far too many), filters to get through to convince yourself you like something enough to spend money on it.

And yet folk fall over themselves for JPEGs of dots which convey no message whatsoever.

[Criminal Mischief]

Sold out.

[nobokov]

They tried to sell us art. They didn't know it was all over Etsy.

[Hugos There]

I've got even worse news for them....

Ed Sheeran wrote a song with a very similar title.

[Gentle Mental]

And… sold out.
Thank you.
Goodnight.
Try the fish.
You’ve been great. Thank you.
Good night.

[Francis]

There's no one way to read art and I am surprised no one has mentioned the other meaning of the piece, which is about semen.

[Ghoul Bones Jones]

Has anyone else received theirs? Mine may be lost in the post

[Criminal Mischief]

I just received mine yesterday. Shipping took a long time.

You should receive tracking info from Blum & Poe, and even a week after I received that info (after the expected delivery date had passed), I called the gallery to make sure mine wasn't lost in the mail and they told me it still wasn't sent out yet. So they've been going out very slowly.

Also, for $40 shipping, I was disappointed that they were not packed flat, the very bottom edge of my print got a bit beat up and the tape was partially on the back of the piece. All that being said, I had ordered two and was very happy to see that I received two different colors, one black and one green. Happy with the work in person and currently trying to flatten them out.

[zeuscarver]

Received mine yesterday.. glassine tucked tight into the ends of the roll. Damage to multiple parts of edges/corners of print.

not super pleased. I emailed last night and await a response.

I nearly sent them Shagga's print packing guide but decided to hear them out first.

[Hairbland]

Apr 7, 2022 21:22:53 GMT 1 nobokov said:

They tried to sell us art. They didn't know it was all over Etsy.

Ok, it is “Live Love Learn”. Or the equivalent of a Che Guevara t-shirt, adopted by rebels and those that admire them. The words of a Greek poet from the 60s, embraced by numerous protest movements over the years.

[Ghoul Bones Jones]

Funny, I do recall them disclaiming damages during shipping on the checkout page. It seems they knew their packing was going to be sub-par ahead of time. Pretty disappointed to hear about y'all's experiences so far.

[zeuscarver]

Apr 27, 2022 20:18:17 GMT 1 zeuscarver said:

Received mine yesterday.. glassine tucked tight into the ends of the roll. Damage to multiple parts of edges/corners of print.

not super pleased. I emailed last night and await a response.

I nearly sent them Shagga's print packing guide but decided to hear them out first.

Well, they did get back to me. and they are sending an AP replacement and emphasized the care in packing.

fingers crossed.

[moron]

Define "white"

White European ?

White Jewish ?

White Arab ?

White other ?

The way I see this stuff. Is that It comes from the point of view of someone or group of people who is American by birth and culture. Whether that is African American or Caucasian American etc and has attached to it a hidden left wing anti European identity and culture Marxist type agenda or philosophy behind it.

BLM leaders openly described themselves a strained Marxists and we all know that Marxists hate (white) European Christian identity and culture.

These type of virtue signalling "yanks" so loved by the US left wing media always generalise and make out that they are speaking for all people including in Europe. Their real agenda is to inflame racial tensions and profit in one form or another from it.

Thankfully the majority see through their agenda.

What exactly is "white supremacy" ?

Is this an example? It took 10 days to ban Will Smith from the Oscar's. It took 30 years to ban Roman Polanski.

[Pawel]

What is the going rate for these? Might have two available. EU based

[dmv]

there is a new poster in his shop sam-durant.myshopify.com/
250 plus shipping but of one of his most iconic works which was in Venice many years ago.