WHAT YOU CALL IT, URBAN?..................

I went down to the Stolen Space gallery last night for the first official exhibition, it was a slection of new work by PETE FOWLER called "BUBBLEGUM PSYCHEDELIC". You may now him for his 'Monsterism' comic strip in Vice Magazine, the first time I saw his work was when he did album art work for the 'Super Furry Animals' back in the 90's.

Go and check it out, great colours and comedy characters. It's running from now until 02.03.08.

Also last night the conversation turned to Banksy and the sales he's made this week at the highly anticipated 'Urban Art Auction' that took place at Bonham's, the auction which included a majority of work from Banksey along with the likes of Faile, Blek Le Rat, Keith Haring, Adam Neate, Space Invader, Anthony Micallef and Japanese pop artists Aya Takano, Chiho Aoshima and Takashi Murakami. And as predicted Banksey took centre stage with his top piece fetching an astonishing $443,489 USD with a Space Invader piece fetching an impressive $32,678 USD its not hard to see where this is going...

Check out some of these ridiculous sales.............

“Laugh Now,” stencil spray paint on painted board (in three part), 42" x 23,”2002 SALE PRICE: £228,000 ($443,489 USD)

“Untitled,” stencil spraypaint and acrylic on canvas, 36" x 36,” 2000 SALE PRICE: £191,400 ($372,297 USD)

“Trap Doors,” acrylic and stencil spray paint on canvas, 27" x 32,” 2000 SALE PRICE: £52,800 ($102,702 USD)

“Kate Moss,” screenprint on paper, 20" x 20,” 2005 SALE PRICE: £96,000 ($186,732 USD)

“Bomb Love,” stencil spray paint and acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10", 2002 SALE PRICE: £55,200 ($107,371 USD)

“Riot Copper,” stencil spray paint on canvas, 12″ x 12″, 2002 SALE PRICE: £48,000 ($93,366 USD)

“Laugh Now,” stencil spray paint on canvas, 16″ x 16″, 2002 SALE PRICE: £74,400 ($144,717 USD)