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Banksy.co.uk just changed, by tartarus on Mar 12, 2016 20:16:12 GMT 1, His barometer in the hallway of his bungalow apparently shows cold. He's just warning us.
His barometer in the hallway of his bungalow apparently shows cold. He's just warning us.
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mini canvases!!, by tartarus on Mar 11, 2016 0:13:55 GMT 1, ... pahnl ... a little 1/1 he did for me ![](http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/dappy2/dappy%20copyright/PahnldpHeistingtheDogWallSideAug12.jpg) ha ha nice choice!
... pahnl ... a little 1/1 he did for me ![](http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/dappy2/dappy%20copyright/PahnldpHeistingtheDogWallSideAug12.jpg) ha ha nice choice!
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mini canvases!!, by tartarus on Mar 10, 2016 21:53:34 GMT 1, ill second that, Pahnls pieces are awesome. A must for a mini collection.
ill second that, Pahnls pieces are awesome. A must for a mini collection.
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FS Penny Time is Money on 16 uncut dollar bills Read more: , by tartarus on Mar 8, 2016 13:54:43 GMT 1, Penny time is money Framed by MFM to conservation standards with UV glass.
10 Layer hand cut stencil Spray paint on 16 uncut $1 bills 52.8 x 31.2 cm Signed edition of 10 hand painted multiples
offers over £1200 Paypal gift or fees on top.
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Penny time is money Framed by MFM to conservation standards with UV glass. 10 Layer hand cut stencil Spray paint on 16 uncut $1 bills 52.8 x 31.2 cm Signed edition of 10 hand painted multiples offers over £1200 Paypal gift or fees on top. ![](http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i436/trancyb/5EFD2406-CAE0-4A3A-84F4-16B2E3BCCCAC_zpsccdszpnq.jpg) ![](http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i436/trancyb/989959BB-FAA0-48D0-B5AF-7C18C77D0668_zpsb8zotlao.jpg)
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Stik Artwork, VALUATION, by tartarus on Mar 7, 2016 22:33:03 GMT 1, Two really nice canvasses there! Fingers crossed i find a suitcase full of money down the sofa before you both move!!
Two really nice canvasses there! Fingers crossed i find a suitcase full of money down the sofa before you both move!!
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Stik Artwork, VALUATION, by tartarus on Mar 3, 2016 11:14:03 GMT 1, Facebook closed sticks page. Your safe roy. Why ? Thee was no nudity ( erm,a bit with his characters ) ?;-) They dont like people using aliases Roy. That was just them stamping their nazi little feet and deciding if he wouldn't fold to their will they would shut the account. It all blew up as they want people on their with their real names. I guess it effects them selling info to the cops or something.
Facebook closed sticks page. Your safe roy. Why ? Thee was no nudity ( erm,a bit with his characters ) ?;-) They dont like people using aliases Roy. That was just them stamping their nazi little feet and deciding if he wouldn't fold to their will they would shut the account. It all blew up as they want people on their with their real names. I guess it effects them selling info to the cops or something.
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Stik Artwork, VALUATION, by tartarus on Mar 3, 2016 0:09:07 GMT 1, Here it comes again lol ! I will say hundreds of K ( it's more simple ) Anyway, Stik closed his Facebook or its me ? We should ask Andy LL Aka Art Kieda or FR , the well known friend from the FRum ?... Facebook closed sticks page. Your safe roy.
Here it comes again lol ! I will say hundreds of K ( it's more simple ) Anyway, Stik closed his Facebook or its me ? We should ask Andy LL Aka Art Kieda or FR , the well known friend from the FRum ?... Facebook closed sticks page. Your safe roy.
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DAVID BOWIE CHARITY PRINT JIMMY C, by tartarus on Feb 19, 2016 13:11:23 GMT 1, If you missed out you could always grab a copy of funeral service times.
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If you missed out you could always grab a copy of funeral service times. ![](http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i436/trancyb/AF0213E8-709D-40D9-AC60-54D7E61FDAA6_zpslowkhyob.jpg)
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Help identify this artist, by tartarus on Feb 15, 2016 19:18:34 GMT 1, Lana Newstrom?
