E is the magic number Size: 177 (w) x 81 (d) x 203 (h) Weight: 1.6kg+ Shutter edition 50 each individually hand painted, no two colour ways are the same Signed and numbered by Ben Eine release date: December 5th 12. pm GMT
Sorry 'holic, I don't mean to be running down your piece. I've been constantly perplexed by this "art scene" lately and this fella pushed me over the edge.
No offense ;-) trying to bridge world's here for this guy and a 50 pieces run all different & hand painted the price doesn't shock me And exchange rate from £ to $ doesn't help
The whole thing about street art is accessibility. If you got a spray can and some cojones you can do it. I mean the very core of it is that everybody can do it, the poorest of the poor. Art has historically been for rich old people, and street art opened it up to poor young people. Somehow the jump from street to shop completely mutates that and turns $50 of resin into $775. I guess it must be real art now.
I think his street art is pretty awesome really. But all the translations of that to prints or anything else I've seen don't work for me. It's not that he revolutionized the way pretty letters are drawn. People have been drawing pretty letters for centuries and Eine isn't close to the best. But he put giant ones on the sides of buildings in compelling and unusual ways, and that's why it was worth looking at.
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vinylcoholic
162 43 56
11 years ago
E is the magic number
Size: 177 (w) x 81 (d) x 203 (h) Weight: 1.6kg+
Shutter edition 50 each individually hand painted, no two colour ways are the same
Signed and numbered by Ben Eine
release date: December 5th 12. pm GMT
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
More like Ben Etsy.
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
I like Eine's street art, but who thought this was a good idea?
vinylcoholic
162 43 56
11 years ago
I do think this translated very well to 3D
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
$775. $775 for a Hobby Lobby decorative E. I can't believe how pissed I am at this. Get the whole alphabet for $20K.
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
Sorry 'holic, I don't mean to be running down your piece. I've been constantly perplexed by this "art scene" lately and this fella pushed me over the edge.
vinylcoholic
162 43 56
11 years ago
No offense ;-) trying to bridge world's here for this guy and a 50 pieces run all different & hand painted the price doesn't shock me
And exchange rate from £ to $ doesn't help
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
The whole thing about street art is accessibility. If you got a spray can and some cojones you can do it. I mean the very core of it is that everybody can do it, the poorest of the poor. Art has historically been for rich old people, and street art opened it up to poor young people. Somehow the jump from street to shop completely mutates that and turns $50 of resin into $775. I guess it must be real art now.
vinylcoholic
162 43 56
11 years ago
dear Shank you mentioned you liked his other art in that line of thinking an alphabet poster for kids is about 10$ but you can't compare
vinylcoholic
162 43 56
11 years ago
By the way I agree with you street art has gone commercial
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
I didn't know they were hand-painted. That's not bad. Still a lot of money.
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
I think his street art is pretty awesome really. But all the translations of that to prints or anything else I've seen don't work for me. It's not that he revolutionized the way pretty letters are drawn. People have been drawing pretty letters for centuries and Eine isn't close to the best. But he put giant ones on the sides of buildings in compelling and unusual ways, and that's why it was worth looking at.
But I know a guy's gotta make a living.
vinylcoholic
162 43 56
11 years ago
I guess if I tell you that there is a limited edition of 5 glitter ones for over a grand you're gonna have a hart attack?
Shankweather
432 4 822
11 years ago
Nothing wrong with that. Totally benign.
kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
11 years ago
damn.. why have i still not been to hobby lobby?!?!? ;)
TonyStark
50 18 43
11 years ago
great !