Banksy
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biggbn

28,033 posts

237 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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wastedyouth86 said:
Watch exit through the gift shop and you will see how he does it, lots of stencils and premade bits that they almost wallpaper onto the wall.
That is a great film.

anonymous-user

71 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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biggbn said:
That is a great film.
Yes the funny thing is that fat bloke is making millions of his mass produced art, similar to Banksy making millions off stunts like this, as it boosts the art he will sell. I find the whole thing funny really, if he was true to his art he would burn all the money.

limpsfield

6,361 posts

270 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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The Spruce Goose said:
I find the whole thing funny really, if he was true to his art he would burn all the money.
What? Why?

MrJuice

3,770 posts

173 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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Banksy pleads not guilty to selling out but makes his plea from a much bigger house than he used to live in.

anonymous-user

71 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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limpsfield said:
What? Why?
Why? He does his art as a pisstake against the industry and people who buy his art. It is free art, street art, surely any idiot can see that, as his film points out. Art is not about money, that is why the street artists do it. If mugs want to pay millions then yes most would take it, but it comes with the price you are perceived as a sell out to what you stood for in the first place.
Ive got a few of his "pieces", didn't pay thousands for them as his Art is actually very cheap to buy just not signed by him.

AJB88

14,567 posts

188 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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biggbn said:
That is a great film.
Got a link?

ApOrbital

10,427 posts

135 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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It's on youtube and netflix.

anonymous-user

71 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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I really like the work produced by Banksy.

Not interested one jot in all the vandalism/criminal/sell out/hypocrite/pays other people to paint for him, etc.

I just like the art he makes smile

moorx

4,254 posts

131 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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The Spruce Goose said:
Wacky Racer said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-5814...

One thing puzzles me. If these are indeed his work, how does he paint them without being spotted?

You can't knock one of these up in two minutes.
He has a team, uses stencils, probably doesn't even spray them himself anymore. He just churns they out like a factory but idiots to lap them up.

The model village one he would have got permission. He was orginal 20 years ago, now it is a bit tiresome.


Edited by The Spruce Goose on Tuesday 10th August 19:57
The model village owner suggests not:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-5821...

anonymous-user

71 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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moorx said:
The model village owner suggests not:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-5821...
Yet quick to rub it off, not..

moorx

4,254 posts

131 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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The Spruce Goose said:
moorx said:
The model village owner suggests not:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-5821...
Yet quick to rub it off, not..
As I understand it, it was a building Banksy added, not done to an existing building.

Chicken Chaser

8,615 posts

241 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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I'm amazed he hasn't been outed yet, almost too easy for those in the know.

I do like his art though, particularly as they're all messages designed to make you think about the subject matter.

loafer123

16,061 posts

232 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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Chicken Chaser said:
I'm amazed he hasn't been outed yet, almost too easy for those in the know.
Fairly well known…

“Banksy is commonly believed to be Robin Gunningham, as first identified by The Mail on Sunday in 2008, born on 28 July 1973 in Yate, 12 miles (19 km) from Bristol.“

anonymous-user

71 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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loafer123 said:
Fairly well known…

“Banksy is commonly believed to be Robin Gunningham, as first identified by The Mail on Sunday in 2008, born on 28 July 1973 in Yate, 12 miles (19 km) from Bristol.“
private school educated in touch with the real people, sound familiar, like every Tory politician going.

loafer123

16,061 posts

232 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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The Spruce Goose said:
loafer123 said:
Fairly well known…

“Banksy is commonly believed to be Robin Gunningham, as first identified by The Mail on Sunday in 2008, born on 28 July 1973 in Yate, 12 miles (19 km) from Bristol.“
private school educated in touch with the real people, sound familiar, like every Tory politician going.
And most Labour ones…not really a political thing.

anonymous-user

71 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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loafer123 said:
And most Labour ones…not really a political thing.
Well he actually a labour supporter, my point wasn't really political just highlighted the fallacy of the duality of life.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/...

Condi

19,118 posts

188 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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MrJuice said:
Banksy pleads not guilty to selling out but makes his plea from a much bigger house than he used to live in.
Only because he is very good at what he does, though. He doesn't do his art for the money, and aside from a few projects most of his art is given away for free. Anyone who is at the top of their game will do well, doesn't matter if that is art, football or tiddlywinks.

How much do you think he was paid for the 7 pieces of art he left in East Anglia? How much do you think they cost to make, with the planning, the stencils, the work, the staff etc?

MrJuice

3,770 posts

173 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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Condi said:
Only because he is very good at what he does, though. He doesn't do his art for the money, and aside from a few projects most of his art is given away for free. Anyone who is at the top of their game will do well, doesn't matter if that is art, football or tiddlywinks.

How much do you think he was paid for the 7 pieces of art he left in East Anglia? How much do you think they cost to make, with the planning, the stencils, the work, the staff etc?
I was quoting Banksy. He said the thing about not selling out

I quite like him and have followed him from about 2006

Cold

16,182 posts

107 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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Some might say it's an improvement. Others might suggest it's just another vandal putting their own mark on the neighbourhood.


foxbody-87

2,675 posts

183 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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The message is all a bit 6th form politics, wake up sheeple for my liking. Some of them are quite witty at times though.
I do find it funny that when Daz the scrote does it, the council are allowed to pressure wash it but when it's a Banksy the "Modern Parents" are clapping and fawning over it and a protective screen goes up.