Original artwork description:

Batgay (on The Daily Telegraph) + FREE poem.

Urban Pop art in your own home by cult artist Sly.

After all those KAPOWs, ZAPs, BOOMs and HOLY this 'n thats, it turned out they just look a little camp. I think there's a warning to us all, in that?
The second verse of “Polari, Batgay! “ contains a small story if you understand or look up Polari.

Bat gay!
by Juan Sly

Danna, danna, danna, danna.
Danna, danna, danna, danna. Bat gay!

Fantabulosa. Camp chicken, crimper dish.
Bijou bod, bona buns. Dolly packet, palliass.
Charper, varda, hoofer fruit. Cottage trade, lilly law,
Bat gay!

Batgay (on The Daily Telegraph) + FREE poem.

Translation.
Fantastic! An effeminate young man with tight buttocks.
A small body, good tits with a pretty cock and ass.
Take a look see at a dancing gay man, a public toilet, sex partner. Oh no! Police! Batgay!

These are not prints as each is individually done and signed to order and consequently will vary slightly from the illustrated picture. They are sprayed onto the pages of The Daily Telegraph, "borrowed" from the pub, then emulsioned with a specially formulated paint which provides a random texture and a finish that suits the "Urban" concept; if you're lucky, you might get a half-finished crossword! They can come with FREE crossbars and nails, so yours will be ready to hang; all you have to do is contact me, Steeve, and ask.

(Also available on plain paper, watercolour paper or an Urbox at various prices if you search elsewhere.)

Juan Sly is likely the biggest seller of original artwork in the UK. An artist exhibiting in spray stencils, newspaper and oils, he has exhibited at the Saatchi (a proper gallery with pillars and everything!) alongside the likes of Banksy, Terry O'Neil, Tracy Emin and Vic Reeves, and has permanent collections in Ireland, Detroit and England, alongside Damien Hirst and some other artists you might have heard of, plus private collections around the globe. His works rock from humour to anti-war, sex to surreal. He is particularly fond of the stencil medium as it allows him to respond quickly to events and ideas and gives his works a gritty, illegal look. The stencils naturally allow the works to be resprayed, and consequently become affordable and disposable. He likes the fact that people can buy art which they like, and not to show off how much they can afford. You can find them in bedsits, legal offices in the Temple or stuck to a fence in Bristol.

Spiel by Steeve.

Materials used:

Plain Paper

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