Updates!

Since many months have passed since the three Prov's were on display in the show in London it seemed about time got I got back to business. The show was great and it was a real pleasure to be part of it. The Prov's looked great but you might notice that for the sake of space and symmetry Blue Prov stayed in his box! I felt sorry for him a bit but since he is inanimate I realise that this is a bit insane ;)

The day after the private view I took Prov to see the Kurt Schwitters show at Tate Britain to educate him as to his place in Art history. Thanks to persecuted pioneers like Schwitters, I as an artist am able to use every material and freedom known to mankind, including spanners and concepts, to make a Prov. I came home charged up and inspired and made a self portrait on a tennis racket.

If you would like to help me with my project you can follow him on Twitter @provenanceman He will follow you back. Like him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/provenanceman and I will NOT spam you loads. If I did that he might have more likes already! 

If you are 'somebody' and everything you touch turns to gold then you could sign him and give me a photo for the archive. What is in it for you? maybe he'll become an art object that you'd be glad be associated with! like Duchamp's urinal. I certainly won't stop until he is! but I will not sell him at any price so I'm not going to make a profit. If you would like to make a profit on a Prov then you can! The three Prov's are currently for sale at £200 each. They are second generation and therefore made fitter and stronger than Prov. I remade them several times before the show to a high standard. They come with their own box, tags, merchandise and provenance. I value them much higher than £200 believe me and if the right buyer invests in one then the sky is the limit with the value. I might put the price up any time, I'm regretting it already! but I would like them out working it in the world. The project is an experiment into POTENTIAL value and they do not belong on a shelf. Consider this... remember Peter Blake's Sgt Peppers album cover? Do you know how much he got paid for it? I'll tell you: £200. Do you know what is the most valuable record cover ever?  http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/60196

Just sayin'

I have decided to put Prov to work and he has been busy in the Studio

He has a way to go but I have high hopes, so watch this space!

Prov page three

This is page 3 of a comic strip my dad did. It is very silly and Prov was not born in a garage but he is made out of a spanner. If you want to catch up on pages 1 and 2 see March and April. Other pages to follow..

21/12/2012

Pink Prov got so trashed at his hotel room on Friday that he's currently held together with rubber bands! This new generation of Provenance Men really know how to party. Now that they have lived a little and when I've fixed Pink Prov, all three will go back in their boxes and will officially go on sale to the public. At long last!

Website

If you are interested in my project 'Provenance Man' you might be interested in my other work too. For this reason I have created  a website Check it! Nice one k8 http://katefc.wix.com/imadethisforyou

Good Will Funding

One thing me and Prov have discovered since joining Twitter is 'Fan funding.' You can help someone make their movie or their album and to show their appreciation and depending on how much you donate, they may give you a thank you credit or even a part in the movie! 

 The first one we noticed was  http://www.indywood.co.uk/ and their movie 'The Invasion of the Not Quite Dead.' which is entirely fan funded by more than 2000 people from 30 countries. By donating £10 you can be credited as a 'download producer' and get a special thanks end credit. For £20 you can be a 'Pre-Order Producer,' which Prov now is! you can get a limited edition copy of the movie and be a zombie extra! all the way up 'Executive Zombie Producer' or 'One of a kind Producer.'  

The films creator Ad Lane was the first to do this and also broke records with 107 hours fundraising on Twitter with no sleep. These ideas are catching on and everyone is offering exciting perks in exchange for your help with their projects. 'Hybrid Vigor' filmed in latvia are offering perks, for as little as $1 they will add your photo to their photo-mosaic movie poster http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hybridvigor/hybrid-vigor-a-feature-film-shot-on-location-in-la  and for £5 your face can be on a 'Missing' poster in the movie 'Survivors' http://www.survivorsmovie.org/  or for £2500 your business could have cheeky product placement in the movie 'Dead Lies'  http://deadliesthemovie.com/donate/  Awesome!

What a cool way of getting your idea realised or supporting some exciting projects! some of these have deadlines to raise funds by so they could use all the help you can give them! so if you've always wanted your name in the credits, wanted to see a film set or go to a premier this could be your opportunity! 

On a sad note I ask you to donate to help the late Cory Haim get star on the walk of fame: http://www.indiegogo.com/CoreyHaim  or sign the petition here http://twitition.com/a5xkh There is only 18 days left at this point to raise the money or it will be returned so if you loved his movies and want to see him commemorated then please help!

Me and Prov are going to keep on supporting these great artists in their endeavours and can't wait to see the fruits of their labours! :) 

x

The Street Art of Conversation

P3dro is a Liverpool based photographer who tracked down Prov on the internet and was one of the first people to follow him on Twitter. He was interested in the project and we had a conversation for his website: http://www.p3dro.co.uk/  We met up and I told him all about the Provenance Man project and he took this lovely portrait of Prov! He takes such gorgeous photographs of my work and It is really nice to know that someone is out documenting it so well. Thanks P3dro :) Make sure you check out his work everyone! k8

Scream if you want an old master

A Copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream is expected to fetch $80'000'000 dollars in an auction at Sotherby's this Wednesday. The highest price they have ever estimated. There is four versions made by the artist between 1893 and 1910, two painted in Tempera, one with crayon and this one is done in pastels. All the other copies are in museums but it is predicted that only a private individual will be able to afford this gem.
Although their are a few wealthy Munch collectors out there with their hands in, there a others who will bid for it purely as a status symbol. It is so universally recognised and iconic that to own it would to be gain a bit of it's glory by association.

Unlimited Edition

If you want one of these brand new original, unlimited edition, hand printed portraits of Prov, Please 'like' him on Facebook, Follow him on Twitter or follow this blog and send me an e-mail or a private message with an address and I will send you one! I am very generous so the envelope will probably end up packed with goodies :) The earlier the date on your print the more it will be worth, I'm sure of it!

Prov. Page two, by Bob Cousins

Follow Me and I'll Follow You (and we'll go in circles ;)

Help make Prov the most famous sculpture on Twitter! He has just reached 600 followers, lets add some zero's! also don't forget to 'like' him on Facebook, no sculpture ever went down in history with 23 likes ;) Prov also wants to follow you too, unless you're a Spambot !

Head and shoulders above the rest

This is Prov meeting Moai Hava from Easter Island. He is made from Basalt and weighs two and a half tons. It was collected by the crew of the English ship HMS Topaze, under the command of Richard Ashmore Powell, on their visit to to Easter Island in 1868 and is on loan from The British Museum to The World Museum, Liverpool. Provenance is all about the interesting history an object has, so just imagine what this feller has seen in his lifetime! He is like a stone celeb to Prov :)

Prov, page one.by Bob Cousins