Reprint older images ?

7.guys.named.bruce · Post by **7.guys.named.bruce** » Sat May 12, 2007 2:52 pm

I know this has been brought up before, but how many of you would spend the money to buy a reprint of say a Big Brother or Authoritarian or Visual Pollution in a larger offset like the "Lesser Gods" lithograph in a 24"x36" print run of 750.

I ask because I think there are alot of Shep fans like me that missed out on many of these earlier prints and will never be able to afford the originals. But for $25. or $30. could still have these great images on our walls.

I have asked Obey with no response. Maybe not enough of us that just want the art and not an investment to justify producing them.

Sorry no pics. I still don't know how to do that.

baxterpop · Post by **baxterpop** » Sat May 12, 2007 2:58 pm

doubt they will ever do it unless its one of these reissue like the Retro Series. Like any artist they are focused on the future of their "product" or "art" instead of relying on the past.

7.guys.named.bruce · Post by **7.guys.named.bruce** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:05 pm

I'm afraid your right. I will have to get a better paying job or sell my wife. Anyone?..... she's very pretty!

TBlaze · Post by **TBlaze** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:15 pm

Just like prints... You got to post pictures or you'll get no offers....

T.C.z. · Post by **T.C.z.** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:03 am

This is smeared.

Post by **TheOmethod** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:58 pm

Bad idea - no thanks

robotoil · Post by **robotoil** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:35 pm

Idea D.O.A.

baxterpop · Post by **baxterpop** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:17 pm

maybe you should talk to that dude who was reprinting them and trying to sell them on ebay, he might be able to give you tha hook up.

blackheart · Post by **blackheart** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:13 am

baxterpop wrote:maybe you should talk to that dude who was reprinting them and trying to sell them on ebay, he might be able to give you tha hook up.

QFT

7.guys.named.bruce · Post by **7.guys.named.bruce** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:13 pm

Wow. I'm surprised by the responses. But O.k., bad idea. It was just a thought.

Reverend ToneZone · Post by **Reverend ToneZone** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:33 am

TBlaze wrote:Just like prints... You got to post pictures or you'll get no offers....

Yeah, let's see the wife!!

conartstudio · Post by **conartstudio** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:56 am

7.guys.named.bruce wrote:Wow. I'm surprised by the responses. But O.k., bad idea. It was just a thought.

i'm surprised that you are surprised by the responses....

people here like to collect art, not posters.

LittleJohn · Post by **LittleJohn** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:14 pm

It would be nice to have another shot at some prints that you werent able to obtain. The offsets are just about worthless in terms of 18X24. I dont think it would change "art collectors" or "poster collecters". Lets not shine these brighter then they are.
Screen printed posters, there cool and I love/support them to no end, but I wouldnt hold this in high regards to "collecting art"
Some responses youll give is that it is a different kind of art,...right, but so is music. Do you collect cds in terms of art. Keeping them in mint condition and having to have every one and every color scheme?
Im sure this reply will make some people angry and thats ok with me. This is just a message board and opinions are like @$$holes, although Im always up for a good laugh.

LittleJohn · Post by **LittleJohn** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:25 pm

fribhey wrote:
7.guys.named.bruce wrote:Wow. I'm surprised by the responses. But O.k., bad idea. It was just a thought.
i'm surprised that you are surprised by the responses....

people here like to collect art, not posters.

...this is why I used to love OG, there was no form of elitist attitudes

. A wise man once told me, "The times, they are a changin"

TinManOne · Post by **TinManOne** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:41 pm

Yeah...

I think anyone on here who has some of the older prints Shep has done would agree that... the art of screen printing has changed a lot.
It is now almost a mass produced mockery of what it once was.
Goin from hand cut ruby film and pulling your own prints to designing everything on a computer, sending out a digital file and Booom you have 300 print at your door is kind of a bummer... But then again... thats cool too... I tend to see these as Large flyers in a way... spreadin the word and there is defiantly a place for this.
This contrast between the two is why if you get chance to get your hands on an older piece... jump on it... You can see the decision making process like blacking and or trapping of the different colors overlapping in these prints from '95-'97
Im a hand painting graffiti artist and felt the same way about stencil graff for a long time... but since then have grown to appreciate the art of stencil making and the power to produce the same image over and over to and get up even more.

Food for thought..!!

baxterpop · Post by **baxterpop** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:02 pm

LittleJohn wrote: ...this is why I used to love OG, there was no form of elitist attitudes . A wise man once told me, "The times, they are a changin"

Isnt this remark having an elitist attitude?

conartstudio · Post by **conartstudio** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:05 pm

LittleJohn wrote:
fribhey wrote:
7.guys.named.bruce wrote:Wow. I'm surprised by the responses. But O.k., bad idea. It was just a thought.
i'm surprised that you are surprised by the responses....

people here like to collect art, not posters.
...this is why I used to love OG, there was no form of elitist attitudes . A wise man once told me, "The times, they are a changin"

it's not an elitiste attitude. shepard is an artist, not a poster maker. silkscreen prints ARE art. there would be no point to making limited editions if you keep reprinting something.

conartstudio · Post by **conartstudio** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:09 pm

TinManOne wrote:the art of screen printing has changed a lot.
It is now almost a mass produced mockery of what it once was.
Goin from hand cut ruby film and pulling your own prints to designing everything on a computer, sending out a digital file and Booom you have 300 print at your door is kind of a bummer...

i feel the same way but that's how it is now. art has become less personal as has our society...

silkscreen prints are still art no matter what the process is and there is still a line between a poster and a print.

outeredgestudio · Post by **outeredgestudio** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:50 pm

Retro Series....... get 'em!!! They are the best! I like having these older images up that I missed out on. I have all four framed and up. out of walls though

robotoil · Post by **robotoil** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:40 pm

outeredgestudio, until you change that avatar, I am not reading anymore of your posts. jk. It is FREAKING me out.

outeredgestudio · Post by **outeredgestudio** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:52 pm

robotoil wrote:outeredgestudio, until you change that avatar, I am not reading anymore of your posts. jk. It is FREAKING me out.

I stole King Kong's Jaw. I'll get on it. new avatario coming up