[Dibbs 45]

Hi good people of the forum.

Any ideas on the prices of "puff" I might have sell, so I quick price check

[Reader]

A little taste of the Bast collection.

[jesustheba]

Apr 24, 2022 12:38:04 GMT 1 Reader said:

A little taste of the Bast collection.

Amazing

[vic]

I've seen some great tributes on social media today. RIP Bast

[Cardiff]

Apr 15, 2022 9:59:58 GMT 1 Skiner Jack said:

Bast for Marc Jacobs Menswear spring summer2014

Just wanted to mention that your insta feed is an absolute inspiration when it comes to BAST/Faile...thanks for sharing!

[Quinnster]

Apr 24, 2022 12:38:04 GMT 1 Reader said:

A little taste of the Bast collection.

If you ever want to part with papa Smurf or Bucky let me know.

[Reader]

May 5, 2022 11:34:29 GMT 1 Quinnster said:

Apr 24, 2022 12:38:04 GMT 1 Reader said:

A little taste of the Bast collection.

If you ever want to part with papa Smurf or Bucky let me know.

Hey mate, I'd consider that, but as I'm not really a motivated or committed seller you'd have to do some leg work and find a price point.

[Reader]

A few gems with prices from Bast's Botulism show at Laz 2010

[vic]

What a show that was, my fave at the gallery. The Charley Isoe was a good one too around that time

[Skiner Jack]

BÄST First New York solo show
Titled: "MAS VINO"
Plus the release of his new book "REVOLUCION DE PAPEL"
February 12-March 10, 2005

Opening Reception and Release Party: Saturday February 12, 6-9pm
featuring DJ Kienyo, Beer sponsor Yuengling

[Immediate Release]
Contact: Yuki Minami [phone]
Transplant Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Brooklyn-based artist Bast titled “MAS VINO” This show will also celebrate the release of his new book "REVOLUCION DE PAPEL". A 60 paged soft covered book released in limited edition. Signed copied will be available on opening night. The exhibition will showcase a collection of new paintings on canvas along with select works on paper.

I can't remember exactly when I first started seeing Bast's work on the street but I know it was a good while back... maybe six or seven years. Being a fan of Motorhead and Spinal Tap, at first I just thought it was funny that Bast used an umlaut in his name, which I instinctively read as Bast even though the umlaut suggested Baste would be the proper pronunciation. The pronunciation dilemma alone now had me thinking about Bast's work, and as I discovered more Bast posters and stencils juxtaposing his name with loaded imagery of dictators, guns, and corporate logos, etc... I found myself frustrated trying to interpret it, but amused by the idea of the aggravation it might cause an uptight person. In the end I just accepted the work as a pop culture regurgitation that added beautiful texture to the street and stimulated a free association in the viewer that may not have anything to do with Bast's inspiration or intention. Bast's images look somewhat random, which in turn makes the work feel very punk and a bit nihilistic, but the design sense is very pleasing and I'm sure considered. I would call the overall feel 'organized chaos' in the same realm as Rauschenberg but using the street as the canvas. The textures that Bast uses in his work as well as those on the surfaces he integrates his pieces into give an instant sense of nostalgia and decay. Bast places his work on buildings and in alleys where the art actually adds life and improves the surfaces. Walking the streets of Manhattan or Brooklyn I've often thought I've found some obscure uncharted street art territory only to discover that Bast has beaten me to it. Bast's work inhabits NY in a way that only a true local who loves the city can execute.
-Shepard Fairey 2005 (Los Angeles)

"Bast is an artist who represents for Brooklyn. He does this by writing 'BAST-BROOKLYN' on other people's property (and in one case when visiting London the side of a moving red double decker bus). He does this by speaking with a deep Williamsburg drawl that makes Al Pacino sound like a girl, but mainly he does it by making art that actually feels like Brooklyn. The borough is said to contain every culture and race that exists on planet earth but that doesn't necessarily make it interesting - so does the United Nations building but who wants to look at that? The key to Bast's appeal is not being very responsible. The work isn't so much a 'melting pot' of culture as a food blender, set on max and left until the motor burns out. His art is fast and loose and cheap, which is strangely why it endures, it's punchy and it has value. As the great disgraced film producer Robert Evans once said "Its irreverence that makes things sizzle, its irreverence that gives you the chance of truly touching magic..."
-BANKSY, December 2004 (UK)

