Banksy Posters

Times up for Banksy’s Little Diver?

With the wholesale destruction and selling of Banksy’s recent pieces in New Orleans, its sad to see that now his work, and the work of other talented Graffiti Artists, is coming under threat by Australia’s Premier, John Brumby.
It seems the Politician has turned his sights to the Street Art of Melbourne’s Lanes, condemning it as being a “blight on the City”.
The Banksy Graffiti piece “Little Diver”, a favourite with Banksy Posters, is on a nearby wall and has been covered with Perspex to protect it by the Melbourne City Council.
Hopefully, despite the comments of Mr Brumby, it will remain protected and available for everyone to see.
Banksy referred to Melbourne’s Street Art as the nations most significant contribution to the arts since the Aborigines had their pencils stolen! Certainly it has become a hotspot for tourists, although it appears that Mr Brumby believes that the main draw for visitors is the “little restaurants, its the flower pots, window pots and all of those things.”
Surely both can coexist?
How can Street Art in alleyways affect the more traditional tourists?
It seems doubtful to me that many people would travel to Melbourne to view its alleyways (asides from Art Fans!).

http://www.theage.com.au/national/writings-on-wall-and-for-brumby-its-the-blight-of-day-20080930-4r8e.html?page=-1

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Revenge of Banksy or the Economic Downturn?

The Modern Art Auction held in London this weekend, which featured five pieces of Banksy Graffiti, failed to sell the intended lots.

There was controversy before the Auction even began when it emerged that “Pest Control” the organisation set up by Banksy, refused to authenticate the art works.

Although there was no denial that the Banksy Graffiti was genuine, the lack of endorsement seems to have had a negative impact on the sale, where just one of the pieces, Fungle Junk, was expected to sell for $300K. Banksy’s refusal to authenticate the works was due to his dislike of the Street pieces being removed from their intended environs. A few Banksy Prints were sold and a self portrait of Kate Moss fetched less than the asking price of $80k.

Lyon and Turnbull, the Auctioneers have blamed the Economic downturn, rather than Banksy’s lack of endorsement.

Perhaps there will be some bargain Banksy Posters appearing on Ebay in the near future!

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Banksy in New York?

Steve Lazarides, the art dealer who represents Banksy, is opening a pop-up gallery in New York and recently, some strangely familiar pieces of art have been springing up in the vicinity of the gallery.
The show that is to be held is called “The Outsiders” and will only run for two weeks and features pieces by a host of artists and even includes a portrait of Dubya Bush formed of pornographic material.
Sadly, there will be no Banksy Graffiti at the show and Mr Lazarides has denied that the infamous Artist will show.
However, in the last week, street art has appeared and Banksy Posters on forums are speculating whether the elusive artist has in fact created these works.
One piece of art shows Barack Obama as Superman standing proudly before the American Flag. The style of the piece is not a million miles away from Banksy Art.
Furthermore, other images are appearing in the neighbourhood and contain doctored images of celebrities, included one of Marilyn Monroe with the face of Britney Spears. If this isn’t Banksy, then it is someone very familiar with his work.
Could these new pieces be secret Banksy Art?

http://www.nysun.com/arts/graffiti-adorns-new-gallery/86607/

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Authentic Banksy’s?

The fate of five pieces of “Banksy art”, valued at up to $550K is in doubt as the anonymous Street Artist refuses to authenticate them.
The five works of Banksy Graffiti, including “Refuse Rat” and “Fungle Junk” are to be auctioned without the Artists official endorsement but the Auctioneers insist the works are authentic.
A group called “Pest Control” was set up earlier this year and officially endorsed by Banksy in order to authenticate Banksy Art after a series of fake canvasses went to market.
Usually any new Banksy Graffiti appears on the artist’s official site, or is authenticated and posted by Banksy Posters on numerous online forums.
Pest Control are not disputing the Banksy Art featured in the auction, but neither will they authenticate it.
It seems the real problem is not the validity of the pieces, but Banksy’s dislike of his art being taken from where it belongs, on the street.

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The great Banksy raffle

For those seeking investments outside the financial institutions during these turbulent times, a gamble on Banksy Graffiti might well be a wise move.

On October 16th, an exhibition will be held in a disused factory in London and it will be attended by a very select crowd at $10K per ticket, slightly more expensive than the price of Banksy Posters…
Each ticket guarantees that you will walk away with a minor original work by one of the featured artists, in addition to this two winners of a raffle will walk away with a piece of Banksy Art.
One of the works is a sketch of the Banksy Graffiti that appeared earlier this year in London that showed three children pledging allegiance to a Tesco (the British version of Walmart) carrier bag on a flagpole.
The other artwork is a nineteenth century oil painting with a PC style “system error” obscuring it, valued at $600K.
As much as I’d love to attend the raffle, I think I’ll be saving my pennies and sticking with my Banksy Posters for now!

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