Banksy is at it again. After selling for over $1,000,000 at auction at Sotheby's in London his iconic ‘Girl with a Balloon’ self destructed. Banksy had a shredder hidden in the frame. Genius!
“Sotheby's said the painting has now been retitled "Love is in the Bin" and authenticated by Banksy's Pest Control agency.
The buyer's identity was not revealed but Sotheby's quoted her as saying: "When the hammer came down last week and the work was shredded, I was at first shocked, but gradually I began to realize that I would end up with my own piece of art history."
I saw a collection of his work at the MOCO in Amsterdam a few weeks ago. It was kind of meh. Dont get me wrong, it can be fun to look at, but the same puerile juxtaposition gets a little old.
I can't really imagine a Banksy exhibition, it seems sort of contrary to the purpose of his art in the first place, but hey, he's the artist. I'm sure he doesn't care what I think. But to me his art is important not only because of the content and the artistic technique, but also in large part to the contexts that he chooses for his art. Seeing the OP from this thread would be a lot more impacting on the wall between Israel and Palestine then it is to see it in a gallery, IMO.
I can't really imagine a Banksy exhibition, it seems sort of contrary to the purpose of his art in the first place, but hey, he's the artist. I'm sure he doesn't care what I think. But to me his art is important not only because of the content and the artistic technique, but also in large part to the contexts that he chooses for his art. Seeing the OP from this thread would be a lot more impacting on the wall between Israel and Palestine then it is to see it in a gallery, IMO.
I think that may have been why the unauthorized exhibit at the moco was odd, if not boring. It's absolutely taken out of context.
"Show me the Monet is one of the most iconic paintings of Banksy’s provocative oeuvre. It is an extremely rare entirely hand-painted canvas that helped cement Banksy’s position as a controversial and decisive social commentator for our time. It was acquired by the present owners directly from Banksy’s landmark 2005 exhibition Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin. Banksy repurposes an iconic image in the western canon: Claude Monet’s career-defining view of the Japanese footbridge in his water garden at Giverny. With its tongue-in-cheek pun of a title, Banksy’s painstakingly observed re-painting delivers a complex dialogue that tackles prescient issues of our time, such as the environment and the capitalist landscape of our contemporary moment, not to mention the art establishment and its current identity crisis. With a sumptuously rendered orange traffic cone and a thickly textured shopping trolley disrupting the romance of Monet’s iconic Impressionist masterpiece, Banksy’s version is more twenty-first century fly-tipping spot than timeless idyll. Delivered with the ironic dead-pan immediacy of a punchline, the underlying conceptual complexity at stake here belies its humour."
So did people learn about the meaning of the typewriter? It has to do with Oscar Wilde's prison sentence there. I had thought it differently, that it had to do with media. I am wrong ~ Not the first time, nor the last!
New Banksy!
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I remember when they tried to
I remember when they tried to steal one from the side of a bldg & almost collapsed a six story brownstone.
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Banksy is at it again. After
Banksy is at it again. After selling for over $1,000,000 at auction at Sotheby's in London his iconic ‘Girl with a Balloon’ self destructed. Banksy had a shredder hidden in the frame. Genius!
https://www.rt.com/news/440480-banksy-painting-self-destructs-auction/
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More here https://www.bbc.com
More here https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45770028
"A few years ago, I secretly built a shredder into a painting."
"The urge to destroy is also a creative urge - Picasso."
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Even better is they are
Even better is they are saying it's worth a bunch more now.
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Never Trust A Prankster.
Never Trust A Prankster.
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Even better is they are
Even better is they are saying it's worth a bunch more now.
I'm sure that's at least half the reason he did it.
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'Going, Going, Gone...':
I heard Banksy was listening to Pearl Jam's "Ths is not for you"...
'Going, Going, Gone...': Banksy Shreds the Top 1 Percent with Self-Destructing $1.4 Million Artwork
"This is the best thing I've seen in years!" said one commenter after artist destroys own work moments after it nabs fortune at Sotheby's
By Jon Queally / Common Dreams
October 7, 2018, 10:21 AM GMT
https://www.alternet.org/going-going-gone-banksy-shreds-top-1-percent-se...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/banksy-painting-shredded-buyer-describes-he...
