Slawn

[from mjolnir]

Anyone see the crazy scenes at Saatchi Yates last night for the opening of Slawn's show?  They're selling 1000 A4 canvases from him for £1000 each, and it's hard to tell from the website (I think they're now releasing them in batches) but it looks like more than 1/2 have sold in 12 hours.

But couldn't even get into the gallery there were queues around the block


saatchiyates.com/shop/artworks

[Londown 01]

feels like a lot of hype

[drip]

If you're an indecisive person (or not) - be a nightmare to pick the one you like out of 1000 originals.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, maybe, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, maybe, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, YES! - oh, sold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, maybe, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no..."

[Red Lotus]

177 have sold

[sbash]

Definitely a lot of hype... and as much as I'm drawn into it, I'm not prepared to spend 1k on a small coloured canvas wt a rattle can scribble over it!!

[drip]

As always, the real winner here is the local canvas supply store.

[drip]

[Ail Ollie]

😭🤯

[Fuzzyduck121]

selling 200 at that price isnt bad going

quite like them

[Wanchope]

what cracks me up is the lady who is standing there observing the master piece It's hardly an in depth master piece - must try harder!

[drip]

He's not an artist, he paints like a 6-year old. An extremely savvy 6-year old with a good grasp of hype, fomo, and social media manipulation in the age of instagram.

[its all about me]

I wonder how long it takes him to produce each one. 5 minutes? 3 minutes?

[Londown 01]

Sept 13, 2024 13:39:03 GMT 1 its all about me said:

I wonder how long it takes him to produce each one. 5 minutes? 3 minutes?

Well, how long does it take Damien Hirst to make, say, an Archangel print? ... time invested by the artist doesn't seem to be a criterion 

[drip]

Sept 13, 2024 13:39:03 GMT 1 its all about me said:

I wonder how long it takes him to produce each one. 5 minutes? 3 minutes?

If we assume studio assistants painted the hardest parts, the background, then according to the video I just watched, about 15 seconds, give or take.

Genuinely, and this is no dis on the man, the part that seems to require the most skill is using the stepladder to reach the canvases that are higher up on the wall.

http://instagram.com/p/C_i8DGGoDpL

[drip]

Anyone talking this artist down, I challenge any of you to spray paint a thousand canvases for a million quid. Let's see how cocky you are once your fingers begin cramping and the carpal tunnel starts.

[artstuff]

I had some hope that saatchi Yates would do some interesting things, push quality art and artists.... my fault for believing the paid pr the did at launch. ffs this isn't it.