Page 5 | Banksy graffitting all over the place should not be celebrated

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?

XenoBitch · 14/08/2024 00:25

Festivemoose · 14/08/2024 00:21

Someone near me has just sprayed the words “Elton John” on a wall alongside all the tags. It’s not even in any fancy colour text or anything. It’s so shit and random, I love it.

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Haha, that is fab.

Reminds me, there is another one where I live. Bright red writing - it says "Jesus Is Lord".
Always makes me smile.

Festivemoose · 14/08/2024 00:21

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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Someone near me has just sprayed the words “Elton John” on a wall alongside all the tags. It’s not even in any fancy colour text or anything. It’s so shit and random, I love it.

SweetBirdsong · 14/08/2024 00:08

Menopausalsourpuss · 13/08/2024 23:37

Are you related to him @Marinade? . We're allowed to think your hero is crap and we don't want to see his "artwork" ruining our view. He did one near me in Reading and all the plebs were going to look at it but it was totally mundane.

Exactly this. ^ 'Artwork' my arse. If it were on paper, at least I'd have something to use if we run out of loo roll! 😆

IDontHateRainbows · 13/08/2024 23:39

stayathomer · 13/08/2024 23:03

I don’t know- they said on the radio the other day it was on a house- that can’t be true that he’d do it on someone’s house, could it? If he did it on street walls I’m fine with it!!

If he did it on my house I'd be delighted. The value of it would increase massively overnight.

Menopausalsourpuss · 13/08/2024 23:37

Are you related to him @Marinade? . We're allowed to think your hero is crap and we don't want to see his "artwork" ruining our view. He did one near me in Reading and all the plebs were going to look at it but it was totally mundane.

WannabeMeeeeee · 13/08/2024 23:36

He gets permission from the homeowner/ shop beforehand - much like the murals in Belfast. People want his artwork on their property.

I would welcome him with open arms!

SocksAndTheCity · 13/08/2024 23:35

But that's personal taste @SweetBirdsong , surely? I like some of Tracey Emin's work more than others but there is no sane, intelligent universe where it could ALL - every single thing - be usefully described as 'shite', not that she would give a fuck 🤣

You've reminded me she has an exhibition coming up at the White Cube next month though, so ta for that

sunburnandsangria · 13/08/2024 23:30

I remember reading an article or seeing a documentary about Banksy that said he/his people asked for permission before he graffitis something. This isn't official or published but it happens. Apparently.

McSilkson · 13/08/2024 23:27

A Banksy popped up just up the road from me during the years of Covid misery. It was a lovely surprise and local people were delighted. The piece was a clever tribute to my area of Nottingham, which is the former and original home of the Raleigh bike factory: it was a mixed-race girl (strong black presence in the area) hula-hooping with a bike tyre.

Then the Banksy was stolen from us and relocated, just like the factory before it. Excellent social commentary, all in all - better than Banksy could have foreseen!

Watermel · 13/08/2024 23:26

I welcome it and love it.

SocksAndTheCity · 13/08/2024 23:25

LiterallyOnFire · 13/08/2024 23:17

I think council tax payers just get pissed off that overgrown traffic islands aren't cut back, children's services are under strain, some other programme has been cut entirely, but guarding street art can suddenly be funded.

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I thought the police box on Ludgate Hill was the only one being guarded and now it's been moved? The Corporation can certainly afford it (and the council tax is pence anyway).

AugustAlready · 13/08/2024 23:22

@bitesthedust

who pissed on your chips??

FetchAPail · 13/08/2024 23:22

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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Has the homeowner written the stay away one? Sure way to tell the neighbours you hate them

How long has baby killer been up?

Have you been tempted to get a red can correct their spellings?

Lonelycrab · 13/08/2024 23:17

Yabu

LiterallyOnFire · 13/08/2024 23:17

Edingril · 13/08/2024 23:16

For all that is going on in the world I see this as one positive thing

I think people want to wallow in misery a lot of the time

I think council tax payers just get pissed off that overgrown traffic islands aren't cut back, children's services are under strain, some other programme has been cut entirely, but guarding street art can suddenly be funded.

Edingril · 13/08/2024 23:16

For all that is going on in the world I see this as one positive thing

I think people want to wallow in misery a lot of the time

SocksAndTheCity · 13/08/2024 23:15

I like the pelicans best from this week, but the piranhas on the police box are close by me now they've moved it to the Guildhall so I'm going to go and have a look.

I have two others (long since covered with plexiglass) within a few minutes of my flat but I still like seeing something new

bergamotorange · 13/08/2024 23:15

HiCandles · 13/08/2024 23:04

I agree. I've never understood why his graffiti is celebrated. If he vandalised my property without permission I would be furious, same as I would be if a teen oik did.

Think the value of the piece would help you get over it.

StaunchMomma · 13/08/2024 23:15

Art is subjective.

If you don't like it, move on.

No need to be a killjoy.

SweetBirdsong · 13/08/2024 23:15

bitesthedust · 13/08/2024 22:55

Appreciating the arts does not mean ALL and EVERY piece of art

I used to like him at the start, but the works he produced this summer are imo uninspiring to say the least (not that I could do what he does of course)

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I have to agree @bitesthedust I am so over Banksy now, and bored with him. His last few pieces haven't even been that good.

Total 'Emporer's New Clothes' he is.

See also Tracey Emin: Utter shite. She produces utter shite. Always has.

HansHolbein · 13/08/2024 23:15

CombatLingerie · 13/08/2024 23:14

Like it @XenoBitch and @HansHolbein DS and I still laugh about seeing ‘pie arse’ sprayed onto a street sign. Who was ‘pie arse’ I wonder?

More importantly what did pie arse do!

Toddlerteaplease · 13/08/2024 23:15

There was also some graffiti near me, that I really liked. But that was removed as it's not 'art'.

whatajoke26 · 13/08/2024 23:15

I am so bored hearing about Banksy. His artwork isn't really artwork and I find it dull and boring. I want to hear about another artist who isn't so overrated.

CombatLingerie · 13/08/2024 23:14

Like it @XenoBitch and @HansHolbein DS and I still laugh about seeing ‘pie arse’ sprayed onto a street sign. Who was ‘pie arse’ I wonder?

Marinade · 13/08/2024 23:14

LiterallyOnFire · 13/08/2024 23:10

That is precisely what the OP said!! Its street art not real art - no extrapolation or rhetoric needed. Please do formulate a better argument and explain what on earth a fig lead is as it sounds as nonsensical as your wildly inaccurate and rather poorly formulated post.

Oh do stop being silly.

OP was being specific, and her point was about the protection of street. You generalised extravagantly.

You're not seriously claiming you can't decipher a typo as glaring as that are you? Not even in context?

Whaat? I think you have a slight comprehension problem. Please feel free to clarify your statements that are as clear as mud.