Original Banksy Available In Jamaica

Not sure when or where this is up for auction, but the website leads me to believe they will update their site with an auction link to the original Banksy piece from Jamaica.

Check it out HERE

Hargo 'Cash For Banksy' Print Release Details

Here is a funny print from artist Hargo, this is called 'Cash For Banksy'. It is a 2 colour 18 x 12.5 inch hand pulled screen print on 100% cotton paper with an edition size of 40, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $35 each. These wll be available at 1pm on Thursday, June 3rd.

"The BLDG is excited to work with rapidly rising street artist, Hargo, on our latest print. You may not know his name, but you've all seen his 'Cash for your Warhol' work all over the globe. For this first print, we worked closely with Hargo to recreate one of his 'Cash for your Banksy' signs. The goal being to imitate the corrugated sign vibe that the original pieces are made on. We're really excited about the results!"

Check it out HERE

Mike Leavitt 'Famous Artist' Action Figures

U.S. artist Mike Leavitt made this set of action figures of famous street artists, painters, filmmakers and musicians. These articulating, interactive sculptures, also known as 'Action Figures' are sculpted with polymer clay and mixed media by Leavitt. 95% of the color is done by mixing pigmented clay. Hidden features are built into some of the figures to make them more interesting.

Some of these action figures are for sale and prices start at $400, up to $1000.

Check it out HERE

Banksy, world’s most famous street artist from United Kingdom and his identity is still unknown. His artworks are often satirical pieces of art on subjects such as ethics, politics and culture.

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Ron English is an American contemporary artist born who explores popular brand imagery and advertising. His signature style employs a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic superhero mythology and totems of art history, to create a visual language of evolution. He is also widely considered a seminal figure in the advancement of street art away from traditional wild-style lettering .

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Dr.D is a British street artist containing a collection of  billboard cut and paste modifications and subversive poster paste ups. He is famous for doing a political messages on streets of London.

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“Big Daddy” Ed Roth (1932 –  2001) was an artist and cartoonist who created the hot-rod icon Rat Fink and other extreme characters. As a custom car builder, Roth was a key figure in Southern California’s Kustom Kulture and hot-rod movement of the 1960s.

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Greg “Craola” Simkins is a artist weaving pop culture, the old masters, nature, carnival kitsch, and (most importantly) his warped imagination, that makes Greg Simkins a sought-after surrealist painter today. Simkins’ artwork currently appears in galleries throughout the United States

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Luke Chueh is an artist, and is generally considered to be a member of the lowbrow, or pop surrealism, art movement, though he has disdain for the term. He is a painter and graphic designer active in the artist community in Los Angeles.

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Audrey Kawasaki, is a Los Angeles-based painter, known for her distinctive, erotically charged portrayals of young, adolescent women. Her works are oil paintings painted directly onto wood panels, and her style has been described as a fusion of Art Nouveau and Japanese manga.

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Andy Warhol, was a painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons.

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Amy Sol is an American artist of Korean ancestry, who lives in Las Vegas. She is a member in good standing of a loose knit community of artists practicing Pop Surreal, Lowbrow, or, as Robert Williams defines it, “cartoon-tainted abstract surrealism.” She typically paints upon treated wooden panel, incorporating the grain of the wood into the painting. Her style integrates both narrative and figurative styles with the mystic.



Banksy Back In New York City!?

This beauty above was found on Cedar St between Greenwich St & Church St. A very clever piece indeed!

The above image is at Water St & Jay St in Manhattan.

The third image is brilliant but we are not sure if it is a Banksy or a clever parody?

You be the judge!

This chipper image was found in Chinatown.

This 'Will Work For Idiots' piece is in Soho.

Banksy In Toronto? Yes Indeed!! :)

UPDATE *** The morons at Wm Prager on Adelaide St have painted over this Banksy! (above) ***

Here are some very well done Banksy pieces found in Toronto over the weekend. Which happens to coincide with his debut theatrical release of Exit Through The Gift Shop and 2 concerts by POW stable mate and band member 3D of Massive Attack, hmmm... Does Banksy have allies? Is he in Massive Attack? Does he travel with Massive Attack? hmmm....

Unsure of this location of the one above?

The above piece is around Church St and Front St E

Removed, this was at Cherry St and Polson Pier

This above rat piece is on Spadina Ave at Phoebe St, just north of Queen Street.

This balloon guard dog piece is on Lakeshore Blvd East

Banksy Movie 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' In Toronto

It's finally coming to Toronto... Friday May 7th AMC Dundas & Yonge

Here is the the 5 minute trailer/teaser!! See you there

Check it out HERE

Rene Gagnon 'These Are My Sins - Revisited' Print Available

Here it is, finally!! This rebuttal print to Banksy's rip off of his piece is called 'These Are My Sins - Revisted' by artist Rene Gagnon. This is a 4 colour 36 x 11 inch screenprint on 250 GSM Stonehenge paper with an edition size of 25, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $165 each.

Check it out HERE

Banksy San Francisco Graffiti Locations Video

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Banksy 'Rat' Time Out New York City Poster

Here is a reasonably priced poster by stencil genius Banksy. This is available through the New York's version of Time Out Magazine. This is a 12 x 18 inch print and it will cost you $20 each.

Check it out HERE

Stolen Banksy Turns Up On Ebay

Looks like Ace Gallery owner Doug Christmas decided to flip the Banksy he took in L.A this week. I check the link today and now the auction has been taken down, no doubt Pest Control sent Doug a letter and ruined his Xmas in April. Hahahaha

Check it out HERE