Morrissey Portrait

[garylondon]

Have just seen this Adam Neate Morrissey portrait on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adam-Neate-Uni...3286.m14.l1318

Does anyone have any info on this work was it a commission? Does anyone know of any other portraits by other artists?

[London By Night]

I can't believe the bids for this have now reached over £300.

I know art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and so forth, but this is ridiculous.

If I had a spare £300 I'd have a lovely weekend in Bognor, just making memories

[Kewpie]

I can't believe the bids for this have now reached over £300.

I know art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and so forth, but this is ridiculous.

If I had a spare £300 I'd have a lovely weekend in Bognor, just making memories

I haven't heard of Adam Neate, but his drawing is a joke to me.
Doesn't look like Morrissey at all.
There are many talented people who post their artwork on general discussion.

[Sharron Needles]

Somebody is actually paying £300+ for Morissey?

[London By Night]

I've just noticed that the seller has an E Bay rating of zero.

All E Bay traders have to start somewhere but I'd feel happier if the seller had a bit more 'past form' before I shelled out £300 or more for a sketch that spells the singer's name wrong.

I'd love to see what this goes for when bidding finally closes!

[ALLIE WALLS]

Looks more like Marc Almond to me maybe it was listed wrongly? anyone who buys this must have too much money in their pocket shirley?

[London By Night]

The bids now stand at £359. It's madness

[nugz]

wtf? it's a piece of crap.

[London By Night]

On the back page of my weekly TV Guide there's always a full page advert for a piece of commemorative tat that you can pay for in weekly instalments.

This week it's a "genuine replica" of an Indian tomahawk with engraved handle and a wolf's head on the top. Last week it was a Freddie Mercury commemorative plate or something equally daft.

There clearly are enough dipsticks in the world willing to shed out their hard earned brass for this rubbish.

Still, I'll be logging on tomorrow to see how much it finally goes for. I reckon it will go for £500.

Once you're foolish enough to bid £350 what's another £150?

[London By Night]

Bids now stand at over £400!

Not only has the seller a rating of zero he also has the 'recent name change' icon by his user name. He's given himself a more 'arty' name to sound more feasible, I imagine, in the art world.

Barge Pole and Don't Touch With are words that spring to mind.

There was an old comedy in the 80's in which Ade Edmondson played a talentless street artist who was 'bigged up' by Stephen Fry who convinced the art world he was the next big thing. Shades of this, methinks.

Only five hours to go till bidding closes...

[Mr Smith]

Not the sort of thing I would hang on my walls, but if I was to put a Morrissey picture up, it would probably be more contemporary rather than a traditional portrait. The pedantic amongst you will also notice he has spelt "Morissey" wrong. The value is a reflection of the artist, whom I had never heard of, untill I did a google. I might start roaming the streets of London to find free artwork and sell it on ebay like this chap.

ADAM NEATE

Elms Lesters is the primary source of work by ADAM NEATE, Britain's most exciting emerging artist.

Adam is a much heralded painter at the forefront of a radical new movement in contemporary art that has seen him bring street art into the gallery space.


Over the past five years Adam Neate has left thousands of pieces of work on the streets of London, either hanging on nails or propped against lampposts for people to find. His two and three dimensional paintings use recycled cardboard boxes as canvases - torn, layered and stapled backdrops to mesmerising, warped self-portraits and figurative compositions. Neate is a street artist with a difference. His work is technically expert and has won him acknowledgement from Tate, National Portrait Gallery and The National Gallery.
Neate's street art has garnered global interest, having been documented on CNN reports and European television. Major collectors and celebrities are fighting for his original works and international critics have lauded the artist's work.

Elms Lesters featured ADAM's work in thev HYPE. exhibition in July 2006. The body of work he producd for that exhibition built directly on his cardboard street pieces, and took the form of a series of Self Portraits, using recycled cardboard boxes as canvases, torn and stapled, creating layers of colour and texture. Fragments of fabric were used to create further 3D ambiguities. Since then ADAM's works also sold out in our subsequent exhibitions:

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

There was an old comedy in the 80's in which Ade Edmondson played a talentless street artist who was 'bigged up' by Stephen Fry who convinced the art world he was the next big thing. Shades of this, methinks.