BAST's posters have been a constant part of the urban art landscape of New York and Europe for the past 10 years. While his artwork has remained a prominent fixture in the NY urban environment, he himself has remained a very elusive character. Acting something like a Loch Ness that rarely shows up in public and who's very existence has been debated. Very little is known of his work outside of what the public sees wheat pasted throughout the city. His works on canvas are a complete departure from what he presents on the street; it is aggressive and bold, offering a fresh take on POP art and appropriated imagery from all types of media. If you have ever wanted to know BAST's work more comprehensively, this show will be a unique opportunity to see something completely new and unexpected from this very elusive artist.
-Patrick McNeil, 2005 (FAILE, New York)

Transplant Gallery
525 West 29th Street, second floor (bet. 10th and 11th Avenue)
p. [phone] f. [phone]
Hours:11:00-18:00 Closed on Sun. and Mon.




2005年 2月5日

BÄST ニューヨーク初個展 “MAS VINO” 　 及び
作品集 “BAST: REVOLUCION DE PAPEL” 発刊のお知らせ
2月12日 から 3月10日まで

個展・発刊記念パーティ並びにサイン会 ( DJ Kienyo, Beer sponsor Yuengling ):
2月12日(土) 6 -9pm

トランスプラント・ギャラリーでは NY 在住のアーティスト BAST の初個展「 MAS VINO 」 (2月12日～3月10日)を開催します。また、個展にあわせリリースされる少数限定版作品集「 BAST: REVOLUCION DE PAPEL (60ページ)」も販売されます。BASTの名前と彼の作品は既に多くの人に知られていながら、ニューヨークタイムズ誌の記事にも「その実在が疑われているBASTは・・」と書かれたように、滅多に表に出ない作家として有名でした。本展覧会はBASTの新作の大型絵画をメインに未公開のキャンバス作品も展示する初の試みになります。
詳細は Yuki Minami [phone] / [phone]まで宜しくお願いします。

「 BAST の作品とストリートで初めて出会ったのは確か 6,7年前だったと思う。当時 Moterheäd と Spinal Täp のファンだった僕は、まず BAST の Aの上にあるウムラートに反応してしまった。その A の上の点はベァステと発音しろと言っていたが構わずに「バスト」、と読んだ。こんな想い出から BAST の作品へと思いは広がっていく。独裁者達の肖像・マシンガン・企業ロゴマークと BAST の四文字・・・ばらばらな物たちがキャンバス上で配置されている、そんなポスターを路上で見かけるたびに上手く解釈出来なかった、あの時のもどかしさがよみがえってくる。真面目な人なら苛立つであろう BAST のはぐらかし方が僕には面白くて、しまいには「 BAST はポップアーティストたちがストリートから吸い取ったものたちに美しい処理を加えて再び路上に戻した、いわばポップアートの逆流」として受け取った ( BAST の本人の意図と全く関係のない連想だけど)。
少しだけニヒリスティックで激しくパンクな無秩序さを、 BAST は際立ったデザイン感覚で快感に変える。路上にはロバート・ラウシェンバーグのような「秩序だったカオス状態」が広がっていき、ノスタルジックに風化した肌ざわりをまとった BAST 作品が残されたビルの壁や路地は、俄に生気を帯びて見違えてくる。
マンハッタンやブルックリンを歩いていて、ストリートアートの気配もない辺鄙な通りに一番乗りしたと喜んだのもつかの間、既に BAST に先を越された後なんてことがよくあった。この街を愛する真のローカル住人だけが成せる方法で、 BAST の作品はニューヨークの街に住んでいる。」
Shepard Fairey, 2005 (Obey Giant, Los Angeles)

