[topper007]

Sure is an ugly price : $1200!!!!!

[topper007]

So not for me. Dropped it after very little deliberation.

[graffalo]

That went quick! Anyone catch the price tag on the yellow?

[howies]

1200 also

[graffalo]

Cheers, not bad considering its an edn of 4.

[topper007]

Gotta love that avatar Graf'lo ;D

[Nico]

Not where my money is going! Bloody expensive imo.

[Daniel Silk]

$1200 Bit steep I think for an Bast

(Am I allowed to say that)

[graffalo]

I have noticed that his prices have been increasing but seems to be producing less. Given the edition sizes and fact that these are hand painted still think that they're not too bad price wise. Be interesting to see what the prices are like at the Laz show!!

[Guest]

cant be as they have sold out.

[graffalo]

Like hotcakes!!

[goatislander]

as usual, I'm sure people are holding them in their carts as they contemplate the purchase. If you keep refreshing you'll get one eventually. "Pork Pie" was an edition of 4 and it went in and out of carts for a few days before it sold out.

[fielder]

Back up as predicted!

[maadbeats]

Definitely not my favorite. Print wise it has to be old spice, video 6 or trash & royale at bast's best

[snausages]

If the edition size is under 10, he could have easily created a collaged edition. Where each piece is actually a varied collage based on the same pattern. He would just need a dozen copies of each source material. Richard Prince does this often - he collects dozens of copies of the same book and then makes hand made editions from them all.

This image is ok I think, better than Popeye and his older stuff in my opinion, but buying a Bast is pretty low on my list right now...

[klyde]

Never got these face collages.

I think his best print is one of his cheapest!

[robo]

Both yellow and white back up for a while. Like em kinda, but too pricey.

[Passion Art]

Jan 19, 2010 20:48:31 GMT 1 @snausages said:

If the edition size is under 10, he could have easily created a collaged edition. Where each piece is actually a varied collage based on the same pattern. He would just need a dozen copies of each source material. Richard Prince does this often - he collects dozens of copies of the same book and then makes hand made editions from them all.

This image is ok I think, better than Popeye and his older stuff in my opinion, but buying a Bast is pretty low on my list right now...

I've thought a lot about this and I think that his choice to make these hand painted prints is telling (or at least I like to think it is). If these were simply collages he would only have altered and created the image on time. By creating a collage, screenprinting it, then painting it he essentially defaces and alters the original images three times.

I like and own BAST collages and prints and just look at them as two very different modes of expression.

[lifeonwalls]

Jan 19, 2010 7:44:03 GMT 1 G-Man said:

Still dont get the appeal of Bast, just seems to do the same thing over and over, the last prints i liked were the Mickey ones

+1


haven't seen one in person and will also be the first to admit that I don't "get" bast either.

print is still for sale as well..

[Passion Art]

Jan 20, 2010 5:21:15 GMT 1 lifeonwalls said:

Jan 19, 2010 7:44:03 GMT 1 G-Man said:

Still dont get the appeal of Bast, just seems to do the same thing over and over, the last prints i liked were the Mickey ones

+1


haven't seen one in person and will also be the first to admit that I don't "get" bast either.

print is still for sale as well..

Why does there have to be something to 'get'? I have my theories about what certain things mean but don't know for sure. I just like to look at his pieces. They are pastiche straight from NYC, street, and popular culture. I can't remember who said it (maybe Banksy) but BAST's art is like throwing NYC culture in a blender and turning it as high as it can go and seeing what comes out.

[lifeonwalls]

I don't "get" any emotion from seeing his work.

His pieces don't make me question anything or challenge my brain to process ideas in a new light.

It just looks like overpriced Poster Boy work to me.



"anybody can afford a razor"

[Gentle Mental]

it's a very funny piece. and pretty too.

Bast's aesthetics is often hard and in your face, this one's a rare beauty.

please don' take it too seriously.

would buy it if me were richer or print's cheaper.

[lordlupus]

I personally like the print. It looks so wrong that I can't help but to like it. If you display this between a Und Erotik and a Video Six, I bet you will have alot of people scratching their heads when they are viewing them as a whole.

[silvermyn]

Both still up...

[nah]

not his best but i like it. find it funny that people are calling it ugly as if thats an insult to his work, bast is bast

[Sundowner]

Like marmite

[punkwithtats]

Jan 20, 2010 17:14:36 GMT 1 nah said:

not his best but i like it. find it funny that people are calling it ugly as if thats an insult to his work, bast is bast

Excellent Post

[Happy Shopper]

I'm sure these look great. Having seen Holy Paris recently I think the yellow paint version will look amazing... just not sure I want to spend $1200 right now!

[Passion Art]

BAST updated his shrada. The top image looks incredible!

[sand]

BAST blog here >>> bastny.blogspot.com/