The Giant

easycraig wrote:fair enough on the un-constructive criticism... - i do apologize.... -its just that so many of you pine for this thing when it does come around, i feel like i need to stand up for the other side....

i did pull out my 95 Alternate Graphics Catalog and it does have some ads for t-shirts and stickers of your favorite soda pop boy.... -so he must be worth something! ec

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

spagucci1 wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

fribhey wrote:

spagucci1 wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

spagucci1 wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

cybernigel wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

well played but I'm sodapressed that you don't like this print.

spagucci1 wrote:

fribhey wrote:

spagucci1 wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

fribhey wrote:

spagucci1 wrote:

fribhey wrote:

spagucci1 wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

of course it could because they are all pretty ugly... the difference is that heavy metal and andre warhol are actually prints. AG soda is just a paster used for a gag/stunt. i completely understand it's historical importance and collectibility but it's neither a print or fine art. would i mind owning AG, not at all, but do i want to own it to the point i would pay $1800 for it... absolutely not.

heavy metal and andre warhol are ugly prints, AG is just ugly - taste is subjective and whether something is ugly or not is just my personal opinion.

analogtrash wrote:

fribhey wrote:

spagucci1 wrote:

fribhey wrote:

spagucci1 wrote:

djsp wrote:

cybernigel wrote:

analogtrash wrote:Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

of course it could because they are all pretty ugly... the difference is that heavy metal and andre warhol are actually prints. AG soda is just a paster used for a gag/stunt. i completely understand it's historical importance and collectibility but it's neither a print or fine art. would i mind owning AG, not at all, but do i want to own it to the point i would pay $1800 for it... absolutely not.

heavy metal and andre warhol are ugly prints, AG is just ugly - taste is subjective and whether something is ugly or not is just my personal opinion.

It is an unsigned silkscreen on thick stock paper, for clarity. The only "pasters" I have seen similar to this were the signed prints from "regular" editions that Shep used to paste up in the pre 2000 days.

analogtrash wrote:That comment was meant to reflect that Shepard pasted signed and numbered prints from his regular sold editions, and that if your definition of a "paster" relates to works being used on the street, you would essentially be labeling some of his normal signed and numbered prints as pasters in the same way as AG soda, which is fine. Although AG soda is unsigned/unnumbered, when viewed one in person most would draw more of a direct comparison to a print from an edition of Shepard's rather than one of his typical pasters.

Many people define "pasters" as xeroxed or printed on very thin paper, modern day "pasters" as the general public knows them are very distinguishable from modern day prints. For those who define pasters based on printing method and paper type, AG soda should not be defined as a paster.

halopigg wrote:Andre Heavy Metal for life.

fribhey wrote:

analogtrash wrote:That comment was meant to reflect that Shepard pasted signed and numbered prints from his regular sold editions, and that if your definition of a "paster" relates to works being used on the street, you would essentially be labeling some of his normal signed and numbered prints as pasters in the same way as AG soda, which is fine. Although AG soda is unsigned/unnumbered, when viewed one in person most would draw more of a direct comparison to a print from an edition of Shepard's rather than one of his typical pasters.

Many people define "pasters" as xeroxed or printed on very thin paper, modern day "pasters" as the general public knows them are very distinguishable from modern day prints. For those who define pasters based on printing method and paper type, AG soda should not be defined as a paster.

i define a paster as to the purpose it servers and not by the paper stock it's on.

you can draw whatever conclusion you want when looking at the AG Soda print but the fact that it wasn't made to be a print doesn't change. the sole purpose of these were to be put up on the streets as a mock/parody/publicity stunt/gage against corporate america trying to sell to gen-x. they are collectible from a historical standpoint. they are also still ugly