Lana Newstrom?
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3000 posts and my 40th giveaway, by tartarus on Feb 11, 2016 20:36:29 GMT 1, bugger. Happy birthday man.
bugger. Happy birthday man.
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Pest Control COA • Banksy Print Authentication, by tartarus on Feb 9, 2016 12:56:22 GMT 1, Wouldn't stress it yet. Post can be really slow sometimes. Ive sent stuff to europe from the UK and had it take up to 6 weeks to turn up.
Wouldn't stress it yet. Post can be really slow sometimes. Ive sent stuff to europe from the UK and had it take up to 6 weeks to turn up.
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PENNY commission, by tartarus on Feb 8, 2016 14:07:08 GMT 1, 24 me. in for another penny.
24 me. in for another penny.
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Born to Kiln forum giveaway. , by tartarus on Feb 8, 2016 11:20:01 GMT 1, 3 Tartarus in for sure. That looks really nice!
3 Tartarus in for sure. That looks really nice!
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Carl Cashman 🇬🇧 New Painting • Print Release, by tartarus on Feb 5, 2016 19:53:54 GMT 1, Really like the pac man pieces. and the new reworked canvas pieces.
Really like the pac man pieces. and the new reworked canvas pieces.
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Competition Time closed , by tartarus on Feb 1, 2016 13:48:25 GMT 1, Registry office in slough. ;-)
Registry office in slough. ;-)
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Banksy Street Art • Haring Dog, by tartarus on Jan 31, 2016 17:55:28 GMT 1, You on the right thread @ai2bob ? Think he's on something! couldn't swear to what!
You on the right thread @ai2bob ? Think he's on something! couldn't swear to what!
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Banksy Street Art • Les Miserables, by tartarus on Jan 28, 2016 13:27:10 GMT 1, If that is your idea of a "fact" I'm not suprised you come over as you do!!! Where does it state they got a "job lot of red paint" it says it wasn't done with intent. But that doesn't back your "facts" up now does it.
You appear to be point scoring over a non issue. It comes across as petty.
Whether the company buys red paint in bulk or not.
Most companies exist to make a profit and I very much doubt a company that has to maintain numerous properties would pop down to a hardware store and buy a single tin of paint every time their workers go out to re paint doors etc.
Most large companies buy materials in bulk.
If you really want to point score then just contact the company direct and ask them. They are in the phone book.
Here is what Jomast the landlord of the properties said to the Commons Select committee.
soundcloud.com/spectator1828/no-deliberate-decision-to-paint-doors-red-says-director-of-jomast
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/news-from-todays-select-committee-the-doors-were-painted-red-20-years-ago/
"A select committee revelation: the doors were painted red 20 years ago"
"Managing director Stuart Monk said the paint is usually bought in bulk for use across all properties, adding that it is ‘ludicrous to suggest that this constitutes any form of discrimination’."
Read more: metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/red-doors-in-middlesbrough-to-be-re-painted-after-backlash-5634305/#ixzz3yXPup37Q
Non asylum seekers doors in Jomast properties also have red doors.
The problem that is being ignored is nothing to do with doors. It's to do with lack of policing in many parts of Britain and lack of respect for others in society. Where petty crime and vandalism are ignored.
I challenged your use of facts. Your long post does nothing to detract from that.
How about the red wristbands by the way? How do you view that?
If that is your idea of a "fact" I'm not suprised you come over as you do!!! Where does it state they got a "job lot of red paint" it says it wasn't done with intent. But that doesn't back your "facts" up now does it.
You appear to be point scoring over a non issue. It comes across as petty.
Whether the company buys red paint in bulk or not.
Most companies exist to make a profit and I very much doubt a company that has to maintain numerous properties would pop down to a hardware store and buy a single tin of paint every time their workers go out to re paint doors etc.
Most large companies buy materials in bulk.
If you really want to point score then just contact the company direct and ask them. They are in the phone book.
