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The Baron Entertains by Beryl Cook . Signed silkscreen print of a black tie evening where there are men sat around a table with a man wearing a monocle. There are a couple stood behind the table talking to the baron the woman is wearing a silver dress and has grey hair her husband is bald and all of the men are wearing dinner jackets. VERY RARE. IN STOCK. READY TO SHIP. Image Size: 430 mm x 640 mm Paper…
Banksy has produced a new image making Glastonbury organiser Michael Eaton look like rapper Jay Z. Eaton caused a controversy when he announced rapper Jay Z would headline Glastonbury this year . The black and white image shows Eavis squatting in the US singer’s customary pose with Jay Zeavis written above him. Local Dave Sebastian said: “Banksy’s probably as miffed as we are about Jay Z headlining the festival.â€
The Banksy piece created for Blur is to go to auction in a sale of modern and contemporary art taking place at Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday. ‘Lot 90: Banksy (b.1975) UNTITLED, 2003, spraypaint with stencil on concrete blocks, approx. 96 x 72in.’ price? ‘£30,000-£50,000.’ ‘Yes, it is a lot, and no, we’d never heard of Banksy before,’ said Mr Walmesley , the farmer whose duckhouse Banksy painted . He came down to London with a trailer carrying the concrete blocks…
Original Beryl Cook paintings for sale . Artist Cook has produced many paintings during her successful career . Her most popular images include Angels, Cruising and A Bird in Hand . Cruising by Beryl Cook . Silkscreen of four large ladies in their swimming costumes in a hot tub aboard a cruise ship with a volcano erupting in the distance. Two men are climbing steps on the left of the picture dressed in uniforms. One lady has a yellow dotted…
Interesting interview on Australian radio RACHAEL :Â British artist Banksy is quoted saying that Melbourne’s laneways were arguably Australia’s most significant contribution to the arts since they stole all the Aborigines pencils. Would you agree with a comment like that? TRACEY AVERY: I think part of Banksy‘s comment implies that what graffiti provides is a place for ordinary people to have a voice and that it’s a place where it’s not an art form that has to be recognised in…
Chartiers by Beryl Cook . Silkscreen Print. The picture shows a busy restaurant with waiters serving the tables. Very rare silkscreen print , in stock now . Please Call 01324 883305 To Order This Artwork. Image Size: 560 mm x 810 mm Paper Size: 1040 mm x 770 mm Edition Size: 300
The latest work by controversial artist Banksy is a mural ‘One Nation Under CCTV’ painted next to a CCTV camera at a Post Office yard in the West End of London. Banksy said”We could have put prints up for sale and made a fortune, but that’s not what this is about. We wanted people to be able to come here and have a go themselves.’ And when they’ve finished, they’re invited to take away whatever they like. ‘We did a…
Tributes continue to flood in for Beryl Cook. Most of the broadsheets have published obituaries reflecting the great affection for this artist . Cook often started paintings from sketches she made in the Dolphin , her local pub in Plymouth .One of these is the Strippergram. Local Billy explains: “One day a strippergram came in for one of the customers. I don’t remember which one. “She used to carry these cards around with her and make sketches. That’s what she…
Beryl Cook artwork – Shoe Shop is one of her last limited editions published . The BBC’s Culture Show mentioned an interview they did with Beryl Cook last year
A new stencil by Banksy, possibly worth over £100,000 , has been painted over by the local council . Last year, Islington Council had a policy of protecting Banksy’s work . It compiled a list of works by Banksy in their area to prevent them being painted over by clean-up teams. But the council now seems to have had a change of heart and said: ‘It’s graffiti and we treat it that way, whether it’s Banksy or not. Residents in…