[Viva Hate]

good show, some canvasses were a little over priced, have to say.
Although te guys who flew over all the way from L.A to buy two pieces and say "they will go for alot more in the secondry market", summed up 90% of people in attendace.

[funyoung]

Glad the stories from the battle weary queue type are all good.
I've been at work (still am) but been routing for you guys from afar.
I missed out on anything as a result.
Am I bitter? probably. Rather been in the cold and wet with you guys.

[waXology]

Apr 18, 2008 1:36:06 GMT 1 funyoung said:

Glad the stories from the battle weary queue type are all good.
I've been at work (still am) but been routing for you guys from afar.
I missed out on anything as a result.
Am I bitter? probably. Rather been in the cold and wet with you guys.

I feel your pain mate. I'm in Australia, so never really get to go to things like this. I'm hoping TMA Sydney will be done over here.

[guest2]

proper fucked.

congrats to nick and family

night all

F

[sahoria]

too tired to write to much... jus wanted to say met SOME really great people.... nick/mike and everyone else from brp was great... roman was nice speaking to you also... idris had probably the most comfortable looking chair in the queue...lol will have to look for recliner one for next time... !

C.G and the small group at the front really appreciated everything you guys did... the extra blanket when i had the shivers really appreciated also when it started to rain in the morning...can honestly say was nice speaking to you all and look forward to meeting up some point in the future... hope you all had safe trip home also...

brp did great system and the print is stunning if you have chance go down and take a look because really is one of the best prints that i have ever seen... hope everyone has a good night...s

[Deleted]

standing in line for 30 hours for a print isnt something i am likely to repeat in a hurry, but i have to say that the experience was really good. At the front with me some lovely forum members who really know and appriciate good art.
there were some people not too far behind about 4 in particular who were quite clearly not interested in art in any way. one guy said he had been buying stuff off Nick Waker for years and was a good friend. Out then comes Nick from BRP starts chatting to the same person who in front of everyone says' so what do you do for a living then?' NIck replies 'i do a bit of art', then replies the hired hand 'are you any good?'
this is a guy who clearly doesnt even know who nick is, let alone kow what his art looks like.
this guy and 3 others were paid by another guy to que for him and then obviously buy him some prints. the 'gang master' returnled to the scene with about 30 mins to go and tried to blag his way in early to buy some canvases. thankfully he was told a very clear no. the blokes he hired were clearly not very pleasant. (if your on this forum mr gang master) ive clocked your face and if i get the chance will be having very strong words with you about the monkeys you hired.
but back to the nice stuff-
the vast majority of people were lovely and i find it amazing having read this thread or some of it the negativity towards the people who like me had nothing better to do than actually buy a print at cost for a change. i took my laptop with me and was online and f5ing for both the online releases, both sold before i even saw a buy button(again), so i feel that alone justifies my decision to take some time off work and que. as it goes there was still a couple of places in the que some 20 hours after i got there at 8am on thursday.
it was a very cold,but strangely warming experience and i will be keeping in touch with a few people i met.
oh i didnt mention the print, BRP generally if not always produce prints of the highest quality. this is not only no exception, but it kicks the ass of any print ive seen for quailty. perfection.
i'll write about the rest of the art and the show itself when i find the most appropiate thread.

[Deleted]

forgot to say that this time last year i also stood outside NIcks wonderful workshop exhibition in Bristol, at 6pm when it opened there was myself and only 9 others waiting outside. when the show opened. how things have changed.

[sand]

Just woken up from a good nights sleep after queuing 27 hours for the print.

I was number 23 in line and apart from freezing my nuts off during the night, I had a lovely time.

I just want to say a huge thanks to BRP for the organisation of the queue which was top notch. Having clear communication from the gallery was awesome - we knew exactly what was happening.

The atmosphere was more like a festival kinda vibe with a community feel (helped my the music, bonfire, dude with a tent and booze). It was lovely to meet some board members.

Big thanks to pyro 'i'm a fire starter' Kevin for the bonfire..it really helped.

