CycleChat Investigates - Banksy

[Drago]

I see the phantom graffitist, Banksy, has been at it again. This time he's daubed his renderings in a tube train carriage, and a cleaner has ruined them trying the get them off.

This got me to thinking - is he a modern Don Quixote, tilting at windmills and enchanting us with his delightful renderings, or a public menace responsible for much criminal damage? I thought it wise to let the great minds, thinkers and philosophers of CycleChat decide.

 

[Paulus]

If it was Banksy that did the carriage , and it's not obvious that he did, was LUL really going to leave it inside for all the other Graffiti artists to tag, I think not. Work of art? Maybe to some, more like vandalism to me.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I didn't see a proper pic of this latest but it did just look like graffiti to me.

 

[classic33]

Who?

 

[Edwardoka]

I looked really hard at the image of the train carriage and I couldn't find Cilla, 0/10

 

[Archie_tect]

Wonderful news that he has, finally, been given the greatest critique ever.

 

[slowmotion]

Now that there's a pristine wall at the end of the Tube carriage, can I replace his masterpiece with one of mine?

 

[Kempstonian]

His ideas are interesting but the 'artwork' is very similar to the result of putting a photograph through a photocopier without a screen (thus removing the mid tones and reducing it to black & white). A very popular 'look' back in the 1970s for brochure covers (I know because I used that technique several times).

 

[HMS_Dave]

Phantom Graffiti Artist? They sure some funny names for Goalkeepers back in the day...

 

[steveindenmark]

I. not sure which one to give my hat to. But they both deserve it 😁.

 

[Profpointy]

I. not sure which one to give my hat to. But they both deserve it 😁. View attachment 536224

There used to be a caving equipment shop in Wells called Bat Products. The chap used to use off cuts of fleece material from caving suits to make hats like that. He put a sign in the window

"look like a twat in a Bat Products hat'

They sold very well, no doubt helped by the brilliant slogan

The proprietor, known as J-Rat is sadly no longer with us but he was a lovely guy and and one of the leading lights of the caving world

 

[Drago]

And those in favour of Banksy as the next Michaelangelo are just edging into the lead. Clearly they're happy, just so long as the graffiti is not painted on their property.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Well, being in Bristol he's a local celeb round here. I used to like some of his stuff, especially the huge House of Commons painting which depicts politicians as apes. But around the city, many of his works are fading now, which was the idea anyway. The bloke hanging out of the window, which is at the bottom of Park Street, got paintballed:

There's much better art around. I think Banksy is old hat now, the next generation are more interesting:

This is new. It used to depict balloons floating over fields but it cracked & faded, so this replaced it:

If I had a house with a huge gable end, I'd commission this guy. IMHO, miles better than over-rated Banksy who should really retire on his squillions. Check him out:

gage art

 

[Mugshot]

And those in favour of Banksy as the next Michaelangelo are just edging into the lead. Clearly they're happy, just so long as the graffiti is not painted on their property.

Don't they sell for squillions now? I'd happily take a wedge of cash for a Banksy painted on my garage.

 

[Drago]

I'd phone the Daily Mail, and accept a fat fee from them for an exclusive as they watch me either scrub it off or paint over it.