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bitesthedust · 2024-08-13T21:48:41+00:00

That is it really If it was treated as a piece of street art, ok then, but now the policy and local authorities are protecting it, has it gone a bit too far?

FastFood · 14/08/2024 09:34

I love modern art, I have some respect for street art but pleasem Banksy is shit - it's the stencil equivalent of Gilbert & George. Gimmicky, pseudo controversial art.

I much much prefer Tracy Emin.

OrwellianTimes · 14/08/2024 09:33

JustMarriedBecca · 14/08/2024 09:22

Am I the only one worried we're getting 40 days of animals and then a massive ark?

Just saying.

Plot twist. Last artwork is “repent and be saved” as famous Bristolian street artist gets religion.

OrwellianTimes · 14/08/2024 09:31

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Marchell Duchamp made that point over 100 years ago.

Molone · 14/08/2024 09:29

I don’t enjoy his “art” either, what he does requires little artistic talent.

FinalInstructionstotheAudience · 14/08/2024 09:29

SocksAndTheCity · 14/08/2024 09:22

So in a nutshell, people who are interested in or enjoy different things to you should be denigrated and called names because of it? And plenty of people take art and artists seriously @UnicornSpace ; just because you don't come across them doesn't mean it doesn't happen?

What are your interests, out of curiosity? Then I can slag them off as being shite and sneer at you for liking them, or is reverse snobbery the only kind that's allowed?

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JustMarriedBecca · 14/08/2024 09:22

Am I the only one worried we're getting 40 days of animals and then a massive ark?

Just saying.

SocksAndTheCity · 14/08/2024 09:22

FinalInstructionstotheAudience · 14/08/2024 08:53

Sadly, the pseudo-arty farts do

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So in a nutshell, people who are interested in or enjoy different things to you should be denigrated and called names because of it? And plenty of people take art and artists seriously @UnicornSpace ; just because you don't come across them doesn't mean it doesn't happen?

What are your interests, out of curiosity? Then I can slag them off as being shite and sneer at you for liking them, or is reverse snobbery the only kind that's allowed?

Berga · 14/08/2024 09:21

Earlier stuff was good, this latest animal stuff is not to my untrained eye. Solid black stencilling a generic cat is hardly the stuff of masters. I have seen much more skill and talent in other street art.

Isitovernow123 · 14/08/2024 09:18

We visited a Stavanger, Norway, in February. There was some amazing street art everywhere that reminded me of some of the work that Banksy and other do.

These were my favourites

Banksy graffitting all over the place should not be celebrated

whatsappdoc · 14/08/2024 09:17

Love him/her/they! They have created a unique brand. The shredding was genius. Ditto Dismaland. And I'm convinced the stolen wolf was a publicity stunt by them and it will turn up somewhere else in the future.

Supermacs · 14/08/2024 09:12

zzplea · 13/08/2024 23:05

I feel sorry for the owners of the surfaces he paints on. They then have the burden of "protecting" the work to avoid someone damaging their property to steal it. In that respect he's a bloody nuisance.

I think it hilarious when the smaller ones have been stolen so quickly (the road sign and the satellite dish).

This!

OneCoolPearlOP · 14/08/2024 08:55

Bonjovispjs · 13/08/2024 22:51

The one near me isn't being protected 🤣 Was taken down the next day and they said if no one collects it, it'll go in a skip (cat one)

Oooh I'll happily have it!

FinalInstructionstotheAudience · 14/08/2024 08:53

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Sadly, the pseudo-arty farts do

FinalInstructionstotheAudience · 14/08/2024 08:52

greengreyblue · 14/08/2024 07:49

Does anyone actually know who he is?

Who cares? A man with a stencil and a couple of cans of spray paint?
There are some fantastic graffitti artists around this country. He produces largely boring black and white shite

jen337 · 14/08/2024 08:48

Interesting why we tolerate corporations plastering our public spaces with their garish advertising, yet oppose something creative and artistic.

FinalInstructionstotheAudience · 14/08/2024 08:47

XenoBitch · 13/08/2024 23:04

You will love where I live then. I like seeing the dodgy graffiti.
Near me, someone has sprayed "baby killer" on someone's garden wall. Another one is "grass". I have seen a few " pedo" ones.
One of my faves is one that says "stay away".
I want to know the background to all of them.

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Such a shame they cannot spell paedo

FinalInstructionstotheAudience · 14/08/2024 08:46

He just does stencils. It isn't art, it's a political statement. Like a cartoon in a newspaper
Boring and over-rated

BluebirdBoogie · 14/08/2024 08:41

Menopausalsourpuss · 13/08/2024 22:57

Its not street art its a load of derivative rubbish. Banksy himself is an old, posh public school boy with a load of predictable opinions reflected in his "art"and is no way the edgy anti establishment rebel he thinks he is. He is so predictable that he has been faked loafs of time and people are not sure if its him or a fake. I would arrest him for graffiti just like anyone else.

Wow, your username really suits you!

UnicornSpace · 14/08/2024 08:17

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rockingbird · 14/08/2024 08:14

I quite like it, it's a bit of a talking point where I'm from - big art culture here. He's also supporting many amazing charities, good on him.

Twistybranch · 14/08/2024 08:10

Stuff was interesting years ago.

It’s boring now. The point was that it was supposed to feel anarchic but when it becomes a tourist spot instantly and the council immediately take measures to protect its value then it loses its art.

It feels like a crappy Councils tourism depts ‘summer challenge’, where you have to ‘spot’ the animals on your trail and tick off the sheet.

BitOutOfPractice · 14/08/2024 08:08

@Marinade I’d love to know the last time anyone at all was arrested for graffiti!

Protlean · 14/08/2024 08:05

His work used to be great, now it's pretty rubbish- although nothing to say all of them are actually his! Or hers, not sure if it's ever been confirmed who they are?

Turmerictolly · 14/08/2024 08:01

Apparently he's not bothered when one of his pieces is defaced - all adds to the counter culture image.

Sethera · 14/08/2024 07:57

I tend to agree - I was mildly amused when it was reported someone had 'defaced' one of the pictures with more graffiti. I don't mind graffiti on the whole if is well done, but that's a subjective opinion - I might admire an elaborately spray-painted design on the side of a garage somewhere, but I recognise it for what it is - graffiti. I don't particularly agree with giving one artist an elevated status - either we say street art is a good thing in a wholesale way and allow it to flourish, or we don't - we shouldn't single out Banksy.