The show was excellent and the print is absolutely stunning in person..I wasn't so sure if I could queue for so long but i'm happy I did..and am so chuffed to own the print of the image I love!

Anyone else from the opening think the print looks better than the original?!

As for the hostility on the boards from those who thought we are 'crazy', must all be 'flippers' or have 'no lives' - i'm sure there will be quite a few who will sell on ebay, but I will always treasure it especially after all that it took to get it.

Take care people..hopefully see you at another opening soon enough where it's warmer!

[seidbereit]

Apr 18, 2008 7:18:30 GMT 1 @slammer said:

standing in line for 30 hours for a print isnt something i am likely to repeat in a hurry, but i have to say that the experience was really good. At the front with me some lovely forum members who really know and appriciate good art.
there were some people not too far behind about 4 in particular who were quite clearly not interested in art in any way. one guy said he had been buying stuff off Nick Waker for years and was a good friend. Out then comes Nick from BRP starts chatting to the same person who in front of everyone says' so what do you do for a living then?' NIck replies 'i do a bit of art', then replies the hired hand 'are you any good?'
this is a guy who clearly doesnt even know who nick is, let alone kow what his art looks like.
this guy and 3 others were paid by another guy to que for him and then obviously buy him some prints. the 'gang master' returnled to the scene with about 30 mins to go and tried to blag his way in early to buy some canvases. thankfully he was told a very clear no. the blokes he hired were clearly not very pleasant. (if your on this forum mr gang master) ive clocked your face and if i get the chance will be having very strong words with you about the monkeys you hired.
but back to the nice stuff-
the vast majority of people were lovely and i find it amazing having read this thread or some of it the negativity towards the people who like me had nothing better to do than actually buy a print at cost for a change. i took my laptop with me and was online and f5ing for both the online releases, both sold before i even saw a buy button(again), so i feel that alone justifies my decision to take some time off work and que. as it goes there was still a couple of places in the que some 20 hours after i got there at 8am on thursday.
it was a very cold,but strangely warming experience and i will be keeping in touch with a few people i met.
oh i didnt mention the print, BRP generally if not always produce prints of the highest quality. this is not only no exception, but it kicks the ass of any print ive seen for quailty. perfection.
i'll write about the rest of the art and the show itself when i find the most appropiate thread.

good post slammer - i enjoyed that. good to hear it was generally a good friendly atmosphere (other than the hired knobs in line). Sounds like your "gangmaster" might have been Lampsey (check out his post one page back from this one). So did the hired blokes just come in buy a print and then do one or did they actually look at the pictures on the wall?

Anyway, respect for that tale and well done for getting down there in the first place.

[idris]

Apr 18, 2008 7:18:30 GMT 1 @slammer said:

standing in line for 30 hours for a print isnt something i am likely to repeat in a hurry, but i have to say that the experience was really good. At the front with me some lovely forum members who really know and appriciate good art.
there were some people not too far behind about 4 in particular who were quite clearly not interested in art in any way. one guy said he had been buying stuff off Nick Waker for years and was a good friend. Out then comes Nick from BRP starts chatting to the same person who in front of everyone says' so what do you do for a living then?' NIck replies 'i do a bit of art', then replies the hired hand 'are you any good?'
this is a guy who clearly doesnt even know who nick is, let alone kow what his art looks like.
this guy and 3 others were paid by another guy to que for him and then obviously buy him some prints. the 'gang master' returnled to the scene with about 30 mins to go and tried to blag his way in early to buy some canvases. thankfully he was told a very clear no. the blokes he hired were clearly not very pleasant. (if your on this forum mr gang master) ive clocked your face and if i get the chance will be having very strong words with you about the monkeys you hired.
but back to the nice stuff-
the vast majority of people were lovely and i find it amazing having read this thread or some of it the negativity towards the people who like me had nothing better to do than actually buy a print at cost for a change. i took my laptop with me and was online and f5ing for both the online releases, both sold before i even saw a buy button(again), so i feel that alone justifies my decision to take some time off work and que. as it goes there was still a couple of places in the que some 20 hours after i got there at 8am on thursday.
it was a very cold,but strangely warming experience and i will be keeping in touch with a few people i met.
oh i didnt mention the print, BRP generally if not always produce prints of the highest quality. this is not only no exception, but it kicks the ass of any print ive seen for quailty. perfection.
i'll write about the rest of the art and the show itself when i find the most appropiate thread.

