[bandyman]

Thanks!

Looks great!

[kjzimm]

Oct 22, 2012 20:24:57 GMT 1 elwheel said:

Love the look of this HF and will be looking to add it to my Blue Skies. Nice work.

The concept is brilliant!

[highly framable]

thanks for the kind words one and all.

just to further clarify (as we are still new and terrible at explaining these things, sorry!):

For £29 you will be getting the diptych. 2 prints. "front" and "back".
The 2 prints will have the same number (xx/66)
There will be 66 sets for this edition.

GREAT VALUE? YEAH!
(Guitar solo)
;D

[aj2010]

I really like these and will certainly try and buy them.

[highly framable]

thanks aj2010!

yes, despite the many pre-order requests (sorrrry, we really would love to but have to be fair to all!) we really don't think there should be any problem for those who try to score the set during release time.

most of our releases takes days, if at all, to sell out...

we're not exactly POW...

still a long long long way to go...

but we're trying!

;D

[Gentle Mental]

i'd like to add this:

the following video has everything and nothing to do with zhao's new prints:

[kjzimm]

Is anyone jumping in on this one?

[highly framable]

one more hour to go... (unless we got the whole time zone thing wrong!)

www.highlyframable.com

one more closeup of print, stamp, sig etc...

[highly framable]

let's hope POW don't drop a banksy today....

;D


(or we'll be busy F5ing ourselves!)

;D ;D ;D

[aj2010]

Sorted. Cheers.

[bandyman]

Bagged!

[kjzimm]

Score!

[highly framable]

hi! thanks for the support so far!

the sale is going really well. may we kindly ask those who have them in carts to not to keep them in for so long, if you're not buying...

as we've been receiving quite a few email requests for buying as the cart system is too wonky...

one day we'll have a proper checkout system... ONE DAY!!

[highly framable]

Okay!!! Results have been wonderful!!! Many thanks to all who bought one.

Hope all who wanted one gets one!

We are off for late night satays!! Hmmmm satays in peanut sauce...
Mmmm

[elwheel]

Looking forward to examining this.

[highly framable]

2 left...

[highly framable]

SOLD OUT!

Huge thanks to all!

We're waaaaay over the moon!

now the packing and the *&#@ airway bill form filling....

;D

[elwheel]

Arrived today and on first inspection looks pretty good (including test print on back) not really sure about the guillotining/plumbness though (do realise the claims of pride in crudiness though). Will re-examine when mental daughters aren't running around, and post up some pics.

[highly framable]

so glad they arrived safe!

and yes, as with all zhao's prints, these are very crude creations!

he wants every print to be his and not some printer's or machines' (though that would've saved us lots (and lots!) of time and money)

hope you like them enough to give them space on your walls!



details on our facebook page.
www.facebook.com/pages/Highly-Framable-Gallery/286149344788866?ref=hl

[highly framable]

response from one er.. "collector"...





Literal (phonic) translation: Prints Received. Grey Common Watery Rice. Ya! Ya! Ya!

Translation: (prints) Received. Really like them! Ya! Ya! Ya!


YA!!!

For those who are wondering, Ai's not being nice/poite. Ai says what he means.

He didn't feel much (and was pretty harsh) on zhao's "Made In China" till the last iteration which he finds interesting...

He likes the Chairman (but didn't find it "high" enough).

So we are over the moon with the constant positive comments from him on this piece throughout its creation.

[highly framable]

"EVERY VICTIM WAS A CULPRIT, AND EVERY CULPRIT, A VICTIM." - Catch 22. Joseph Heller

A product from the recent news of bombing and violence, ai weiwei's s.a.c.r.e.d. exhibit and joseph heller's catch 22 - zhao's latest is a distillation of a messy tangle of histories and events, unravelled to reveal the true nature of power - a foolish loop. 

"An effective expression" - Ai Weiwei commented on the piece.
"i love you" - zhao.
"i love you first" - ai weiwei

they really should get a room....

screenprint on 65x 45cm 250gsm artisan paper. in 2 variants. more details to come.

[highly framable]

"HISTORIES I - XII"
12 Uniques - To be released periodically.
Mix Media Originals
45 x 64 cm. Screenprint on Artisan 250 gsm paper
Signed, numbered by artist
Stamped with COA from Highly Framable
price £95
(+SHIPPING)






"VICTIM"
2 color screenprint
signed/numbered/stamped
45 x 64 cm. Screenprint on Artisan 250 gsm paper
edition of 20
Signed, numbered by artist
Stamped with COA from Highly Framable
price £45
(+SHIPPING)






"CULPRIT"
1 color screenprint
45 x 64 cm. Screenprint on Artisan 250 gsm paper
edition of 100
Signed, numbered by artist
Stamped with COA from Highly Framable
price £22
(+SHIPPING)



email us at [e-mail] if you have any questions

or like us on facebook to be the first to know. thanks!

