9
Oct
2008
Banksy Hits New York (part three & four)
Two more giant Banksy Murals are appearing tonight in New York.
The one on the corner of Houston and Macdougal is an advertisement for a new exhibition of Banksy Art.
Banksy’s own website has a link for the new show which will be in New York City at “89 Seventh Avenue South (Between West 4th and Bleeker). Open 10am – 12pm daily until October 31st (also viewable at night).”
Accompanying the advertisement are four Youtube clips of animatronics, one of a rabbit applying cosmetics, two “fish sticks” swimming in a goldfish bowl and processed meats (hotdogs, sausages, salami and bologna) exhibited in reptile tanks. The following statement regarding the billboards came from Banksy’s Team:
“I wanted to play the corporations at their own game, at the same scale and in the same locations. The advantage of billboard companies is that they’ll let you write anything for money, even if what you write is questioning the ethics of letting someone write anything because they have money.”
There are also unconfirmed reports from Banksy Posters of a photograph showing Banksy himself directing one of the murals and although the picture doesn’t seem to resemble the recent Banksy photographs circulating the Internet, you never know…
http://gothamist.com/2008/10/08/banksygate_2008_the_bombings_contin.php
