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I appreciate Banksy artwork for the social commentary it often contains, but I'm bemused by the hype and public reaction to new works. There are vitally important things happening in the world, but a painted wall with a tangential environmental message doesn't rouse me.
Frank F | 28.03.24 - 7:18 a.m. | #
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How sad. Back in the day there ,was a Banksy on almost every street corner in Shoreditch and nobody batted an eyelid.
Dan | 28.03.24 - 7:28 a.m. | #
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On a similar vein, are you planning to visit the chippy in Greenwich where the owner commissioned an artwork on the wall of his property before the Council temove it? I don't see it as an advert, rather a tasty mural,
Ken | 28.03.24 - 7:48 a.m. | #
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Frank F put it very well.
How sad that so often (always?) the cash value of things will trump their true worth. "It may be beautiful but how much can we get for it". Think art, buildings, landscapes.
I understand that some of Banksy's works are removed and sold for silly money (no offence intended, Mr B) involving a certain amount of building work. This one will need a bit of gardening as well.
rogergh | 28.03.24 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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I live only a mile away and haven't been down to see it - I wonder if I should
Caroline | 28.03.24 - 8:37 a.m. | #
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When hype meets greed. Lovely.
David B | 28.03.24 - 8:38 a.m. | #
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This is wonderful. A mixture of Performance Art and Ealing comedy. I bet Banksy is rolling around laughing.
There is a nice saying in german:"ist es Kunst oder kann es Weg?" which broadly translated means: "is it Art or can I chuck it?". Pretty much sums up Bansky to me. Eye of the beholder and all that.
Keith the Kraut | Homepage | 28.03.24 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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Al those hoardings and the mural(?) should be subject to planning approval, if I did that round here where I live, I would be forced to remove it.
mikeH | 28.03.24 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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No wonder Banksy built a deliberately self-sabotaging frame for his canvas that was auctioned a couple of years ago. Only problem is that the mechanism jammed (apparently) half way through the shredding, so the artwork’s even more “valuable” now.
Labourer | 28.03.24 - 10:44 a.m. | #
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Ken, the council didn't remove the mural, they ordered the removal. It constituted an authorised advert in a conservation area.
See here.
Richard Morris | 28.03.24 - 10:57 a.m. | #
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And this is why we can't have nice things - sigh.
Cornish Cockney | 28.03.24 - 11:23 a.m. | #
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I do find the whole thing baffling, and while I quite admire artistic graffiti like this I'm still uneasy with the egotistical way the perpetrators think they have the right to put it where they choose without asking. Presumably if it was somehow proved not to be a Banksy the interest would quickly fade away, despite its appearance being unchanged.
The tree may look as if it's been savaged but assuming the pollarding has been done properly at the right time of year then it will help keep it in good condition.
Andrew S | 28.03.24 - 12:23 p.m. | #
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I find the Banksy/media relationship suspiciously cosy, but then I see conspiracy everywhere.
Still Anon | 28.03.24 - 1:42 p.m. | #
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Everyone was asking how you steal this Banksy, I think Islington Council and the owner of the wall have demonstrated very well.
TW | 28.03.24 - 1:57 p.m. | #
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Pity the poor person who threw paint over the Banksy. The must be either mad, bad or sad. Or something even worse.
Tones | 28.03.24 - 2:26 p.m. | #
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Maybe 'the poor person who threw paint over the Banksy' was also an anonymous but not quite so famous artist making an equally meaningful statement of some kind!
I'm not a fan of 'street art' or 'artistic graffiti' as it's an unwanted imposition on the general public who have to look at it. Just look at what's happened to Fish Island! We have an artistic installation all over a nearby house which everybody has to look at when they pass by - except for the artist who lives inside the house!
ActonMan | 28.03.24 - 4:22 p.m. | #
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Are the apples still there? noticed by my friend from Germany, but I showed them on Instagram.
Margaret | Homepage | 28.03.24 - 6:14 p.m. | #
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Visual appearance of tree appears damaged by process that's actually designed to preserve it. Appearance and reality in tension.
Artwork appears that exploits this tension.
Artwork itself then "preserved", removing the original effect and creating mirror of the original tension.
It's almost a piece of performance art, but with the reactions of the observers being the performance, not the actual installation itself.
Or it's just some green paint. Or it's both. Or neither.
Phil_D | 29.03.24 - 3:46 a.m. | #
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Well I'll say what we're all thinking, it looks s**t
Thomas | 03.04.24 - 12:37 p.m. | #
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Don't be too presumptuous.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.04.24 - 1:28 p.m. | #
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