[Gentle Mental]

i like this old banksy look/idea.

but my judgement may be totally biased, i wouldn't know.

[james2g]

Thats simply terrible, very sorry but its not really very good at all, and this constant piggy backing off of Ai Wei Wei is a little bit embarassing now don't you think?

[highly framable]

first off, a huge thank you to james2g for your comment! we were worried sick that the image did not get any reaction from this board! (except for the kind pms and the "likes" from some of you, thank you so much)

yes it can look terrible to you. zhao wants something as simple as possible to address his feelings about the killings and bombings around europe and us. and how we victimised some yet criminalised others, when everyone is suffering and everyone is guilty.

like a traffic sign, zhao wants the piece to remind us that every victim was a culprit, and every culprit, victim.

and yes, we worship ai weiwei till no end. we are planing a sleepover at ai's place in beijing soon.
like school girls around bieber. the man is just so damn inspiring.

but no, true believers are not embarrassed at all. zhao will keep sending work to ai for his criticisms and endorsements. This process has now become a driving force for him.

And if Ai said such wonderful words about the piece, we cannot help but to shout about it.

"la la la!",as ai would say

again, thank you james2g!

[Deleted]

It looks better from a distance rather than close to IMO.

[highly framable]

Jun 4, 2013 16:15:50 GMT 1 @wizbong said:

It looks better from a distance rather than close to IMO.

thanks wizzy! for half a compliment!

zhao: "I picked a paper size much larger than the image to give the idea of distance, alone-ness. It IS better looking at it from afar."

[Dr Plip]

Firstly, I like the message and the idea for the image. The soldier could (IMHO!!!) be tidied up a bit to give him more definition though. But Zhao might like it rough.

Have you considered printing multiple versions of the same image on the print, in a Warhol style? It might reinforce the message that violence begets violence, yet we're only really hurting ourselves.

Or maybe the throwing hand could be coming off one side of the image, and reappearing behind the soldier?



Please excuse the rough image. I don't have Photoshop software. I tried cutting and pasting it, but it just ending up f_cking my laptop screen.

[minibear]

Jun 4, 2013 18:30:13 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Firstly, I like the message and the idea for the image. The soldier could (IMHO!!!) be tidied up a bit to give him more definition though. But Zhao might like it rough.

Have you considered printing multiple versions of the same image on the print, in a Warhol style? It might reinforce the message that violence begets violence, yet we're only really hurting ourselves.

Or maybe the throwing hand could be coming off one side of the image, and reappearing behind the soldier?



Please excuse the rough image. I don't have Photoshop software. I tried cutting and pasting it, but it just ending up f_cking my laptop screen.

The same image used for the 1 colour pull (Culprit) has been used as the basis for the 2 colour pull also.

You've highlighted another level to the piece though. The same person (you say soldier) is both the culprit and the victim here too.

I like it/them both. Good luck to Zhao

[james2g]

Jun 4, 2013 16:02:09 GMT 1 highly framable said:

first off, a huge thank you to james2g for your comment! we were worried sick that the image did not get any reaction from this board! (except for the kind pms and the "likes" from some of you, thank you so much)

yes it can look terrible to you. zhao wants something as simple as possible to address his feelings about the killings and bombings around europe and us. and how we victimised some yet criminalised others, when everyone is suffering and everyone is guilty.

like a traffic sign, zhao wants the piece to remind us that every victim was a culprit, and every culprit, victim.

and yes, we worship ai weiwei till no end. we are planing a sleepover at ai's place in beijing soon.
like school girls around bieber. the man is just so damn inspiring.

but no true believers are not embarrassed at all. zhao will keep sending work to ai for his critic and endorsements. it has now become a driving force for him.

And if Ai said such wonderful words about the piece, we cannot help but to shout about it.

"la la la!",as ai would say

again, thank you james2g!

I'm sorry but the meaning is totally lost on me, its a Soldier, throwing a grenade backwards, and its trying to highlight the sadness of the Boston bombings and a man getting his head cut off in London.

Personally I was reading into this I'd read it as our troops abroad are causing extremism at home.

But the soldiers a little lost in the middle of the print there, and poorly painted, was it ever painted on the street?