Banksy Artwork

[Wymsey]

The anonymous graffiti artist creates another mural, this time in Port Talbot.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46664631

 

Seems to have been doing this type of thing for years, but only personally got interested in his past outside art projects after an event this year where one of his artwork was sold at Sotheby's and immediately after got automatically shredded in front of many shocked viewers in the gallery.

 

Anyone else intrigued by his style of work, or just see him as a self-centred prankster?

[Guest nathan.]

That garage is now worth a fortune.

[Sampson]

Gimmicky champagne socialist with messages that come across as a 14 year old who's just discovered politics tbh.

Why people pay a fortune for mediocre art that doesn't really stand out or say anything new or interesting is beyond me.

[Countryfox]

1 hour ago, Wymeswold fox said:

The anonymous graffiti artist creates another mural, this time in Port Talbot.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46664631

 

Seems to have been doing this type of thing for years, but only personally got interested in his past outside art projects after an event this year where one of his artwork was sold at Sotheby's and immediately after got automatically shredded in front of many shocked viewers in the gallery.

 

Anyone else intrigued by his style of work, or just see him as a self-centred prankster?

 

Overrated.

[m4DD0gg]

been vandalised by a 'drunk half wit'

 

 

[Izzy]

Clever bloke and amazing how he's still kept his anonymity after all these years.

[Buce]

16 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Clever bloke and amazing how he's still kept his anonymity after all these years.

 

He was outed ages ago, mate:

 

 

[VLC86]

28 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Clever bloke and amazing how he's still kept his anonymity after all these years.

It’s someone from a band, if you google it there is quite a bit of evidence if I remember rightly.

[Alf Bentley]

I approve of what he does - putting art into the public domain, disrupting the everyday routine, stimulating people to think, feel, enjoy.

 

Whether he's an exceptional artist or not is a matter of opinion. I'd say that he's not in that his work isn't extraordinarily beautiful, stimulating or original.... except in its aforementioned slightly anarchic "public" status, which makes it very worthwhile.

 

He seems to have become a bit of a victim of his success, though - assuming that the art is his main purpose, not some strange anonymous fame.

Whenever he produces a work now, it's all about its financial value, his identity, protecting the work etc. 

His art would be achieving more if he were less well known.

[The Blur]

For all who thought his work were too simplistic,  that could be his intentions to create art that can reach and by understood by the wider audience?   I would take that instead of having edgy art with vague yet baffling message.   

[Fox92]

2 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

It’s someone from a band, if you google it there is quite a bit of evidence if I remember rightly.

They were talking about this on Have I Got News For You other week. I was shocked when they said it was someone in a band.

[VLC86]

Just now, Fox92 said:

They were talking about this on Have I Got News For You other week. I was shocked when they said it was someone in a band.

Someone from Massive Attack. It’s as much of a secret as Dave Kitson being the secret footballer.

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, Costock_Fox said:

Someone from Massive Attack. It’s as much of a secret as Dave Kitson being the secret footballer.

FFS do you have to ruin everything? 

[VLC86]

1 minute ago, Izzy said:

FFS do you have to ruin everything? 

Santa is Jimmy Saville.

[The Blur]

35 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Someone from Massive Attack. It’s as much of a secret as Dave Kitson being the secret footballer.

 

 

Apologies for derailing the thread but I doubt Kitson was earning £100k a week when he was at Reading cause I was reading somewhere that was the case where he was earning 100k when his team went down.  

[VLC86]

2 minutes ago, The Blur said:

 

 

Apologies for derailing the thread but I doubt Kitson was earning £100k a week when he was at Reading cause I was reading somewhere that was the case where he was earning 100k when his team went down.  

I’m not sure about that but it’s Dave Kitson.

[yorkie1999]

That fvckin mess he’s made on lineker road needs covering up

[Jimothy]

On 23/12/2018 at 19:45, The Blur said:

 

 

Apologies for derailing the thread but I doubt Kitson was earning £100k a week when he was at Reading cause I was reading somewhere that was the case where he was earning 100k when his team went down.  

It was best part of £100k a month. Could believe he was on between £20k and £25k a week at Reading.

[Guest]

[The Blur]

13 hours ago, Facecloth said:

It was best part of £100k a month. Could believe he was on between £20k and £25k a week at Reading.

Yeah I did some digging around after Costock Fox's comment and I am a convert now. 

[Wymsey]

He has/They have done a lot in London this week..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9358vpz8zwo

 

 

Surely it's a team of them doing the artwork and not just one individual alone?..

[Sampson]

48 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

He has/They have done a lot in London this week..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9358vpz8zwo

 

 

Surely it's a team of them doing the artwork and not just one individual alone?..

I think it’s quite an open secret who Banksy actually is iirc. It’s quite Google-able.

[Brizzle Fox]

2 hours ago, Wymsey said:

He has/They have done a lot in London this week..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9358vpz8zwo

 

 

Surely it's a team of them doing the artwork and not just one individual alone?..

It is a team like most prolific artists employ.

[Milo]

I bought a few Juan Sly works, which I really like. They were initially dotted around the house, but my wife has quietly managed to banish them to my man-cave over the last few years. 
 

Rumours a while back were that Sly was Bansky…since debunked, sadly. 

[Unabomber]

Everyone knows who he is