Banksy

[Yellow Fang]

I was getting a bit bored with Banksy. I thought his stuff was amusing for a while, but when every other wannabe artist started copying his style, I quickly grew bored. I got to say he's good at stirring things up. He must be a better ideas man than Damien Hurst. There was that incident when someone removed the plaster from his wall and tried to auction it in Florida. Then there was the incident when he sprayed, "This is not an elephant on a disused water tank!" near Hollywood, only to discover some homeless person was sleeping there, who lost his home when some rich guys acquired the work. Now he's sprayed some of his graffitti in a poor New York neighbourhood, but now locals are charging people $12 to see it. Other works have been made valueless by being sprayed over by rival graffitti artists. This is all really funny.

 

[vernon]

Art is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

I value Banksy's entire output at £0.83

 

[pplpilot]

Wanksy

 

[Yellow Fang]

Maybe as art it is dodgy, but it's a brilliant juxtaposition of art and economics.

 

[ASC1951]

Maybe as art it is dodgy, but it's a brilliant juxtaposition of art and economics.

I suppose it depends how you define art. IMO some of his stuff is right up there with Hogarth.

 

[pauldavid]

Maybe as art it is dodgy, but it's a brilliant juxtaposition of art and economics.

Knackers

 

[MontyVeda]

I like Banksy's work. It's a lot better than the graffiti found in Lancaster. But like any artist, their style becomes tiresome after a while. I quite like that Monet bloke too, but think Dali's is overrated tosh... both are very 'samey'

I guess part of the attraction Banksy once had was his perceived anonymity... although I'm dubious about just how 'anonymous' or 'wanted' he actually is. Will he ever be unmasked, caught or charged? Or is that all part of the marketing?

 

[asterix]

Who is Banksy?

 

[Yellow Fang]

Who is Banksy?

linky

He paints this sort of thing.

 

[vernon]

Who is Banksy?

Apologies to Shakespeare:

Who is Banksy? what is he
That all our walls attract him?
Hidden, shy and wise is he:
At first his art did lift me,
The dealers, such pounds did give him
That he might envied be.

Is he good as he is fair?
For beauty lives with richness.
Paint doth to our walls repair,
To help him cure our blandness,
And, being helped, inhabits there.

 

[Aperitif]

I like Banksy's work. It's a lot better than the graffiti found in Lancaster. But like any artist, their style becomes tiresome after a while. I quite like that Monet bloke too, but think Dali's is overrated tosh... both are very 'samey'

I guess part of the attraction Banksy once had was his perceived anonymity... although I'm dubious about just how 'anonymous' or 'wanted' he actually is. Will he ever be unmasked, caught or charged? Or is that all part of the marketing?

Banksy likes Monet too...'loads a Monet' Aerosols.

 

[ASC1951]

I guess part of the attraction Banksy once had was his perceived anonymity... although I'm dubious about just how 'anonymous' or 'wanted' he actually is. Will he ever be unmasked, caught or charged? Or is that all part of the marketing?

He's a class act. This has real wit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24518315

 

[MontyVeda]

yes i heard about that on the radio.

 

[The Jogger]

He is one very talented individual.

 

[RedRider]

He's a class act. This has real wit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24518315

This makes me smile