[curiousgeorge]

It's edgy no?

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2010 17:15:25 GMT 1 nacional said:

How is this good fun Silky...it is offensive to millions (if you are of that religious persuasion), stupid, dull and unimaginative to the rest....if this is your idea of fun, answers on a postcard please......

My wife is a Muslim and loves this. Maybe I am seeing something different than others, but to me its a kick at the French Governments ban on Hijabs.
I think it was a decent street piece. I won't pass judgement on it as a print, until I see it with my own eyes.

[etched]

im going to wait for the dutch colorway

[BootjackBandit]

not even close to his best, but don't think it's as bad as you guys are saying. that said, i don't think i'd buy anything of his for 600.

[aj2010]

I know Nick Walker has a lot of haters on here but he has done a lot more good art than bad.

I don't know why this particular image has prompted the vitriol it has. In my opinion, it had good placement when it was done on a wall. I bet if most of you saw this on a wall by your house, and didn't know who it was by, would be impressed.

It is also topical at the moment, or at least when it was done. I also think it is amusing. I know from experience of working in the Middle East that arab/muslim women tended to spend a lot of money on expensive clothes despite them being covered up in public. Their eye make-up was particularly striking when only their eyes were visible. Probably most surprising to me was the amount of sexy underwear available in the shops there. A lot even bordering on fetish! I also think, and it was mentioned in an earlier post, the a lot of muslims would find it funny. They do have a sense of humour, or at least most of the ones that I met do.

The cost of the print is the market value for Nick's work. If it doesn't sell out then maybe he and the galleries who sell his work would re-asses their pricing.

If you don't like it then fair enough, I like it because it makes me smile.

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

Im dissapointed - I like Nick and his work, I didn't like this when he did the street piece and can't believe this is the print for his show? 600 notes also - is this correct?? Maybe like the TMA's Nick will continue the theme with the next print being some chicks wearing 'Burkinis' frolicking in the Ocean??? I live near Cronulla Beach, Sydney.. Burkinis were all the rage about a year after the races riots a few years back..

[wizzy]

aj2010, I have met Nick and like him, i do like his older works and his Vandal series mostly but not this one, i just reckon that he could have done something better than this one as he has done many times before, nothing vitriolic at all re the image but i would have expected better from Nick, maybe thats wrong of me. The price for this is too high imo regardless of Nicks "current market value" (which incidentally is governed by supply and demand and not a blanket "Going rate" for the Artists works), also the market is not as strong as it was remember, i know one person struggling to sell an original canvas for cost of his and i am struggling to get 400 for a print i paid 750 for direct from Nick, that is the reality of market value.

[eduarandres]

whats the price of this print anyway??

Love nick works + have loads of it on my walls but this print is not doing it for me really

[hlarmy]

Oct 2, 2010 10:17:53 GMT 1 eduarandres said:

whats the price of this print anyway??

Love nick works + have loads of it on my walls but this print is not doing it for me really

My lord, it must be lacking if you don't want it?!

[klyde]

If I can sum this print release up in one word it would be delusional.

[Daniel Silk]

Keep this civilized please! a few people getting a bit carried away I don't think we will be seeing Muslims are burning effigy's of Nick Walker in the streets.
So lets act like adults and discuss why you do or don't like this piece in a calm and civilized fashion.

Thanks!

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

okay i apologise for not liking the print, I think people are dissapointed and are getting their views across... nothing more in it that that. I mean there are some great older pieces from Nick on ebay at low prices.

[walshy]

Oct 2, 2010 9:34:30 GMT 1 Jeezuz Jones Snr said:

Im dissapointed - I like Nick and his work, I didn't like this when he did the street piece and can't believe this is the print for his show? 600 notes also - is this correct?? Maybe like the TMA's Nick will continue the theme with the next print being some chicks wearing 'Burkinis' frolicking in the Ocean??? I live near Cronulla Beach, Sydney.. Burkinis were all the rage about a year after the races riots a few years back..

I spent 6 months in cronulla last year, beautiful place !

[wave]

Each to their own but i really like this anyway. Makes me smile.
Might stand a chance too by the sounds rather than queuing all day.

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

Let me know if you get back out here Walshy we'll go for a couple of cold ones

[walshy]

Oct 3, 2010 2:24:59 GMT 1 Jeezuz Jones Snr said:

Let me know if you get back out here Walshy we'll go for a couple of cold ones

will do Theres a chance you may receive a PM just after xmas

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

cool Walshy....

[yapsey]

ive always liked nicks work - but this doesn't translate onto a print.

i'm still looking forward to the show hugely - i think we should all decide our views on his new direction after we've seen the new pieces at the show...

[saint]

i have to agree with pretty much everyone on here, its a weak image choice for a print.

Saying that Nicks work to me has always looked better on the street than on paper (TMA series aside).

Also for me 600 odd quid is far too high! I read someone saying its market value for Nicks work?? Didnt he have his nozzle prints on his site for bloomin ages at 50 quid?? This should be 50 quid..... IMO of course.....

[robinbanks]

Really good fun image. Makes me smile, gets people talking - some love it, some hate it. The way street art should be.

I think if the price was inc VAT it would be a little fairer. Either way I won't be buying. Already got 2 stunning NW's on my walls and I'd have to take one of them down to accommodate this, which simply isn't gonna happen.

[Daniel Silk]

Oct 5, 2010 10:13:56 GMT 1 robinbanks said:

Really good fun image. Makes me smile, gets people talking - some love it, some hate it. The way street art should be.

Well said!

[Daniel Silk]

NICK WALKER paints Paris, "LE CORANCAN"

[OutsideIn]

i think nick wouldnt be silly enough to print something he didnt think was good, at the end of the day his producing art he is happy with...its there for us to like or not to like. you cant slag someone off if you dont like their work. I reckon this will probably look alot better once seen printed.

[saint]

You shouldnt slag the artist off of course! but everyones entitled to their own view on the work an artist produces surely.

My old nan used to say 'if you can't say something nice, say something horrid and have done with it. At least you won't look like a pussy'.... she did come from bolton tho....

[wizzy]

My Grandmother used to say "If you cant fight....wear a big hat", she wasnt from Bolton though but i think a couple of the staff were?.

[mrwyatt]

I spoke to the gallery last week when booking my preview place for the show and they confirmed that a Nick Walker Book (limited edition) will also be going on sale....

..my £0.02

[wizzy]

A limited edition book by Nick Walker? or a book about Nick Walker by someone else?, how limited?. Enjoy your preview.

Also just read (1st time i have seen Artsensus site) the blurb for the show, wasnt aware that the Mugrabi family collected Nicks works?.

[mrwyatt]

sorry - to clarify a book by Nick Walker. They also said 'prints' and not print singular so fingers crossed theres more than 'La Corancan'

[motor]

Oct 8, 2010 17:28:47 GMT 1 @wizzy said:

Also just read (1st time i have seen Artsensus site) the blurb for the show, wasnt aware that the Mugrabi family collected Nicks works?.

Who are they actually not collecting?
I've heard this one a few times now (Banksy, Faile, Kaws...)
Smoke and mirrors I think.
Rumor easily created and spread but very hard to prove.

[rosstierney]

"We've also had 100 limited edition catalogues published, signed by Nick with a small print (different image)."

£150 I hear.