Here is what Jomast the landlord of the properties said to the Commons Select committee.
soundcloud.com/spectator1828/no-deliberate-decision-to-paint-doors-red-says-director-of-jomast
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/news-from-todays-select-committee-the-doors-were-painted-red-20-years-ago/
"A select committee revelation: the doors were painted red 20 years ago"
"Managing director Stuart Monk said the paint is usually bought in bulk for use across all properties, adding that it is ‘ludicrous to suggest that this constitutes any form of discrimination’."
Read more: metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/red-doors-in-middlesbrough-to-be-re-painted-after-backlash-5634305/#ixzz3yXPup37Q
Non asylum seekers doors in Jomast properties also have red doors.
The problem that is being ignored is nothing to do with doors. It's to do with lack of policing in many parts of Britain and lack of respect for others in society. Where petty crime and vandalism are ignored.
I challenged your use of facts. Your long post does nothing to detract from that. How about the red wristbands by the way? How do you view that?
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Banksy Street Art • Les Miserables, by tartarus on Jan 28, 2016 10:54:41 GMT 1, was it a fact that they bought a job lot of red paint then? Certainly looks that way. """It took about five minutes at today’s session of the Commons Home Affairs Committee to establish that neither G4S nor Jomast (the landlord which provides properties in Middlesbrough for the housing of asylum-seekers) have a policy of deliberately painting front doors red in order to help identify the occupants as asylum-seekers. Only 59 per cent of properties in the town occupied by asylum-seekers are red, it turns out. Moreover, the doors have been painted red for 20 years – long before they were used to house asylum-seekers."""http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/news-from-todays-select-committee-the-doors-were-painted-red-20-years-ago/ """There’s a reason why Middlesbrough asylum-seekers’ doors are red, and it’s not ‘apartheid’"""http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/theres-a-reason-why-middlesbrough-asylum-seekers-doors-are-red-and-its-not-apartheid/
If that is your idea of a "fact" I'm not suprised you come over as you do!!! Where does it state they got a "job lot of red paint" it says it wasn't done with intent. But that doesn't back your "facts" up now does it.
was it a fact that they bought a job lot of red paint then? Certainly looks that way. """It took about five minutes at today’s session of the Commons Home Affairs Committee to establish that neither G4S nor Jomast (the landlord which provides properties in Middlesbrough for the housing of asylum-seekers) have a policy of deliberately painting front doors red in order to help identify the occupants as asylum-seekers. Only 59 per cent of properties in the town occupied by asylum-seekers are red, it turns out. Moreover, the doors have been painted red for 20 years – long before they were used to house asylum-seekers."""http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/news-from-todays-select-committee-the-doors-were-painted-red-20-years-ago/ """There’s a reason why Middlesbrough asylum-seekers’ doors are red, and it’s not ‘apartheid’"""http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/theres-a-reason-why-middlesbrough-asylum-seekers-doors-are-red-and-its-not-apartheid/ If that is your idea of a "fact" I'm not suprised you come over as you do!!! Where does it state they got a "job lot of red paint" it says it wasn't done with intent. But that doesn't back your "facts" up now does it.
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Banksy Street Art • Les Miserables, by tartarus on Jan 28, 2016 2:13:37 GMT 1, After Camorons comment today this seems to show they havnt changed much!
After Camorons comment today this seems to show they havnt changed much!
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Banksy Street Art • Les Miserables, by tartarus on Jan 28, 2016 2:12:21 GMT 1, To quote Edmund Burke "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". If there has been complaints of racism then the Forum Guardians have a duty to investigate and stamp it out and if necessary chuck offending member/s off the forum. I joined this forum to discuss art not to hale personal insults as some people here have a habit of doing. There is also saying that people with a hidden agenda don't like free speech. I like facts not propaganda. was it a fact that they bought a job lot of red paint then?
To quote Edmund Burke "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". If there has been complaints of racism then the Forum Guardians have a duty to investigate and stamp it out and if necessary chuck offending member/s off the forum. I joined this forum to discuss art not to hale personal insults as some people here have a habit of doing. There is also saying that people with a hidden agenda don't like free speech. I like facts not propaganda. was it a fact that they bought a job lot of red paint then?
