Lady Aiko 🇯🇵 Aiko Nakagawa • New York Street Art

[meatbag]

rbdavis said:

hey meatbag - how do the bunny canvasses look in the flesh?

ps Josh mentioned that someone had bought the Lindas!

i think the bunnies looked great. I had a hard time deciding. I really liked the super large bunny but felt I really don't have the room for it so I went for the Lindas because I was looking for smaller pieces. What's nice about the bunnies is the crossover factor from Faile to Aiko. Dirt devils look way better in person with tons of little details and textures but the wife didn't dig those sooo I went with the Lindas and all her fun bags.

[lastpost]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already?

New Aiko works available, out of my price range unfortunately

www.lineagegallery.com/showdetails.php?ShowID=43&ArtistSet=2&ArtistID=97

[absyrd]

Being at the show last night, I can tell you that these pieces are all EXTREMELY bright and glossy. Figured I'd give a heads up to people who are looking for something a bit more subtle (as they appear in the pics) or to people who like shiny things.

[bobbymeachamjr]

love faile but these are pretty damn weak
imo of course

[lastpost]

Not cheap either!

[Daniel Silk]

Not noticed this before! www.ladyaiko.com

[Daniel Silk]

admin said:

Not noticed this before! www.ladyaiko.com

[snapwolfe]

She seemed to be all the rage after she split from faile. now her pieces arent selling well. Not that I am unhappy with the originals I purchased, but I was hoping to watch her carrer grow. does anyone thing she will have a rebirth?

[morrissey1]

besides the one on State of Play magazine/website, which pieces aren't selling well? Not sarcasm, just wondering. I enjoy the work of hers that I've seen, especially with the rabbits.

[Montubu7]

Liked her pow print, thought the chaos one was pants & the originals while some were quite nice always seemed a bit pricey to me.

Can see her influence in older Faile stuff but not sure where shes gone/going with her solo stuff.

Just my 2p worth!

[snapwolfe]

She sold out a brooklyn, ny exhibit with bast (which he did not sell out) in less than an hour in presale. i have now seen 4 pieces from that show sitting on ebay for extended periods of time with no sale. an original from the show (listed by another forum member) is up there now for $1500 dollars, with no bites. She has a show that just came down in philidelphia, pa with lackluster sales. she had a show in spain in which nothing sold (as of when i had requested a pricelist) for prices of 2-3000 euros. there have been a few bunny prints (from a run of 6 and 8 varied editions (respectively) that did not sell past their set reserves.
Again.... i love the work. keeping mine. but are people not sharing this view? is she not creating enough buzz? maybe ill make it my mission to be her cheerleader....even if she doesnt answer my emails.
go aiko! ra ra ree!

[BK83]

Yeh. That was kind of shock I think. I expected her to do well on her own. Does anyone have any details on why she initially made the split?

[bobbymeachamjr]

her solo work is just not good - sorry to be so blunt but hey theres so many great artists who are anonymous and who can't sell s*hit. She's got the faile hype and still can't "sell". Enough said...

[Simococo]

She'll sell loads if she gets a good agent, some high profile fans and more press coverage. If you like it and its gonna look good on your walls buy it now cos its still affordable for the normal human collector.

[sputnikeye]

I think 3000 euro prices are part of the reason

[numusic]

simococo said:

She'll sell loads if she gets a good agent, some high profile fans and more press coverage. If you like it and its gonna look good on your walls buy it now cos its still affordable for the normal human collector.

I'd suggest waiting, her prices are based on Faile prices, she's been riding in Failes wake since she departed and she's been lucky to sell what she has IMO, it's just not there, the work doesn't stand up when compared to most other people doing well. No amount of PR will make the work better... she just seems to be floaring around. Bad stencil work, pseudo Faile'ish backgrounds, meaning is everywhere and nowhere, colours, composition... everything seems unbalanced compared to Faile. Needs a break and a new direction maybe..

[sham69]

I went to the Aiko show at Adhoc. The stuff there was cheap as chips.
The pieces that turned up on the 'bay afterwards were massively more expensive. Plus the stuff from Iguapop was in another price bracket again.
Personally, I don't think she's doing anything out of the ordinary.
There's only so much appeal a Bunny can have.
Bit feminine for me.

[holden]

Some people find them bunnies most appealing!

www.smh.com.au/news/national/dead-rabbits-man-charged-with-bestiality/2005/08/12/1123353482292.html

Its not me, I'm not related, dont know him

[sham69]

holden said:

Some people find them bunnies most appealing!

www.smh.com.au/news/national/dead-rabbits-man-charged-with-bestiality/2005/08/12/1123353482292.html

Its not me, I'm not related, dont know him

. . . methinks thou does protesteth too much

[shogun]

This is the danger of buying art for investment. Buy what you like and you wont have any problems...

[sham69]

shogun said:

This is the danger of buying art for investment. Buy what you like and you wont have any problems...

Unfortunately, that statement only takes you so far . . .
Look at it in reverse.
I'd really like a nice Jose Parla, am I going to pay £25k? no.

When you can't buy what you like - that's when you've got a problem

[absyrd]

It must be hard for her, though. She helped create Faile's style. If she goes off on her own and does the exact same thing, people will hate on her. I'm sure it puts pressure on her to differ herself and possibly hurts the work.

[Strange Al]

absyrd said:

It must be hard for her, though. She helped create Faile's style. If she goes off on her own and does the exact same thing, people will hate on her. I'm sure it puts pressure on her to differ herself and possibly hurts the work.

very good point!

[holden]

So why leave?
if your not ready sufficiently original?

[robo]

I actually rather like Aiko's stuff - she's got some nice stencils and some strong, bold, colourful pieces. I've got a work on a blue wooden door (Fiesta from her NYC show that I went to) on my wall and I love it; its quirky, celebratory, a bit crazy.

I think one 'mistake' she made (and this might say more about us than her) is not to do more quality prints with someone like POW. Definitely her POW stuff was weak and, before i'd seen her other work, it totally put me off her.

(By the way i tried to email her too, but got an error - does anyone have the right address for her?)

[robo]

ps The Smiths split up; but that doesn't mean that Marr and Morrisey weren't both talented musicians

[holden]

Yeah I agree.
I can see what she gave to Faile and actually like her work. Have to agree though with the POW prints being simply OK, that was followed up by a bunny thing that Faile had done better, Kozyndan have a similar fetish...whats with the fluffy rodent???!! and the Giclee print was simply candy. IMO she needs a strong come back to this and I think she most certainly has the talent to do so....just like Morrisey

[robo]

I'm pretty sure that this is her official site, but the email address is broken:

www.ladyaiko.com/

PM me if you know any more...

[jome]

Well, I know the reason why she split with Faile and it is a pretty sad one.
No gossips but she was right to do it.

The point is that the two boys of Faile kept what she brought to the group but she can't decently make some "Faile" style on her own. That's logical but quite unfair...
Go go Aiko ! ;D

[Imoy-San]

I gather Aiko is in London at the moment too!