Discussion
Is the work of Banksy art?
www.banksy.co.uk/cuttings/guardian.html
Personally I think that stunt/exhibit is brilliant.
check out more on his website at www.banksy.co.uk
what do others think?
thread in the photography and video inspired this thread
www.banksy.co.uk/cuttings/guardian.html
Personally I think that stunt/exhibit is brilliant.
check out more on his website at www.banksy.co.uk
what do others think?
thread in the photography and video inspired this thread
c c said:
This is art: 
It must be it cost the BBC (Licence payers) £60,000.
Story
that bloody eEmin woman said:
Emin said the sculpture, which cost the BBC £60,000, represents strength and femininity.
She said the sculpture would be a symbol of "hope, faith and spirituality",
"I've always had the idea that birds are the angels of this earth and that they represent freedom.
"I wanted something that had a magic and an alchemy, something which would appear and disappear and not dominate," she said.
I think she has covered all the bases, is there anything this bird on a stick does not represent?
>> Edited by hedders on Saturday 26th February 16:37
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I actually spoke to the great man, a few years ago, when his stuff was starting to appear all over Bristol. I have a Banksy-designed t-shirt too.
Is it art? I think it is, in that it actually elicits a response, and that response is usually to make people smile, or at least think. That's what distinguishes his stuff from the idle scrawls which normally go under the guise of graffitti.
He's done a couple of little books - there's a quite amusing collection of correspondence in one from "clients" who've tried to use his work to appear cool, and been unhappy with what he produced for them. Obviously they didn't like what he had to tell them.
Is it art? I think it is, in that it actually elicits a response, and that response is usually to make people smile, or at least think. That's what distinguishes his stuff from the idle scrawls which normally go under the guise of graffitti.
He's done a couple of little books - there's a quite amusing collection of correspondence in one from "clients" who've tried to use his work to appear cool, and been unhappy with what he produced for them. Obviously they didn't like what he had to tell them.
I've always struggled with the idea of government funding for the arts. On the one hand, culture is important, but on the other, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and is highly individual and can't really be voted on or decided by a council. If artists had to appeal to mass popularity (the eyes of most beholders), a lot of these artists wouldn't exist. I really question the bird on a stick. Would have been funnier if it were chicken on a stick. Still, if a total unknown had done it, they sure as hell wouldn't get $90k for it. I think she's taking advantage of her past artistic endeavors and thinks everything she does is golden.
Yes, Banksy makes me think and his work appears to demonstrate that he knew when to stop. (2 of my key criteria for art). Emins should have stopped when she had the idea (this encompasses the idea that the creative aspect of art can be merely in the head, thus fulfilling her silly cop out argument.)
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