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New Guardians?, by tartarus on Jan 28, 2016 1:22:33 GMT 1, 11 and 12. so it turns out after Patrick McGoohan pissed around for 17 episodes that silky is in fact Number One? or is he Number Two with Number one still hiding behind the scenes! s**t! maybe Banksy is Number One!! AAARRRGGGGHHHH
11 and 12. so it turns out after Patrick McGoohan pissed around for 17 episodes that silky is in fact Number One? or is he Number Two with Number one still hiding behind the scenes! s**t! maybe Banksy is Number One!! AAARRRGGGGHHHH
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Stik street art removed/ stolen from Poland project., by tartarus on Jan 27, 2016 23:58:15 GMT 1, Funnily enough people I know who have met or dealt with Lamberty are less flattering than you are in your post. Who knows what motivated Lamberty to try to make a lot of money when he saw an opportunity. Unfortunately for many people in Lamberty's trade, the good old days of cash rich brokers traders city boys etc who would buy from certain antique dealers and decorators on a whim and at highly marked up prices have very careful with their money today. The words chancer, opportunist may or may not be valid. A very expensive to rent shop in Pimlico requires good business sense. Hmm , are his accounts overdue? LAMBERTY LIMITED beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04457895beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04457895/charges my friend say's he thought he saw one of his staff at a auction last week .. Funny old game cheeky!
Funnily enough people I know who have met or dealt with Lamberty are less flattering than you are in your post. Who knows what motivated Lamberty to try to make a lot of money when he saw an opportunity. Unfortunately for many people in Lamberty's trade, the good old days of cash rich brokers traders city boys etc who would buy from certain antique dealers and decorators on a whim and at highly marked up prices have very careful with their money today. The words chancer, opportunist may or may not be valid. A very expensive to rent shop in Pimlico requires good business sense. Hmm , are his accounts overdue? LAMBERTY LIMITED beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04457895beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04457895/charges my friend say's he thought he saw one of his staff at a auction last week .. Funny old game cheeky!
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Stik street art removed/ stolen from Poland project., by tartarus on Jan 27, 2016 23:01:42 GMT 1, Love how I can use the word wanker but not p*ick. the spellcheck/word police have reviewed your contextual usage and decided its appropriate in this instance.
Love how I can use the word wanker but not p*ick. the spellcheck/word police have reviewed your contextual usage and decided its appropriate in this instance.
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Stik street art removed/ stolen from Poland project., by tartarus on Jan 27, 2016 22:35:16 GMT 1, Still not given them back yet apparently. From vandalog
Another London “art dealer” chops up a mural
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London-based street artist Stik is internationally known for painting cute stick figures that just generally make people smile. It’s a harmless bit of good that he does. Sometimes he even collaborates with kids in the towns where he paints. He’s the most heartwarming kind of muralist. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that Stik used his art career to lift himself out of homelessness. Who would ever do something to mess with Stik?
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Meet Andrew Lamberty, founder of Lamberty Antiques. His Twitter profile says that he sells “James Bond furniture for the discerning villain.” He has decided to mess with Stik.
The Institute of Art and Law Blog has a good explanation of the story up to this point. It goes something like this:
Back in 2011, Stik painted two murals on shipping containers in Gdańsk, Poland. The murals were commissioned by the Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, and were a painted in collaboration with 10 local young people. In late 2014, the containers disappeared. Later, it was discovered the owner had sold them for only $4,000. That’s approximately market rate for two standard shipping containers without murals on them, suggesting that nobody in Gdańsk was aware of what was about to happen. In October 2015, 10 pieces of the containers reappeared (representing 16 out of the 53 figures originally in the murals), chopped up and on display at Lamberty’s gallery in London. The asking price was £10,000-12,000 per section. Initially, Lamberty’s website include the claim that “All of Stik’s street works that come into Lamberty are fully approved by the artist.” This was not true, and is still not true. In late October, Lamberty posted a statement on their website about the situation. As hard as they might try, it does not make Lamberty look good. Some choice quotes from that statement: “Lamberty legally purchased these works with full documentation. We removed them from a harsh outdoor climate, where they were deteriorating, and prepared them for indoor instalment.” “Lamberty has requested that Stik recognise and endorse the removal of these pieces – in exchange we have offered to return the works over decorated by local children for the enjoyment or benefit of the local school community.” You read that right: Lamberty is holding some of the Gdańsk segments hostage, and his price is that Stik authenticates other Gdańsk segments for Lamberty to then sell. Today, in January, Stik is still fighting to get the works back from Lamberty and stop the sale of the mutilated and unauthenticated mural. So here’s how the situation appears to me: A scumbag went to Poland, bought a community mural from a private owner, mutilated that mural by chopping it into little pieces, tried to sell those little pieces for a profit, got caught being a scumbag, and finally decided to make everything better (read: save his detestable investment) by trying to pressure a kindhearted artist into sullying his reputation and authenticating inauthentic artworks.
