Banksy strikes again
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- doesnotexist0
and?
- RoyBoy0
it's part of an exhibition...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/…
- dbloc0
here are the photos...
- jamble0
vandal
- buttonstack0
yawn
- Stugoo0
you cant knock banksy to be honest. his art work is pretty orignal.
hes done what most graffiti artists want to do and thats get up.
- Studiospooky0
I'd agree to some extent that Banksy deserves credit for his ideas and his work, but its all getting a bit hoary to my mind. I was really excited by the ideas he worked with when he first started gaining attention. The little black books he produceced which were like little visual essays on his point of view were amazing, but now its become a constant rehash of the same basic pun. Take something military/violent/brutally adult, add something childlike/innocent/wistfully nostalgic, create interaction, bask in the sparks caused by unfamiliar juxtaposition, repeat process, repeat process, repeat process, repeat process, repeat to fade, repeat to fade, repeat to fade... In my humble opinion.
- I do mean "produceced" by the way, its specialist printing terminology.Studiospooky
- you cant hate zepplin for putting out a zepplin record.ross
- Studiospooky0
... I have to say though, Santa's Ghetto is a pretty darned good idea. I think he's at his best pushing ideas and I think his small scale puns on walls are the things I have grown tired of, particularly when mass produced as limited edition prints and hung in the dining rooms of people who have dining rooms.
- stoplying0
I'll take this style of graf over the taggers who scratch their name on everything. THAT'S PLAYED
- mrdobolina0
All artists have themes and styles.
- Studiospooky0
...And all audiences have a limited appetite for repeats.
- mrdobolina0
...and everyone is a critic
- _me_0
and everyone needs to do something even half as interesting or as successful as what he's done.. or shut up.
- Studiospooky0
Really? Everyone needs to strive for the same kind of exposure or they don't have a valid voice?
- _me_0
not really what i was saying obviously.... people who think they can comment just coz they're bored with it and think they have as much to say as he has??? need to grow up... or shut up. or do better.
- Studiospooky0
You are clearly in the throes of a Banksy crush so I'll respect that and let yours be the final word.
- dskz0
i appreciate what Banksys done to the game.
- gfr00