Russell Young 🇬🇧 Pop Art • Silkscreen • New Release

[romanywg]

Love these! Kate meets Pete: screenprints by Russell Young. Edition of 20. £1800

[notitle]

seen the kate one somewhere before. pretty cheeky stuff, but couldn't have one on my wall... and i'm pretty open-minded!

[saajid22]

thats by far the best moss has ever looked, but £1800. thats a lot of cash.

[dave313perry]

thats brilliant, pushes the right buttons for me!

[corblimeylimey]

Too expensive for me and a bit tasteless too.

[tadghostal]

Wow. Totally and completely in the dark on these.

a) What are they (besides Kate Moss)?

b) What about them is tasteless?

[Curley]

tadghostal said:

Wow. Totally and completely in the dark on these.

a) What are they (besides Kate Moss)?

b) What about them is tasteless?

They are based on the photos of the Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Iain Brady.
Regarded as the most evil people on earth at the time.

and what you think of kate moss and her boyfriend pete docherty i'll leave up to you.

[tadghostal]

Got it. These two never got much (if any) press in the States. I actually thought it might be some photochopped/old pic from Kate Moss.

[Curley]

tadghostal said:

Got it. These two never got much (if any) press in the States. I actually thought it might be some photochopped/old pic from Kate Moss.

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it happened in the sixties.

i think they are very thought provoking but i could not live with them looking at me.

[romanywg]

I couldn't live with them either. But strong image and at least it gets a reaction which is what is intended no doubt.

[Daniel Silk]

Brilliant idea ;D but yeah Not sure I would want it on the wall

[Strange Al]

I'm a big fan of this Russell Young work. I've been pondering its meaning for days and I'm still undecided what message Russell is trying to convey. I love it when art does that!

Like most of you, I'm currently not sure I'd want them on my wall. Though, I originally said that about Napalm and Toxic Mary and now they're two of my absolute favourite Banksys. Given that I can't afford the Young anyway, I guess it doesn't make much difference if I later decide I'd really love one.

[stuey09]

Don't think I could hang this one on my walls. But wouldn't have batted an eyelid at hanging Hindley and Brady

Do like his Sid Vicious though. Incidently Sid would have been 50 years old this week had he lived.

[manchestermike]

Can't say I'm a fan

[gordy]

Maybe they are a comment on how the two have been treated by the great british press!!

They have both been villified for drug taking to a ridiculous level as if they were evil......maybe not to the lengths of the moors murderers but.....
as if they were the only celebs who ever take drugs?

A very haunting image..more for a gallery than your front room I think. But none the less, doing what good art should do and create discussion.

[carlito]

1800 ... is an awfulllll lot of dosh

[Daniel Silk]

How about a Tony & Cherie Blair version? ;D Now I would like that on the wall ;D

Or maybe even a Blair & Bush ;D Tony could be Myra ;D

[romanywg]

gordy said:

Maybe they are a comment on how the two have been treated by the great british press!!

I think it's more likely to be the symbiotic relationships that both couples were in.
The relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other.
Sounds like our Kate and Pete. I'm with gordy and think it would be more in keeping in a gallery much like Andy Warhols 'Electric Chair'.

[gordy]

Found this comment which I thought was quite accurate,

"Controversial artworks have been produced by artists throughout history that really test the standards of decency in our society. Some parts of society lay scorn and criticism on these works, unable or unwilling to appreciate the artist's vision. It's great that in our free society, artists can create any type work that their talent, means and imagination can come up with, whether it offends certain people or not. "

I don't know what anyone else thinks but the images are truly freaky in a way that you can't get them out of your mind the more you see them!!! I wonder what kate and pete think about them? not too sure that I would like me and my other half loking like child killers??

[gordy]

What about artwork by real serial killers!!!

"paintings done in prison by John Wayne Gacy. During the 1970s, Gacy lured and killed at least thirty-three boys and young men, burying most of them in the crawl space beneath his house. While in prison awaiting his execution, which occurred in 1994, his artistic output was prodigious. According to Steve Suo in The Oregonian, he amassed over $100,000 from his artwork"

nice...........

[corblimeylimey]

My wife was interested in his Jane Fonda arrest mugshot, but when I found out the price I decided to create my own. I've downloaded the freely available arrest mugshot (only found a smallish one though, if anyone knows were you can find them larger please tell) and I was going to blow it up to 50cm square (for Habitat frame).

I'll apply a course halftone dot in a rich red and get my mate who's got a large format ink jet printer to print it for me (he owes me a
favour) and job done for the cost of a frame.

This is the idea, although this is cropped and hasn't quite got the impact as it's smaller

[gordy]

Jane looks hot in handcuffs!!!! ;D ;D

[romanywg]

gordy said:

What about artwork by real serial killers!!!
Not a serial killer but a serial offender, Charles Bronson, who has served 28 years of his time in prison in solitary confinement due to repeated attacks on prison staff and inmates is now an artist.
www.outsiderart.co.uk/bronson.htm

[blackasmarch]

I love these- its celebrity made fallible! Can't afford them either tho...

[gordy]

Whatever you do don't buy it!!!!

A news item in November 2005 featured Nikki Stone, a musician who purchased a painting of "Pogo the Clown" done by infamous killer John Wayne Gacy, who murdered 33 young men and kept the remains of 29 of them beneath his house. According to Stone, once he acquired the painting for $3000, he was hit with a load of bad luck. His dog died, his mother was diagnosed with cancer, and several associates who agreed to store the work experienced their own brand of negative incidents —accidents and fires. "I just want to be rid of it," he said to Laurel J. Stewart for the Boston Herald. In the same article, it was noted that actor Johnny Depp had also once acquired a Gacy painting of the same ilk, but had "developed a pathological fear of clowns and had unloaded the artwork.

My name is Earl!! ;D ;D good karma only!!

[andrewd]

romanywg said:

gordy said:

What about artwork by real serial killers!!!
Not a serial killer but a serial offender, Charles Bronson, who has served 28 years of his time in prison in solitary confinement due to repeated attacks on prison staff and inmates is now an artist.
www.outsiderart.co.uk/bronson.htm

I wouldn't want to pass comment on Charlies work just in case he's listening!!

[gordy]

Found these other artists on wikipedia...

John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, and Henry Lee Lucas are a few of the better known American serial killer artists...
. The actual pieces can sell for large sums of money depending on the individual artist, and their notoriety through serial killing.

Serial killer art need not always be taken seriously. In his autobiography "Final Truth", serial killer Donald Gaskins confesses making carbon copies of Disney characters from magazines and selling them through his lawyer just to gain some money.

Fascinating topic....

[romanywg]

Of coarse there was always Charles Manson, artist and song writer. Remember the album? If you're into all things weird.....
www.supernaught.com/crimefiles/cmgallery.html

[stuey09]

Yeah, that Bronson is a genuine psycho. If I remember rightly he kidnapped the Deputy Governor of his nick and threatened to kill him unless he tickled his feet. Shouldn't laugh, but... ;D ;D ;D

[carlito]

i want a print with his mug on it..he's got a gr8 'tache