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25
Sep
2008
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.
8
Jan
2009
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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26
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
12
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!
31
Oct
2008
Banksy’s One Million Pound Pub!
A derelict pub in Liverpool has become the centre of a bidding frenzy, thanks to the huge mural of Banksy Graffiti, which adorns the side of the building.
The Banksy piece shows a Giant Rat toting a machine gun and the anonymous artist completed the artwork back in 2004 and it has since become the subject of many Banksy Posters and prints.
The Whitehouse Pub is currently listed for £495K but experts believe that the gun-happy Rat, the biggest Banksy mural in Britain, might be worth as much a million pounds!
If anyone fancies going in on buying a Banksy with a pub thrown in, please contact us at Banksy Posters ASAP!
29
Oct
2008
Cream of Banksy Value Soup
Perhaps times are hard, but this did not stop a bidder at the Bonham’s sale in London from buying the Banksy Oil Canvas “Tesco Value Tomato Soup”, for $193K.
The piece had originally been estimated to sell for $131K, so a nice mark up for the owner!
The canvas is a pastiche of Warhol “Campbell Soup” and a firm favourite here at Banksy Posters.
Nearly a third of other works at the art sale failed to sell, although other Banksy Graffiti sold, proving that the anonymous artist’s works are as popular as ever.
