surprised so few stopped. $60 for a canvas knockoff of banksy isnt a bad price, let alone an original.
98% of people have no clue who Banksy is, certainly in the US.
Really? Most of my 20-something american friends can't shut up about him.
Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]
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#12surprised so few stopped. $60 for a canvas knockoff of banksy isnt a bad price, let alone an original.
98% of people have no clue who Banksy is, certainly in the US.
This is by no means a quantitative study, but I live in the U.S. (in a fly-over state, none the less), have very little connection to the arts and every friend I can think of, off the top of my head, knows who banksy is.
It's obviously a pretty self-selected population, and I mean, I haven't formally surveyed all of my friends, but there you have it, for what it's worth.
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#13More proof of the irrationality of the art market and how artwork is priced. Reminds me of [1].
[1] http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/53857118493/is-wine-bullsh...
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#14I wonder how many fakes will show up on ebay now.
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#15Wow if his stand was near MOMA I probably walked right by it yesterday without noticing... I usually just ignore vendors around the park because 99% of the stuff being sold in that area is mass produced crap that has no value but to extract money from tourists.
and that's the art.
Well, also...he's messing with the people who value his stuff at ridiculous prices, but can't pick it out of a lineup.
This is great not because it was anonymous (that was just a requirement -- if it weren't, he'd have been swamped by idiots), but because it illustrates the fundamental absurdity of the art "scene". It's a nice bit of mockery.
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#16I hate to say it, but if I ran an art stand, I'd put up a few around central park right now.
Wouldn't be surprised to see some stands going up to make money off the "halo effect" here.
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#17Wow if his stand was near MOMA I probably walked right by it yesterday without noticing... I usually just ignore vendors around the park because 99% of the stuff being sold in that area is mass produced crap that has no value but to extract money from tourists.
and that's the art.
Reminds me of this experiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell#Washington_Post_ex...
Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]
#18Who cares? I wouldn't pay $5 for that garbage, regardless who it is. Who the hell is Banksy? Guess I'm not edgy enough for this art.
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#19I would like to know where this $750K number is coming from. Generally Banksy originals of this kind are priced closer to low five-figures, but if someone has inside knowledge here please share.
This article puts the value at around 20K pounds: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/banksy-sells-origina...
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#20Who cares? I wouldn't pay $5 for that garbage, regardless who it is. Who the hell is Banksy? Guess I'm not edgy enough for this art.
I don't care about Banksy either and don't feel to despondent having known it was right there, its the kind of crap I'd just walk past every other day of the week. The question does beg though why the hell this is on the front page of HN (and how much was actually sold? I'm guessing not a lot!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LP5-AjCCNw