“Sotheby's said the painting has now been retitled "Love is in the Bin" and authenticated by Banksy's Pest Control agency.
The buyer's identity was not revealed but Sotheby's quoted her as saying: "When the hammer came down last week and the work was shredded, I was at first shocked, but gradually I began to realize that I would end up with my own piece of art history."
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Banksy strikes again.
Banksy strikes again.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/19/banksy-port-talbot-...
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I saw a collection of his
I saw a collection of his work at the MOCO in Amsterdam a few weeks ago. It was kind of meh. Dont get me wrong, it can be fun to look at, but the same puerile juxtaposition gets a little old.
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Banksy strikes again, this
Banksy strikes again, this time dealing with homelessness.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/banksy-mural-homelessness-uk-election-...
"The artist-activist's holiday-themed mural and video are both magical and melancholic."
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Never Trust A PrBankster.
Never Trust A
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I can't really imagine a
I can't really imagine a Banksy exhibition, it seems sort of contrary to the purpose of his art in the first place, but hey, he's the artist. I'm sure he doesn't care what I think. But to me his art is important not only because of the content and the artistic technique, but also in large part to the contexts that he chooses for his art. Seeing the OP from this thread would be a lot more impacting on the wall between Israel and Palestine then it is to see it in a gallery, IMO.
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Not conforming begins new
Not conforming begins new conformity
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I can't really imagine a
I think that may have been why the unauthorized exhibit at the moco was odd, if not boring. It's absolutely taken out of context.
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https://www.bbc.com/news
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52556544
A new Banksy artwork has appeared at Southampton General Hospital
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Looks like any political
Looks like any political cartoonist work
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not at all.
not at all.
most political cartoonists are hacks to the Nth degree.
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<<<Looks like any political
<<<Looks like any political cartoonist work.
Lol. No.
Did you guys see the rats at play in his bathroom recently?
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Yeah, the rats in bathroom
Yeah, the rats in bathroom were cool.
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Super cool, thanks for
Super cool, thanks for sharing.
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(((sharing)))
(((sharing)))
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meh... not unlike clever
meh... not unlike clever artwork found on college campuses worldwide imho
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"Show me the Monet" sold for
"Show me the Monet" sold for close to $10 million.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/contemporary-art-evening-au...
"Show me the Monet is one of the most iconic paintings of Banksy’s provocative oeuvre. It is an extremely rare entirely hand-painted canvas that helped cement Banksy’s position as a controversial and decisive social commentator for our time. It was acquired by the present owners directly from Banksy’s landmark 2005 exhibition Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin. Banksy repurposes an iconic image in the western canon: Claude Monet’s career-defining view of the Japanese footbridge in his water garden at Giverny. With its tongue-in-cheek pun of a title, Banksy’s painstakingly observed re-painting delivers a complex dialogue that tackles prescient issues of our time, such as the environment and the capitalist landscape of our contemporary moment, not to mention the art establishment and its current identity crisis. With a sumptuously rendered orange traffic cone and a thickly textured shopping trolley disrupting the romance of Monet’s iconic Impressionist masterpiece, Banksy’s version is more twenty-first century fly-tipping spot than timeless idyll. Delivered with the ironic dead-pan immediacy of a punchline, the underlying conceptual complexity at stake here belies its humour."
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Another new Banksy, "Create
Another new Banksy, "Create Escape"
https://youtu.be/rUjfleqEGmE
Bob Ross content!
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So good!
So good!
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Funny bob ross.....!
Funny bob ross.....!
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Cool video.
Cool video.
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That's great!
That's great!
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So did people learn about the
So did people learn about the meaning of the typewriter? It has to do with Oscar Wilde's prison sentence there. I had thought it differently, that it had to do with media. I am wrong ~ Not the first time, nor the last!
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^ yes, "escaping" with the
^ yes, "escaping" with the power of words, not the typical scaling down the prison wall using bedsheets which it looks like at first glance.
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Team Robbo!
Team Robbo!