Yo Slammer, ma man!! wot an amazin 30hrs we had eh? brilliant - some1 said 'forget about the cold & the queuing, once you get the print you know it'll be worth the pain, the sweat and tears. Shame we missed out on the prints but I think we can safely say we more than tried, like every1 else. Our 'small' comfort was we knew we were guaranteed the print.

Referring back to the 'ringers'. We clocked them straight away & needless to say they'll be doing it again elsewhere. It was quiet obvious they weren't there for the art. The story bout not knowing who nick was was really funny coz I witnessed it from peeping out under my duvet lol. Look on Nicks face was like 'wtf' ;D

Quit an experience .... but at least nxt time it'll be warmer lol

[dh]

Queing for 30 hours has to be one of the best and worst experiences of my life! I feel a bit sad now its over, but now i have seen the 'lifes to short' print it was so worth it. I was also lucky to grab a framed hand stenciled new york study unique 1 of 1, i only just managed to grab it as i was one of the first in the que. Great to meet you Slammer stay in touch.

[seidbereit]

So in the whole 24hrs no one took ANY photos of the queue then??

[Deleted]

Apr 18, 2008 9:40:56 GMT 1 seidbereit said:

So in the whole 24hrs no one took ANY photos of the queue then??

romanywg took some pics. im sure he'll post them at some point.

[griffermans]

dh, do you know if there are any originals left? Any idea how much the VANDALISM canvases were, the white and black ones. Love em!

[mammal2]

I simply walked in and then drank al their beer. Great show. Big up Curely, Yom, Stuey, FPR, Matt Small, etc etc

[seidbereit]

Apr 18, 2008 9:51:04 GMT 1 @griffermans said:

dh, do you know if there are any originals left? Any idea how much the VANDALISM canvases were, the white and black ones. Love em!

Weren't those done for the LA show? I'm not sure if some of them might have been held back for the BRP show. What I do know is though is someone who's had one of them on his wall for at least a month or two (which is how long ago it is since I saw it - no idea how long it was there before that).

I'm guessing they're all sold. 'Guessing' being the operative word, mind.

[cpo]

Apr 16, 2008 13:25:46 GMT 1 cpo said:

TTIWWP

(This Thread is Worthless Without Pics)

from page 2.

unbelieveable that nobody managed to grab a picture or two!

[Deleted]

Apr 18, 2008 9:51:04 GMT 1 @griffermans said:

dh, do you know if there are any originals left? Any idea how much the VANDALISM canvases were, the white and black ones. Love em!

there were at 6pm lots of canvases left, BRP held back most of the stuff under 20k until the night. however i dont think there is much left now. had to leave at 8pm, so not the best person to ask. sorry i cant remember the price of the Vandalism canvases. but they were great.

[griffermans]

Apr 18, 2008 9:58:30 GMT 1 seidbereit said:

Apr 18, 2008 9:51:04 GMT 1 @griffermans said:

dh, do you know if there are any originals left? Any idea how much the VANDALISM canvases were, the white and black ones. Love em!

Weren't those done for the LA show? I'm not sure if some of them might have been held back for the BRP show. What I do know is though is someone who's had one of them on his wall for at least a month or two (which is how long ago it is since I saw it - no idea how long it was there before that).

I'm guessing they're all sold. 'Guessing' being the operative word, mind.

The white ones were defo from the LA show, edition of 12 I think. The black ones no. They are pretty sharp looking. cheers

[graffoto]

when I left it seemed everthing bar a £20,000 canvas had red dots ie sold.
it was a shame as there was some great stuff at the lower price range - but it went fast...

