Banksy sprays a Tube carriage.

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andymadmak

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14,560 posts

270 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Artwork or vandalism? I'll say from the outset that I don't like graffiti as a general rule, BUT some of the stuff I've seen Banksy produce is clearly waaaaay more than just illiterate daubing.

This time however, I'm not convinced. I think it looks a mess and I wish he hadn't ruined a tube carriage in this way. Am I wrong to think this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53407...


JagLover

42,397 posts

235 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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andymadmak said:
Artwork or vandalism? I'll say from the outset that I don't like graffiti as a general rule, BUT some of the stuff I've seen Banksy produce is clearly waaaaay more than just illiterate daubing.

This time however, I'm not convinced. I think it looks a mess and I wish he hadn't ruined a tube carriage in this way. Am I wrong to think this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53407...
Yes usually he creates works of art. That just looks like graffiti as you say.

Mojooo

12,720 posts

180 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Its always been graffiti

Cold

15,246 posts

90 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Graffiti.

Corvid-2020

1,994 posts

79 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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wksy is much better.

In fact there is much better acual graffitti on train trucks and engines than that anyway.

biggbn

23,313 posts

220 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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I like it, good idea. Presumably carriage owner can now auction it off for a fortune before it self destructs? Wouldn't it be great to combine that thought with a live charity auction during which the train can't drop below a certain speed, Keanu Reeves 'speed' style and every time it does , or if bidding stalls, a bit of the artwork disappears....or is that just me that likes that....

Dixy

2,921 posts

205 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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JagLover said:
Yes usually he creates works of art. That just looks like graffiti as you say.
Parrot for Mr JagLover

Vickers_VC10

6,759 posts

205 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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He does occasional stuff which whilst graffiti. Is fairly pleasing to my objective eyes that said, this is so bad it makes me question if it really was him. What a bloody mess.

SpeedMattersNot

4,506 posts

196 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Vickers_VC10 said:
He does occasional stuff which whilst graffiti. Is fairly pleasing to my objective eyes that said, this is so bad it makes me question if it really was him. What a bloody mess.
My thoughts, too.

peterperkins

3,151 posts

242 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Presumably this was done with the permission of the carriage owners?

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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fesuvious said:
Undecided.

It's clever.
It's thought provoking

It's art.

I suspect we all wouldn't care if it had been on the side of a house.

It's different on a carriage,

Why?
I’d have been fking furious if it had been the side of my house. Graffiti.

Sheets Tabuer

18,959 posts

215 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Marvellous, the juxtaposition between traditional Banksy artwork with the rat and type of tagging you'd usually see on trains from casual urban graffiti artists
really crosses boundaries and invites the observer to imagine a melting pot where both ends of the spectrum are essentially the same thing.

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

137 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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REALIST123 said:
fesuvious said:
Undecided.

It's clever.
It's thought provoking

It's art.

I suspect we all wouldn't care if it had been on the side of a house.

It's different on a carriage,

Why?
I’d have been fking furious if it had been the side of my house. Graffiti.
I bet you would have cheered up pretty quickly when some rich Banksy collector offered you a fortune for your wall

Jinx

11,389 posts

260 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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citizensm1th said:
REALIST123 said:
fesuvious said:
Undecided.

It's clever.
It's thought provoking

It's art.

I suspect we all wouldn't care if it had been on the side of a house.

It's different on a carriage,

Why?
I’d have been fking furious if it had been the side of my house. Graffiti.
I bet you would have cheered up pretty quickly when some rich Banksy collector offered you a fortune for your wall
House might get a bit draughty without it though.......

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

137 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Jinx said:
House might get a bit draughty without it though.......
Put in some bi folds it will be fine guv honest

StevieBee

12,882 posts

255 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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peterperkins said:
Presumably this was done with the permission of the carriage owners?
I don't bet but I'd put money on TFL being in on it. The way it's filmed, edited and the access afforded. If anyone else turned up at a tube station wearing that gear and kit, they'd not make it to the platform.

Camoradi

4,289 posts

256 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Sheets Tabuer said:
Marvellous, the juxtaposition between traditional Banksy artwork with the rat and type of tagging you'd usually see on trains from casual urban graffiti artists
really crosses boundaries and invites the observer to imagine a melting pot where both ends of the spectrum are essentially the same thing.
Ladies and gentlemen, I do believe Mr Brian Sewell is among us. smile

Cold

15,246 posts

90 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Nothing that a tub of paint thinners and a brush couldn't fix.

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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i wish banksy would fk off, he is the worst of modern art, and does no favours just rinsing the middle class for all their worth.

Westy Pre-Lit

5,087 posts

203 months

Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Good biglaugh