There was also a Spongebob episode sort of like that.

Not the sort of thing I would hang on my walls, but if I was to put a Morrissey picture up, it would probably be more contemporary rather than a traditional portrait. The pedantic amongst you will also notice he has spelt "Morissey" wrong. The value is a reflection of the artist, whom I had never heard of, untill I did a google. I might start roaming the streets of London to find free artwork and sell it on ebay like this chap.

ADAM NEATE

Elms Lesters is the primary source of work by ADAM NEATE, Britain's most exciting emerging artist.

Adam is a much heralded painter at the forefront of a radical new movement in contemporary art that has seen him bring street art into the gallery space.


Over the past five years Adam Neate has left thousands of pieces of work on the streets of London, either hanging on nails or propped against lampposts for people to find. His two and three dimensional paintings use recycled cardboard boxes as canvases - torn, layered and stapled backdrops to mesmerising, warped self-portraits and figurative compositions. Neate is a street artist with a difference. His work is technically expert and has won him acknowledgement from Tate, National Portrait Gallery and The National Gallery.
Neate's street art has garnered global interest, having been documented on CNN reports and European television. Major collectors and celebrities are fighting for his original works and international critics have lauded the artist's work.

Elms Lesters featured ADAM's work in thev HYPE. exhibition in July 2006. The body of work he producd for that exhibition built directly on his cardboard street pieces, and took the form of a series of Self Portraits, using recycled cardboard boxes as canvases, torn and stapled, creating layers of colour and texture. Fragments of fabric were used to create further 3D ambiguities. Since then ADAM's works also sold out in our subsequent exhibitions:

HYPE? Did you know "giclee" means inkjet printed? Just so you know what you're paying for. A giclee print is on the order of a photo print in exclusivity and objective material value.

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

After going back and looking at that auction, I am even more convinced that I should scan and post the picture of Morrissey that my 7 year old drew. It is a better likeness than Neate's, and has the added feature of a large part-crab-part-robot monster preparing to eat Morrissey's head. Very surreal. Maybe I should get him an agent.

[London By Night]

It's now at £500!

Just over an hour to go...

[Abrahan]

ebay... where morrissey's name is always misspelled.

[London By Night]

...and the bidding ends at £550

What's the world coming to, eh?

I need a lie down

[Mr Smith]

There was also a Spongebob episode sort of like that.




HYPE? Did you know "giclee" means inkjet printed? Just so you know what you're paying for. A giclee print is on the order of a photo print in exclusivity and objective material value.

I wouldn't pay for it personally, and I don't thinknit really matters that "giclee" is just inkjet from a printer. As you said, it's all about the hype, and who has created this piece. Sometimes that matters more.

NB - my post above is c/p from a google search for Adam Neate, except the opening paragraph, if there is any confusion.

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

I wouldn't pay for it personally, and I don't thinknit really matters that "giclee" is just inkjet from a printer. As you said, it's all about the hype, and who has created this piece. Sometimes that matters more.

NB - my post above is c/p from a google search for Adam Neate, except the opening paragraph, if there is any confusion.

No confusion.

I just see "giclee" print in galleries all the time, and people should be more upfront about it. "Giclee" makes it sound like it's some special lithograph process or something. I suppose anyone who is a serious collector already knows this anyway.

However, you are right that it shouldn't matter. I work in an industry that deals with printers and such, and current inkject technology is phenomenal. A home-printed inkjet photo will last at least three times as long as any photographic print. Just match your printer, ink, and paper brands. No generics.

Personally, I love the texture of engravings/etchings. I have a few and they just seem more alive.

[London By Night]

Well, the buyer's happy anyway. The feedback reads, "Wonderful Ebayer, great communication and fast delivery. Highly recommended A++"

Takes all sorts, eh?