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But what makes these Lamberty pieces inauthentic? Assuming these pieces are the shipping container that Stik painting, they were once Stik murals. And now they are not. How? By chopping them up, Lamberty has irrevocably changed the meaning of the artwork. What was once a message of solidarity (50-odd people holding hands) is broken apart into lonely, separated people. Only a fool would call that the same artwork. What is Guernica if you only see the oil lamp? What is The Great Gatsby if you only read page 103? Therefore, these works are not authentic Stik paintings (at least not anymore than someone trying to sell you page 103 of The Great Gatsby is selling you a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald). This is moral rights 101.
Lamberty’s defense, that he paid for the shipping containers before cutting them up, is like saying that it’s okay to own a stolen car, as long as you paid someone to steal it for you. Oh, and then you cut that stolen car into 53 pieces and tried to sell each of piece separately as one fully-functional new car. And then you tell the car’s original owner than you’ll return half pieces, but only if they will tell the police that nothing was stolen in the first place.
It’s time for Lamberty to do the right thing. He should immediately return every piece of the Gdańsk shipping containers to Stik or to the people of Gdańsk. He should also pay for Stik to paint a new mural in Gdańsk. If Lamberty won’t do that, he and his gallery need to shut up and stop pretending to have the moral high ground here.
As for the rest of us, we just need to keep one thing in mind: Buying unauthenticated street pieces is not okay, and the people who sell street pieces tend to be shady, even by art dealer standards. Why deal with with shady people? Support your favorite artists by buying direct from them or the galleries that represent them. It’s really that simple.
Photos courtesy of Stik and from lamberty.co.uk
Still not given them back yet apparently. From vandalog Another London “art dealer” chops up a mural ![](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/finished.jpg) London-based street artist Stik is internationally known for painting cute stick figures that just generally make people smile. It’s a harmless bit of good that he does. Sometimes he even collaborates with kids in the towns where he paints. He’s the most heartwarming kind of muralist. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that Stik used his art career to lift himself out of homelessness. Who would ever do something to mess with Stik? ![](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Andrew.jpg) Meet Andrew Lamberty, founder of Lamberty Antiques. His Twitter profile says that he sells “James Bond furniture for the discerning villain.” He has decided to mess with Stik. The Institute of Art and Law Blog has a good explanation of the story up to this point. It goes something like this: Back in 2011, Stik painted two murals on shipping containers in Gdańsk, Poland. The murals were commissioned by the Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, and were a painted in collaboration with 10 local young people. In late 2014, the containers disappeared. Later, it was discovered the owner had sold them for only $4,000. That’s approximately market rate for two standard shipping containers without murals on them, suggesting that nobody in Gdańsk was aware of what was about to happen. In October 2015, 10 pieces of the containers reappeared (representing 16 out of the 53 figures originally in the murals), chopped up and on display at Lamberty’s gallery in London. The asking price was £10,000-12,000 per section. Initially, Lamberty’s website include the claim that “All of Stik’s street works that come into Lamberty are fully approved by the artist.” This was not true, and is still not true. In late October, Lamberty posted a statement on their website about the situation. As hard as they might try, it does not make Lamberty look good. Some choice quotes from that