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Supposed Banksy wall from Detriot for sale on eBay (not the one about trees)

You may have seen the above photo on Banksy‘s website. Just another one of his pieces from the recent US tour. Certainly not the best, not even the best piece he painted in Detroit. In fact, I’d say that that this caged bird is one of those pieces that nobody would care about if it weren’t by Banksy. But it is by Banksy, and it was left unprotected in the abandoned and falling apart Packard Plant. That’s the same location as his Trees piece, which was famously removed from the plant earlier this year. Now Caged Bird is for sale on eBay. Well, something looking like Caged Bird is for sale and the wall is missing from the Packard Plant, but that’s no guarantee that the wall on eBay is legit (as was shown back in April when a Banksy wall was removed in LA and a look-alike was on eBay).

So far, Caged Bird has had no bids, but the seller is asking for $75,000. So if you’re looking for an 1,800lb slab on concrete which may have a boring stencil by Banksy on it, now you know where to look. The auction ends in less than 3 days. Just remember that Banksy’s authentication service, Pest Control, doesn’t authenticate street pieces.

For more on this story, check out the Detroit Free Press. Just don’t believe their expert who says “The (canary) piece is like having one of his more substantial works that he’s done.” That’s BS.

Via Animal NY

Photo from Banksy’s website

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Joshua Liner Gallery summer group show

Joshua Liner Gallery’s summer group show opens this Saturday evening. Personally, I’m most looking forward to seeing new artwork from Swoon, Dennis McNett, Mac and Kris Kuksi, but list of artists in this show is extensive and impressive: Cleon Peterson, David Kassan, Dennis McNett, Evan Hecox, Ian Francis, James Roper, Jeremy Fish, Jessica Joslin, Kenichi Yokono, Kris Kuksi, Mac, Mi Ju, Mike Davis, Oliver Vernon, Pema Rinzin, Pete Watts, Ryan Bradley, Ryan McLennan, Shawn Barber, Swoon, Tat Ito, Tiffany Bozic, Tomokazu Matsuyama and Tony Curanaj. Oh, and the Swoon piece in the above photo is actually from the gallery’s Barnstormer show earlier this year, so don’t expect to see it in this show.

The show runs from August 14th through September 2nd at Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC.

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Megaphone print from OBEY

Shepard Fairey’s prints can be pretty hit or miss, but the Obey Megaphone is definitely a hit. The print will be for sale from a random time on Friday August 13th at the OBEY website. The print is an edition of 230 and, as usual with Shepard, the price is just an affordable $45.

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Some new and some old things from MOMO

MOMO recently painted the above wall in Brooklyn where Anthony Lister had painted a few pieces previously. After seeing this new piece, Luna Park has put together a post on The Street Spot with some of her favorite works from MOMO over the last few years. Definitely something worth reading. And last month MOMO was part of NOVA, an art festival in Brazil. He collaborated on a huge piece with KR and Mulheres Barbadas. You can see photos of that work on MOMO’s blog.

Photo by Luna Park

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Shooting things with TrustoCorp

Last month, I met up with TrustoCorp at their headquarters. While there, I got to see some of their customized Trusto products and of course some signs. The highlight of the visit was something unexpected though. Just as it started pouring rain, we went to the roof of TrustoCorp’s building and played a game of TrustoShootout. We didn’t have the fancy setup from their solo show, but we did have a pellet gun and some posters.

In the past, I’ve been critical of TrustoCorp working indoors. Their signs work so well because they show up unexpectedly and in the perfect environment and a show full of signs would be kind of boring, but I think this game might be exactly the sort of thing that TrustoCorp can do to liven up gallery shows and consequently make their signs more interesting indoors. Like their signs, it’s fun. Unlike the signs, they environment isn’t so essential. If anything, the perfect environment for shooting illustrations of “arrogant rappers” is at a gallery opening after a couple of beers!

Now if only they could design a “pretentious blogger” target…

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Botulism: a Bäst solo show at Lazarides

There aren’t many artists with more street cred than Bäst. He’s been getting up consistently for about a decade now, and he’s not half bad at collage either. While I find his work most interesting on the street, but that doesn’t mean I hate to see him indoors from time to time. And it’s about time. On August 20th, his latest solo show will open at London’s Lazarides Rathbone Place. Botulism is going to be Bäst’s first solo show at Lazarides, but he exhibited there earlier this year with Faile for their Deluxx Fluxx Arcade. Lazarides promises that for this show, Bäst will be “developing past preoccupations in an exciting new direction.”

Here’s are a couple of teasers from Botulism:

Botulism runs from August 20th through October 1st with a private view on August 19th.

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The Lost Ones in Mexico City

The Lost Ones is a group show opening this week at Fifty24MX, Upper Playground’s Mexico City gallery. The show is being curated by New Image Art Gallery‘s Marsea Goldberg and features some great street artists like Retna, Shepard Fairey, Judith Supine and Neck Face.  The Lost Ones opens on Friday. I wonder of Arrested Motion will have photographers there, because I certainly don’t know anybody who will be there taking photos and I’d like to see this once it’s open.

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Freight train and a lithograph from Know Hope

Following in the tradition of street artists like Other, Labrona and Margaret Kilgallen, Know Hope recently drew on a few freight trains in Croatia. The above drawing is my favorite.

And Know Hope has also just released a new lithograph. “Humbled Memory Mumbles Melody” (image below) was produced at Edition Copenhagen, the same place that Barry McGee and Todd James recently produced some prints. Know Hope’s lithograph measures 56 x 76 cm, is an edition of 100 and is available for $280. To purchase “Humbled Memory Mumbles Melody,” just email raz.thisislimbo@gmail.com.

Photos by Know Hope

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Specter’s solo show at Pure Evil Gallery

Specter‘s show at Pure Evil Gallery opened a few days ago, and one thing’s for sure: the judges on Work of Art would hate Specter’s new work (sorry Jerry Saltz, but you don’t need to include somebody’s face in a portrait for it to be a portrait), but that may just be proof of how good it is. Almost all the paintings are portraits of artists who have influenced Specter, as represented by pieces of fabric and clothing.

While my favorite artworks from Specter are still his sculptures and readymades, these new paintings are definitely interesting. Perhaps most importantly, they show how much Specter is thinking outside the box that so many street artists become trapped in.

And since Specter is in London for this show, he’s also been getting up outside:

Specter’s show is on now at Pure Evil Gallery through August 24th.

Photos by artbleat, unusualimage and Specter