Banksy?
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- MHDC
Brilliant creative mind, or just hype
I think it's become the "thing" to hate on his work.
Just leafed through Wall and Piece again...I still think it's all quite good
- waterhouse0
I do think he keeps it real and I've put some thought into this.
- moamoa0
its like mrs.eaves...
- whaaa??mrseaves
- hahhaha not you, the font.. was an insidermoamoa
- lolWeLoveNoise
- PonyBoy0
never heard of him
- flyingnowhere0
i dig it
- digdre0
i have his cd and his book wall and piece, the backcover quote is the best
- dog_opus0
I don't know; I like the quality of his work and his innovative spirit, even though I think his politics and the mystique that surrounds him are sophomoric.
- KwesiJ0
this dude is talked to death, he's about as relevant as osama now. he had a fucking 'gallery' show in an ally way and brad pitt owns his stuff.
- flashbender0
^^ Yeah, but that tunnel is pretty f'n dope
- Spookyhome0
I like his mind, I love his thoughts in those books. Between Earnest Pignon and Blek Le Rat though his artistic contributions are somewhat derivative, and also its natural that afetr defining an era so strongly he'll be rejected for the next and be forced to walk the earth until re-appraisal comes to find him once more.
- KwesiJ0
he has a hefty legacy but its old news
- mcLeod0
blek le rat did it first. why doe sno one hate on him?
- I hate that guy!flashbender
- ok, no. Not really. I was just trying to helpflashbender
- good effortmcLeod
- nobody like the frenchflashbender
- instrmntl0
he's awesome.
- max_prophet0
I saw this gallery on sunday that has a print from the same run as one I have so I asked about the price - £20,000 they told me. His first screen print.
Not a bad increase eh, considering I paid about £60 a few years ago.
What sort of a monkey would pay 20k? They're having a turkish.
And all you wankers coming out of the woodwork recently with 'blek le rat blek le rat' can quite frankly fuck off, you only just heard that name two months ago now that he's jumping back on the wagon and getting the PR out there, so don't come all knowing and higher than thou. The whole of Paris and France in general were all over this in the 80s, who gives a fuck. Banksy is just more pub art. It's pretty funny, it's not that well drawn. But it's out there on the street and he's made a success of it, sure he's a bit of a cunt and there's certainly better stuff going on, and more interesting stuff going on but if all these urban professionals with their trendy wives want to spend their money on thinking they 'know what's up' then let them spunk their cash where they want.
print from Banksy's first print run for £20k anyone?
- I'd agree with all that, despite its irascible tone. Blek I had not heard of, true, Ernest Pignon I saw ...Spookyhome
- exhibiting in Bristol Watershed gallery c1984 s that was not new to me.Spookyhome
- .digdre
- what's a turkish?mcLeod
- Turkish Bath.... Hernia.Spookyhome
- i have his golf sale one. old dear gave me it for my birthday. cost her about £75. worth about £5k now i think.skt
- yes, my MUM got me it. that's how fucking street banksy is.skt
- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Nice one Skt.Spookyhome
- Llyod0
he's clever and nearly the first to work with stencils
- sublocked0
he's dope, but as a graff writer myself...i think he catches a lot of hate for not doing traditional graffiti.
same with that obey cat. a lot of dudes think that they're leeching / profiting off the culture without respecting it.
that's the origin of most of the hatred as i see it.
- i say, let the man get his hustle on though. i like his stuff.sublocked
- everydayflashbender
- Spookyhome0
Max, you're just desperate to re-fan the flames of his kudos for long enough to find some berk who will take that bubblejet off your hands for twenty grand.
I'll give you six for it, right now.
- max_prophet0
well you're not wr... no no I mean the mans a bloody genius so he is, a visionary I tell thee!
- My price just dropped to four.
Wait... five... climbing... five and a half... six...eight grand
no... £150.00. Best I can do.Spookyhome
- My price just dropped to four.
- mcLeod0
@max
I'm not claiming to be all-knowing of anything or higher than anyone, just adding fuel to the fire. It appears you are the one looking for the ego stroke with your £60 print. lose your fucking attitude.- so you get to 'add fuel to the fire' but I have to 'lose my fucking attitude' -hmmm I seeeeemax_prophet
- I contributed information to the conversation, you broke out with personal attacks. there is a difference.mcLeod
- sorry for swearingmcLeod
- Llantera0
hate comes with success.
- skt0
which one rasko?