statement: “Lamberty legally purchased these works with full documentation. We removed them from a harsh outdoor climate, where they were deteriorating, and prepared them for indoor instalment.” “Lamberty has requested that Stik recognise and endorse the removal of these pieces – in exchange we have offered to return the works over decorated by local children for the enjoyment or benefit of the local school community.” You read that right: Lamberty is holding some of the Gdańsk segments hostage, and his price is that Stik authenticates other Gdańsk segments for Lamberty to then sell. Today, in January, Stik is still fighting to get the works back from Lamberty and stop the sale of the mutilated and unauthenticated mural. So here’s how the situation appears to me: A scumbag went to Poland, bought a community mural from a private owner, mutilated that mural by chopping it into little pieces, tried to sell those little pieces for a profit, got caught being a scumbag, and finally decided to make everything better (read: save his detestable investment) by trying to pressure a kindhearted artist into sullying his reputation and authenticating inauthentic artworks. ![](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/segments.jpg) But what makes these Lamberty pieces inauthentic? Assuming these pieces are the shipping container that Stik painting, they were once Stik murals. And now they are not. How? By chopping them up, Lamberty has irrevocably changed the meaning of the artwork. What was once a message of solidarity (50-odd people holding hands) is broken apart into lonely, separated people. Only a fool would call that the same artwork. What is Guernica if you only see the oil lamp? What is The Great Gatsby if you only read page 103? Therefore, these works are not authentic Stik paintings (at least not anymore than someone trying to sell you page 103 of The Great Gatsby is selling you a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald). This is moral rights 101. Lamberty’s defense, that he paid for the shipping containers before cutting them up, is like saying that it’s okay to own a stolen car, as long as you paid someone to steal it for you. Oh, and then you cut that stolen car into 53 pieces and tried to sell each of piece separately as one fully-functional new car. And then you tell the car’s original owner than you’ll return half pieces, but only if they will tell the police that nothing was stolen in the first place. It’s time for Lamberty to do the right thing. He should immediately return every piece of the Gdańsk shipping containers to Stik or to the people of Gdańsk. He should also pay for Stik to paint a new mural in Gdańsk. If Lamberty won’t do that, he and his gallery need to shut up and stop pretending to have the moral high ground here. As for the rest of us, we just need to keep one thing in mind: Buying unauthenticated street pieces is not okay, and the people who sell street pieces tend to be shady, even by art dealer standards. Why deal with with shady people? Support your favorite artists by buying direct from them or the galleries that represent them. It’s really that simple. Photos courtesy of Stik and from lamberty.co.uk
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banksy canvas - star wars - fake or genuine ?, by tartarus on Jan 27, 2016 17:42:48 GMT 1, There is a strange symbol at the end of the signature. I sent an authentication request to pest control office, I will let everyone know what they will say to me. Photo : signature
![canvas](http://postimg.org/image/yecdgs88x/) Strange symbol is i think an attempt to add 08 as the year of production.
I do hope pest control are gentle with you!! your not easy upset i hope!
There is a strange symbol at the end of the signature. I sent an authentication request to pest control office, I will let everyone know what they will say to me. Photo : signature
![canvas](http://postimg.org/image/yecdgs88x/) Strange symbol is i think an attempt to add 08 as the year of production. I do hope pest control are gentle with you!! your not easy upset i hope!
