Banksy Posters can lead the way to hidden art treasures
Fans of Banksy Graffiti that want to see his new works have to be quick off the mark.
Often within hours a new piece of Banksy Art is either defaced, covered in Plexiglas or the walls themselves removed.
The anonymous artists work is now so valuable that people resort to all sorts of desperate measures to claim it as their own and in most cases place it on various online auctions at highly extortionate prices.
The best way to see new pieces is to keep an eye on the Banksy Graffiti forums. Here you can get the most up-to-date information, although most Banksy Posters are often reluctant to give the precise locations of new works through fear that the art will be defaced, damaged or stolen.
Indeed the recent Banksy Graffiti in New Orleans was barely dry before it was either prised up or painted over and in London earlier this year several pieces of Banksy Art were destroyed, it seems his public works are fast becoming an endangered species.
For those who are not able to view his public works, luckily some of the best pieces have been preserved as Banksy Posters and Prints.
Perhaps by its very definition, graffiti is of temporal nature and therefore destined to live a shorter life than most.
New Banksy Art at (and in) Regents Canal, London
New Banksy Graffiti Pieces have sprung up along Regents Canal in London.
It seems one of the new pieces has been designed to tie-in with the Copenhagen Summit on Global Warming and utilises Banksy’s usual trick of using the environment itself to incorporate into his work, in this case, the Canal itself…
photo credit: unusualimage
Concerning the Mindless Destruction Of Banksy Pieces in Bristol
I wrote this article for Ezine Articles, its about the recent spate of attacks on Banksy works in Bristol:
Banksy Prints – The Sole Remains?
By Lora Sutton
The last year has seen three major Banksy Graffiti pieces destroyed in what appears to be attacks by people who seem jealous of his creativity and certainly lacking the talent to produce their own works.
Soon, it would seem, the only way to see Banksy Art will be by buying Banksy Prints, as more and more of his works are vandalized.
One group have made it clear that they want to destroy his much-loved works in Bristol (the anonymous artists’ Home Town).
Are we likely to see any existing Banksy pieces in another year?
Three of the major Banksy Graffiti murals affected are:
Banksy Little Diver
This piece known as the “Little Diver” which was painted on the walls of an alleyway in Melbourne, Australia had been under the protection of acrylic glass, but it provided little protection when the piece was vandalized last year, destroying not only a hugely popular work of street art, but one which had been valued at being worth over $400k.
Banksy’s Chalk Farm Maid
Last year, one of Banksy’s most iconic pieces “The Chalk Farm Maid” was obliterated by whitewash.
Most people conclude that it was that the destruction was the “work” of a rival Graffiti Artist and the message “All the best – Vida” was left behind in red paint.
Perhaps if the vandal had of left an image which was as brilliantly executed as the Chalk Farm Maid, people wouldn’t have been so devastated by its loss.
Sadly, all that was left was a wash of white paint and a poorly scrawled message.
Banksy’s “Mild, Mild West”
A group calling themselves “Appropriate Media” has recently claimed responsibility for spattering this piece, depicting a Teddy Bear about to throw a Molotov cocktail at advancing Riot Police, with red paint.
The Group state that they are opposed to the popularity of Banksy Graffiti with Hollywood movies stars and how his artwork is bringing about gentrification in working class areas.
As with the Chalk Farm Maid, this group do not seem to have an ounce of Banksy’s wit or talent and instead of making their point with a clever piece of street art, they merely threw red paint over Banksy’s artwork.
It’s sad that people are trying to destroy these works of art which have added such valuable and poignant commentary to the urban landscape and worse still – they’re replacing them with nothing more than whitewash and emptiness.
Thankfully, it’s easy to secure Banksy Prints and Posters and books containing his artwork – but if you can go and see his pieces, before they are removed by bungling Council Officials or jealous, childish attacks, then you would be wise to catch them while you can!
Lora Sutton
Banky Prints
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Banksy Posters The Movie
I just put together a short film showing my favourite Banksy Graffiti.
Its not an easy task to sort through and choose, as all of his works are amazing! But here at Banksy Posters we are a determined bunch!
Hope you enjoy!