「 BAST はブルックリンを象徴するアーチストだ。 NY の (そして他人の所有物の)あちこちに大きく書いたBAST―BROOKLYN のメッセージ。アル・パチーノですらティーンの女の子に聞こえてしまいそうな、ブルックリン・ウィリアムスバーグの奥地独特のゆっくりした BAST の訛り。だが僕が BAST をブルックリンの象徴と呼ぶ一番の理由は、彼のアートが最高にブルックリンらしいからだ。ブルックリンといえば、地球上のあらゆる文化や人種のるつぼとして知られている。だからといってそれが彼の面白さの源だと言うつもりは無いし (国連ビルがすごい面白いって思った事ある?)、 BAST の作品はそれほど多国籍風ではない (そんなメルティング・ポットはつまみを最大に廻してドロドロにするがいい)。
もっとすごい魅力は BAST の絶妙な無責任感にある。 BAST にしか出せないスピード・ゆるさ・チープさを持った作品のパンチ力は衰える事なく、何年経っても変わらない価値を持つ。
偉大な不良映画監督の Robert Evans が言うように「不遜は万物を瑞々しくさせる。そして不敬こそが我々に最高に感動する瞬間をもたらす。」のだ。
BANKSY, 2004 December (UK)

「ここ 10年の間で BAST の作品はヨーロッパの都市風景の一部となり、 NY ではもはや日常生活に定着しているが、 BAST 自身のつかみどころの無さは変わらないままだ。町中のあちこちに糊で貼られたポスター以外に手がかりを残さない BAST は、まるでネス湖のネッシーの如く大きな謎を残す、ストリート界の未確認生物だ。
一方でほとんど人目に触れた事のない BAST のキャンバス作品は、町中で見られるポスター作品と全く別物の力強い骨太さがある。日常に溢れるあらゆるイメージを引用した作品は、ポップアートに生きの良さを足したような仕上がりだ。
BAST の新作も未公開作もまとめて見たいと思ったならば今回の展覧会は最高の機会だ。この逃げ足の速いアーティストをようやく捕まえられるのだから。」
Patrick McNeil, 2005 (FAILE, New York)

Transplant Gallery
525 West 29 th St. 2 nd fl. New York NY 10001 　 11-6pm ( 火 - 土 )
Phone [phone] / Fax [phone]

[Skiner Jack]

These wooden mask photos were provided by Yuki Minami who ran the Transplant Gallery. I managed to track Yuki down who now lives in Tokyo.  Yuki said that the Patrick,s framed a lot of the canvas.

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This photo was taken by droo1972 (instagram) they said that Mike gave him this canvas. Unknown to me and others this was a 2 part painting. The photo is the top part of the canvas. Doo1972 said that Mike probably painted over the bottom part of the canvas.



This photo was taken in one of the store rooms that had other art works that were not displayed.



One of the prints available at this show.



Another one of the prints available to purchase at the original show.

[Skiner Jack]

[Zippy]

Skiner Jack STP Reader thanks so much for posting all these pics.
great memories and and also lovely to see works that I have never seen before.

[Zippy]

No idea why it has turned my comment above into an ebay link, sorry.

[Reader]

[Thank You]

May 25, 2022 15:32:41 GMT 1 Skiner Jack said:

I'll add the rest later here

Thank you for posting this. Bast is absolutely my favorite artist.

[Skiner Jack]

I have added text and another picture from the Transplant Gallery above. Thank you for your positive comments.

[Skiner Jack]

Check out Droo1972's Instagram feed as it contains lots of unseen bast artworks and personal stories.

[Skiner Jack]

[Skiner Jack]

Don't have much information on these masks except one of these was on display at the faile studio.

[Skiner Jack]

Faile on Bast - The Artist's Artist - A short article with various artists talking about artists that have influenced their work. From the Guardian On-line.

'We first came across Bäst's work on the streets of Manhattan in 1998. There was something so alive about his art, and the fact that he worked in a variety of media, that really set it apart. Bäst's combinations and appropriation of pop culture were refreshing and raw. Older pieces like Molotov Dwarf – a man with the head of a Disney dwarf, holding a molotov cocktail – instilled the same kind of emotional contrast through image-pairing. He has an ability to deconstruct mass media in a way that is dirty and violent, yet beautiful and sincere'

Above 4 slightly different versions of the molotov cocktail print from 2001. The print may have been printed by Faile but not 100% sure about this. I have added a street version of the print in a different colourway. 

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/culture/2011/nov/02/artists-artist-street-artists

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www.cellarcontemporary.com/en/exhibition/bast-underabove

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www.cellarcontemporary.com/en/artists/bast

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www.newimageartgallery.com/bst