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Mehdi Ghadyanloo 🇮🇷 Mural Painter • Iran • Art For Sale, by tartarus on Jan 27, 2016 13:46:24 GMT 1, Thats normally true. but he just ignores them, so no use at all. And as you say, gentleman's agreement basically. I met him at a street art fest in chichester before the gallery was opnen. Did loads to get the gallery name out there, helped admin on his salted prints FB page, helped set up shows for free when they first opened the gallery, did loads of publishing of shows on threads on here. All for free for a while when he was setting up the gallery, even get a mention in the Dolan book! Then when it took off was getting token gesture artworks for helping them. But even standing by that agreement seems to have been too much for him. Sent Medhi his way after i found his work on google, again loose agreement for a canvas if he got him in for a show. Never happened then let me work on the show and never sorted me for doing that either. And not only all the hours worked on the days above, but i was travelling every day from near Brighton. Soooooo i think as plenty of people here know this is the truth, that should go some way to prove I'm no small minded arse just trying to screw them over. I couldn't have done much more to help him. so think his attitude is pure bulls**t. I totally get your reasons for being so p*ssed! Sounds like you have done a hell of a lot to get them both off the ground. If I was them, I would certainly come to some arrangement to sort you out. I expect the majority of Mehdi's fans are on these forums(going from the print edition sizes and the people here that have purchased them). So I don't think they will do themselves any favours with negative views against them. Good luck though and I hope you finally get sorted for what you are deserved. Cheers man. Have to say though, don't include Mehdi in any of this!! He's a great bloke and a stunning artist. He has never even known it was me that put them together either. I don't see that its something he should even need to deal with as he had no knowledge of it.
Thats normally true. but he just ignores them, so no use at all. And as you say, gentleman's agreement basically. I met him at a street art fest in chichester before the gallery was opnen. Did loads to get the gallery name out there, helped admin on his salted prints FB page, helped set up shows for free when they first opened the gallery, did loads of publishing of shows on threads on here. All for free for a while when he was setting up the gallery, even get a mention in the Dolan book! Then when it took off was getting token gesture artworks for helping them. But even standing by that agreement seems to have been too much for him. Sent Medhi his way after i found his work on google, again loose agreement for a canvas if he got him in for a show. Never happened then let me work on the show and never sorted me for doing that either. And not only all the hours worked on the days above, but i was travelling every day from near Brighton. Soooooo i think as plenty of people here know this is the truth, that should go some way to prove I'm no small minded arse just trying to screw them over. I couldn't have done much more to help him. so think his attitude is pure bulls**t. I totally get your reasons for being so p*ssed! Sounds like you have done a hell of a lot to get them both off the ground. If I was them, I would certainly come to some arrangement to sort you out. I expect the majority of Mehdi's fans are on these forums(going from the print edition sizes and the people here that have purchased them). So I don't think they will do themselves any favours with negative views against them. Good luck though and I hope you finally get sorted for what you are deserved. Cheers man. Have to say though, don't include Mehdi in any of this!! He's a great bloke and a stunning artist. He has never even known it was me that put them together either. I don't see that its something he should even need to deal with as he had no knowledge of it.
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Sea Forts Project - Tristan Eaton, Futura... Who else!?, by tartarus on Jan 26, 2016 15:49:08 GMT 1, from the london police FB page.
Bob here. Anyone fancy painting a mural on one of the Maunsell sea forts this summer with @tristaneaton @hownosm @futuradosmil and @obeygiant. We do! Good job we've been invited. Check @thepaintedoceans for more info #deathatsea #dangerouswork #daveyjoneslocker #lifejacket #bringyourarmbands #manup #hello sailor
Along with a video of the forts.
from the london police FB page.
Bob here. Anyone fancy painting a mural on one of the Maunsell sea forts this summer with @tristaneaton @hownosm @futuradosmil and @obeygiant. We do! Good job we've been invited. Check @thepaintedoceans for more info #deathatsea #dangerouswork #daveyjoneslocker #lifejacket #bringyourarmbands #manup #hello sailor
Along with a video of the forts.
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The Croydon Mural Project & The Arts-Quarter , by tartarus on Jan 26, 2016 1:11:54 GMT 1, Blimey! some really nice pieces up there. Might have to go on a mooch and check this out.
Blimey! some really nice pieces up there. Might have to go on a mooch and check this out.
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Banksy Street Art • Les Miserables, by tartarus on Jan 25, 2016 19:13:47 GMT 1, Who did the triangular shape street art on the left of the ginger bloke? Is it two snakes? Snake, the next Stik? dam and i was sure it was your "pastiche" of a road sign piece. i really thought you'd upped your game a bit too!
Who did the triangular shape street art on the left of the ginger bloke? Is it two snakes? Snake, the next Stik? dam and i was sure it was your "pastiche" of a road sign piece. i really thought you'd upped your game a bit too!
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