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The Invisible Banksy
I just found a fantastic article for fans of Banksy Graffiti on Blek Le Rat, the French Artist who Banksy cited as being one of his biggest influences.
Blek Le Rat is such an influence on Banksy Art, that the anonymous artist was quoted as saying “Every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well. Only twenty years earlier.”
Better yet, the French Artist is displaying new works which includes a piece called “The Invisible Man”, a tribute to Banksy and a stunning piece of work.
Here at Banksy Posters, we’re currently wishing we were Parisians so we would have the oppertunity to see this amazing artwork!
http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=132657§ionName=feature
Laughing all the way to the Banksy
A lady in Melbourne is thanking her great taste and good fortune, after buying the classic Banksy Chimp with sign “Laugh now but one day we’ll be in charge” stencil.
The canvas was bought for $1000 back in 2002 and has just been sold for $180K at Bonham’s Urban Art Auction.
The lucky (former) owner of the Banksy Art, who prefers to remain anonymous, worked in London for seven years and would regularly see his works from the tube train on her way to work.
She visited Banksy’s studio and bought the Chimp canvas from Banksy’s Manager, one of two left from a series of five works.
Here at Banksy Posters, we’re priming our time travel machine and preparing to go back and snap up the remaining canvas, see you soon!
Banksy leaves New York!
With his Village Pet Store closed at the end of October, it seems Banksy is slowly leaving New York!
The huge Banksy Graffiti of the Rat with the Umbrella and the slogan “Let them eat crack” has sadly been partially whitewashed over.
It seems that Banksy’s rental of the wall space was decidedly short-term at only a month!
Here at Banksy Posters, we pass our last respects to the passing of another fantastic piece of Banksy Art!
http://gothamist.com/2008/11/07/banksy_goes_down.php
Denial of the Gray Ghost!
In New Orleans, Fred Radtke has been at war with Graffiti Artists for over Ten Years.
Thanks to his “Operation Clean Sweep”, a non-profitable organisation, thousands of tags and images have been destroyed, blocked out by gray acrylic primer.
Rather than paint the walls, Mr Radtke and his team simply blot out the offending tags or murals, leaving gray blobs, earning himself the title of “The Gray Ghost”.
New Orleans was the site for a wealth of new works of Banksy Art this Summer, but sadly, most of these images have since been defaced or removed.
Mr Radtke has denied that he is responsible for buffing the Banksy Graffiti, but images have been obtained that are said to show the Gray Ghost at work on Banksy mural on St. Claude Avenue, an image of a child with a refrigerator for a kite.
Mr Radtke refuses to comment, asides from stating that Artists must go through a “Mural Review Board”, something Banksy apparently forgot to do.
Thankfully there are plenty of pictures of the amazing pieces of work, made in New Orleans this year and an array of Banksy Posters and Prints, mercifully free of uniform blobs of gray!
Banksy Copycat strikes in the Highlands.
I just read an interesting article (link below).
It appears that someone is daubing the Scottish Highlands with slogans and murals that are very similar to Banksy Graffiti.
I’ll be scouring the Forums to see what other Banksy Posters have to say; in the small chance that it might now be an imitator but the great Artist himself!
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/911994?UserKey=
Banksy versus the Grey Ghosts of London
Banksy has recently reacted to London’s Westminster Council and its attempts to remove the classic Banksy Graffiti piece “One nation under CCTV”.
The Council believes the artwork should be removed on the grounds that it’s an unlicensed commercial.
This in turn has produced a brilliant quote from Banksy:
“I was offended when Westminster said my painting was an advertisement. Advertising makes people feel inadequate and worthless. Graffiti doesn’t do that. Graffiti doesn’t emotionally blackmail you, graffiti doesn’t make you feel fat and graffiti doesn’t make you rush out and buy things, except maybe high strength cleaning products.”
The owner of the building is happy to keep the Banksy Art and so now the council have resorted to consulting local residents, hoping that they will agree that the graffiti has a detrimental effect on the area.
Here at Banksy Posters, we’re crossing our fingers and toes that this amazing piece of Art will be allowed to stay where it belongs, but reserving one finger to turn up at the grey ghosts at Westminster Council!
