In less than a month, the giant Kanye West-kissing-Kanye West mural in Sydney’s Chippendale became a legitimate international phenomenon, making headlines (and Insta feeds) the world over.
Yesterday, though, artist Scott Marsh made good on his promise to white-wash the street art after he sold an uber-limited print for one-hundred-thousand-smackeroos; speculation is rife as to the purchaser, after reports Ye’s management offered “a decent chunk of money” for it to be removed.
Yesterday, though, artist Scott Marsh made good on his promise to white-wash the street art after he sold an uber-limited print for one-hundred-thousand-smackeroos; speculation is rife as to the purchaser, after reports Ye’s management offered “a decent chunk of money” for it to be removed.
Marsh – ever the astute businessman – counter-demanded $100K and a lifetime supply of Yeezy sneakers from the rapper, slapping his ransom with an expiry date of two weeks.
Three days shy of 2 weeks and here we bloody are, so was it Yeezy or was it someone else with a deep back pocket and very real thirst for the modern-day Messiah?
We’ll never know, after Marsh confirmed to PEDESTRIAN.TV that he was forced to sign a gag order preventing him from speaking to the media about the print’s sale by the mystery buyer.
Speaking to us over email, he said:
“I had to sign a confidentiality agreement as part of the sale which prevents me from talking to the media about the sale. The only thing i can say is yes it did sell.”
And in related Kardashian-West news that could be similarly hard to erase from your life – this Sydney women got Kimmy K’s face tattooed on her body.
Why I Got A Giant Kim Kardashian Tattoo
Tfw Kim Kardashian West’s face is on your body. For life.
Posted by pedestrian.tv on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Photo: Instagram / @scottie.marsh.
