Archive for November, 2008
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Nov
2008
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
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Nov
2008
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!
9
Nov
2008
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
7
Nov
2008
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!
4
Nov
2008
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=
1
Nov
2008
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!
