Scott Campbell “Always Almost There” Exhibition Recap
by Staff, October 5, 2009
Making his major exhibition debut in London, New York-based tattoo artist Scott Campbell recently opened his latest exhibition, entitled “Always Almost There”, at the Lazarides Gallery. The show featured Campbell’s signature style in the form of laser etching on multi-layered creations. “Always Almost There” runs through October 30th, 2009.
Lazarides Gallery
8 Greek Street, Soho
London W1D 4DG
+44 (0) 203 214 0055
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I will be prosecuting him on nov 25th 2009. Court date will be decided.
These are amazing, thanks! stumbled…
impressive precision in reliefs
beautiful stuff, I like it very much!!
Ok thinkers, he could have spent $100 on materials somewhere
but he didn’t.
He took his own cash and made it into art
and he made it worth more.
Fucking Awesome! Brilliant!
He should be “the Treasurer”
Always impresses with people who take every day objects and turn them into art. I am sure ther is a message some where in there too lazy to figure it out I just appreciate the beauty.
These are cool, but what makes them special is the medium. Although, isn’t it illegal to deface currency?
I love this kind of art.
Looks like Brian Dettmer artwork “Book Autopsies”
if you follow the add links to a lazer cutting site you will find that almost any material can be cut or etched, paper and fabric included.
I like the provocative use of “money” to draw attention to its abstraction. Real or not the artist is making you realize that “money” has a perceived value only and is worthless with out context.
Wow thats some of the coolist art work I have ever seen. Very nice work, were can I get one?
laser etching on multi-layered creations this isn’t real money DUH!!! its a laser etching. you cant laser etch paper/fabric it would burn from the lazer.
this work is beyond amazing!
It’s photo copied money asshat
people die everywhere! not only in africa, that dying people in africa stereotype is so nauseating
amazing stuff…and who really cares if money was destroyed in the process. At this point, the only real way to end inflation is to just burn our money. Might make our debt-backed currency worth a bit more when it becomes scarce. The Federal Reserve would shit a brick if we did that instead of asking for more money like we have been doing for the past 80 or so years….The riots would at least be entertaining…
- j
uhmm – the artist is American, which means he DID use his own country’s currency. Besides, what is the point of art if not to rock the boat from time to time?
I think it’s creepy that a skull would be on US money. that’s just fuckin wrong.
Do you people know how to read?
1) ‘Use his own countries money’ ==> “New York based”
2) ‘Is this a lazer or exacto’==>”laser etching”
goodness.
First of all, it’s wicked cool artwork! Second, our USD isn’t really worth anything anyway. The only reason people are still using it is because our greedy, corrupt government says the money is worth something. The truth is, we might as well be using the old Confederate Greenbacks from the Civil War because there is absolutely Nothing in the national treasury to back it up. No gold. No silver. Not even some stinkin copper. So don’t hand me this crap about it being illegal to deface money. The love of money is the ROOT OF ALL EVIL. I for one am NOT going to bow down before the “almighty dollar.” *eyes rolling*
hes not really defacing money cuz you can still clearly see what it is supposed to be so yea…i think its awesome and you shouldnt discredit talent
How do you know its REAL money? How do you know he didnt print them off on regular paper just for this purpose?
Douglas: He did use his own country’s money, he’s from New York, which is in the US.
Fun fact: It’s NOT against the law to deface money like that. The law prohibiting the defacement of currency is intended (and worded) to fight counterfeiting and/or passing off currency as a different value.
It’s against the our laws to deface money like this, why didn’t the artist use his own countries money I wonder.
they’re probably rejected bills…
Who the hell is going to prosecute? If destroying currency is punishable by jail time, isn’t that defeating the purpose? He destroyes maybe a few hundred and they would spend thousands on court costs, lawyers, and the cost of keeping him in jail and feeding him. It’s just artwork, and really cool art at that.
Nice. Remember, this is being shown in London, who’s gonna arrest him, he ain’t cutting pounds up.
Scott gave me my first tattoo 4 years ago when he was working at a shop on Long Island called Da Vinci Tattoo. What a great artist. I’m very happy to see he’s on the up!
Now, I would actually be impressed if they were 100 dollar bills.
/Fuck the federal reserve
good work.
Was this done with a CNC?
so sick wit it!!
people are dying in africa because they can’t have this money
OMG, cutting up bills is a crime?!?!?!?! someones going to Alkatraz….
Great work, although I do think it was done wid da lazer.
They’re stacks of one hundred one dollar bills. Who gives a sh*t about the US treasury. SC is PiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMP.
It’s very possible that these were done with bills set for destruction. Every day millions of dollars are shredded by the mint, and they often give them away for projects such as this.
these are DOPPPPPPPPE! everyone’s going crazy but who said these were real currency? lol they could be high quality prints.
I love these artworks, but isn’t it a crime to cut up currency?
From the U.S. Treasury:
“..Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service….”
INTENSE SHIT!!!! Love it!
amazing!
WOW….I am utterly speechless!!!
What a great and artistic way to counter-act inflation, xD
3 words…..holy fucking shit
Don’t be a douche, GGGgrrrrr. Open your eyes. Kind of looks like a bunch of one dollar bills glued on said layers of cardboard. You were almost right, but the fact that you are a simpleminded asshole got in the way.
awesome
YEAH! GOD DAMN
Wow, really cool what you can do with laser etching!! Evomase, tman916, open you eyes, they are 1USD banknote glue on fine layers of cartboards…
The real question is: how many felonies does it take to complete 1 piece
so dope
thanks goodness they only cut into singles XD
but this is hot none the less
beautiful detail and technique
to asubtleapproach: if you read the description it says “The show featured Campbell’s signature style in the form of laser etching on multi-layered creations.”
they are a lot more exensive than a hundred bucks. i think they retailed for at least 1000 bucks when he did the Off Bowery pop-up shop at Colette.
However his tattoo hour rate is at least 300 bucks if you get a reservation so there you go…
to answer evomase, I think each is 100$.
that is amazing.
i wonder how much money does it take to finish a piece. the cobra one is SICK!
PRETTY MASTERFUL. IS THAT LAZER CUT OR EXACTO!? I HOPE LAZER CUT BUT APPLAUD EXACTO CUTS.
AMAZING WORK.
The jesus one is a master peice. mindblowing and truly this is somthing to contend with even the classics.
his work is just mind blowing amazing
SICK as F*CK!