[jed100375]

Would just like to echo most of the comments posted here since the end of the show!

When i stated reading the que diaries on the day there was a lot of people saying how crazy we all were to be getting there 24hrs before. The experience i had was that it was like an all night party with my mates and at the end i got a print the is just awesome. Was even lucky enough to scroe vandals as well. When i decided it was time to have a kip i thought things would be a little uncomfortable but to my suprise i even took my shoes off. Really nice and cosy!!!

Two chinese guys who pushed in, and if i'm wrong i'm sorry, but saw them posting their listings in the internet cafe before the show had even opened. Two of the awesome prints online for 10 grand now and i think its them. Anyway..........

Again as eveyone said the que was very well organised and everyone was well behaved with the exception of the pyro who got a little bit pissed and offensive.

MASSIVE respect to BRP for the organisation of the que!! Tickets and photos defo the way forward!! Thanks for does this mike!!!

One point however..... Although the majority in the que were after the holy grail of prints some were there to purchase originals. What really pissed me off was that japanese business men and a few other fat cats seem to be let into the show 5 minutes before everyone else and sure enough the stuff i wanted and had been queing for had gone?

This was the only downside to the whole experience but to be honest spoiled it for me a bit. Whats the point in queing 24hrs and being 26th in the que if there is a damon hurst style buy up of all the art work before joe public (who is equally as loaded) have had a chance. All fat cat jumpers were welcolmed with a handshake by the gallery owner??!!

THIS STILL NEEDS TO BE SORTED OUT!!

[romanywg]

Some pics from the show of the year..... so far!
2pm Wednesday

11.30 pm Wednesday

4pm Thursday

6pm Opening time!

[moleman]

nice to meet you slammer

[yapsey]

One point however..... Although the majority in the que were after the holy grail of prints some were there to purchase originals. What really pissed me off was that japanese business men and a few other fat cats seem to be let into the show 5 minutes before everyone else and sure enough the stuff i wanted and had been queing for had gone?

This was the only downside to the whole experience but to be honest spoiled it for me a bit. Whats the point in queing 24hrs and being 26th in the que if there is a damon hurst style buy up of all the art work before joe public (who is equally as loaded) have had a chance. All fat cat jumpers were welcolmed with a handshake by the gallery owner??!!

THIS STILL NEEDS TO BE SORTED OUT!! [/quote]


couldn't agree with you more - i think you and i had a chat about this inside (blue beanie, blue pea coat, red hoody...)

great pics above btw, you can see tha back of my red hoody on the left in the 11.30 shot, that fire was an absolute god send!!!

i'll get my pics up shortly - some good, some bad, but i'll throw them all up all the same....

[yapsey]

Apr 18, 2008 9:51:04 GMT 1 @griffermans said:

dh, do you know if there are any originals left? Any idea how much the VANDALISM canvases were, the white and black ones. Love em!

i was lucky enough to get the white one bottom left of the four - they were all £3750

[seidbereit]

Yay!! Photos of the queue at last - thanks romanywg!!

Just looking at the first picture though... was that Moona Lisa always on the green wall (pillar?) on the right of the pic or did Nick spray up the entrance area specially for the show? Also that mark at the top of the wall looks it's exactly the same shape as one of the wooden chinook/chandelier things Static put up in various spots - I assume no one in the queue pulled it down (or used it as firewood)

EDIT: borrowed your pic, romany just so you don't need to go back a page to see what I meant.

[Guest]

The Moona lisa was there long before the show, its been there for at least a year. theres a larger one on the same street at the entrance to Cargo.

[bobbymeachamjr]

whats the guy to gal ratio? 99 to 1?

[cheeky007]

Apr 18, 2008 17:14:53 GMT 1 bobbymeachamjr said:

whats the guy to gal ratio? 99 to 1?

68 to 6 as far as i remember.

[bobbymeachamjr]

that high?