Thierry Guetta AKA (Mr. Brainwash) and Kai Aspire
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I saw this on another site... It's since been removed, which is a shame.
"I have had quite a few early OG's by Mr Brainwash that crapped their pants over time. It is not how they were conserved it is the medium. He/she/they/it uses alot of different methods to create these pieces and you just have to take them for what they are.
Example 1: Early OG pieces that were done on newspaper with house paint and spray paint tend to crack and actually change size. I presume this was due to the varnish applied and possibly the way they were affixed during framing.
Example 2: 2 of the pieces I had were done on the FRAGILE Stickers as the medium and the spray paint seemed to slowly flake off over time. Although it did give the pieces a "rustic" "weathered" look. It meant you had to take them back to the framer to get the frame cleaned out because of the access paint chips were visible at the bottom of the frame.
Example 3,4,5,6,7,8,9......
In my opinion these OG's don't stand the test of time, so far. They were all gifts given to me so beggars can't be choosers. But your take away should be, to be very careful if you are considering paying these astronomical prices that most are asking for these "so called pieces of art" I have had no issues with the screen prints and still have all of the first ones he did and no issues to date. Most all of the canvases he did are screen prints so.... Whatever...
To the OP's initial question. I have this same piece but on a different medium. As soon as he/she/they/it sent it to me I immediately had it reframed. This looks to be the original float mount frame they came in. It should be interesting to see how it looks after you have your framer get it out of that frame. Hope this helps.
Now if feel like I need a shower after posting in this thread"
"I have had quite a few early OG's by Mr Brainwash that crapped their pants over time. It is not how they were conserved it is the medium. He/she/they/it uses alot of different methods to create these pieces and you just have to take them for what they are.
Example 1: Early OG pieces that were done on newspaper with house paint and spray paint tend to crack and actually change size. I presume this was due to the varnish applied and possibly the way they were affixed during framing.
Example 2: 2 of the pieces I had were done on the FRAGILE Stickers as the medium and the spray paint seemed to slowly flake off over time. Although it did give the pieces a "rustic" "weathered" look. It meant you had to take them back to the framer to get the frame cleaned out because of the access paint chips were visible at the bottom of the frame.
Example 3,4,5,6,7,8,9......
In my opinion these OG's don't stand the test of time, so far. They were all gifts given to me so beggars can't be choosers. But your take away should be, to be very careful if you are considering paying these astronomical prices that most are asking for these "so called pieces of art" I have had no issues with the screen prints and still have all of the first ones he did and no issues to date. Most all of the canvases he did are screen prints so.... Whatever...
To the OP's initial question. I have this same piece but on a different medium. As soon as he/she/they/it sent it to me I immediately had it reframed. This looks to be the original float mount frame they came in. It should be interesting to see how it looks after you have your framer get it out of that frame. Hope this helps.
Now if feel like I need a shower after posting in this thread"
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From the banksy board:
http://urbanartassociation.com/thread/1 ... z4eFqzY2ozconartstudio wrote:He's not zedsy and before he changed his screen name here to "whitefish," and added the title "artist," he went by the screen name "arthunter999," which is also what he uses on thegiant forum, and on EB he went by the scree name "babbtke" before being banned there.
His M.O. seems to be picking questionable artists and trying to promote (spam) the hell out of them for some reason. He tried with Kai Aspire, Tabby, Fauntleroy SNOOTY, Alec Monopoly, etc...
He seems like a nice guy but could definitely slow down the promo machine a bit. He puts Karen, Above's marketing person, to shame
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Whitefish replies to the above, and then deletes it:
"Change the name Alec Monolopy to Mike Mozart. I facilitated the public exposure that Mike Mozart was Alec Monolopy's ghost artist. Mike Mozart was taken advantage of by Alec Monolopy aka Alec Andon, and I felt the need to protect my friend. That's all... Carry On!"
"Change the name Alec Monolopy to Mike Mozart. I facilitated the public exposure that Mike Mozart was Alec Monolopy's ghost artist. Mike Mozart was taken advantage of by Alec Monolopy aka Alec Andon, and I felt the need to protect my friend. That's all... Carry On!"
The good old "Alec Monopoly is a fraud" or something along those lines thread. And the Snooty one. I still have no idea who any of those people are. But I remember the names when I see them; yet I have never seen them anywhere but here
Babbs delivered the luls once in a while.
Babbs delivered the luls once in a while.