has anyone revealed who he is yet?
It's a pretty open secret, but not really.
Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]
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#82I love it. This is like the Sci Fi novel (Heinlein I think, Lazarus Long) where I learnt that for the bank which issues the money, money really is just paper.
This is from The Tale of The Adopted Daughter, which appears in Time Enough for Love. It's a really beautiful piece and the ending gets me every single time.
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#83On a similar note, there is the story of Joshua Bell (a famous violinist) playing in a subway station and virtually everyone walked by. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell#Washington_Post_exp...
I find that much more amazing because you can hear how amazing Joshua Bell is as you walk by. You wouldn't hear it and say "that guy must be faking". It's common for NYC street vendors to sell art that is a copy of a more famous work, and there's no way to tell by looking.
There is no way to tell the difference in a subway station, even for an instrument as loud as a violin. Moreover, no one goes to the subway to listen to music.
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#84I love it. This is like the Sci Fi novel (Heinlein I think, Lazarus Long) where I learnt that for the bank which issues the money, money really is just paper.
This is from The Tale of The Adopted Daughter, which appears in Time Enough for Love. It's a really beautiful piece and the ending gets me every single time.
Yes, that's the one. I have to reread that book, it must have been more than 20 years ago I read it.
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#85I would like to know where this $750K number is coming from. Generally Banksy originals of this kind are priced closer to low five-figures, but if someone has inside knowledge here please share. This article puts the value at around 20K pounds: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/banksy-sells-origina...
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426239067/424327227/banksy-kid... This piece which you see sold to 'the lady from New Zeland', seems to be part of a run of 25 pieces and priced at 100k-120k.
That's very nice, when I saw it on the video I said "I would buy that". Of course for 60$.. :)
Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]
#86On a similar note, there is the story of Joshua Bell (a famous violinist) playing in a subway station and virtually everyone walked by. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell#Washington_Post_exp...
I find that much more amazing because you can hear how amazing Joshua Bell is as you walk by. You wouldn't hear it and say "that guy must be faking". It's common for NYC street vendors to sell art that is a copy of a more famous work, and there's no way to tell by looking.
I don't get why you would have to stop if someone is really really talented. Not everyone value this as much as the other guy.
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#87If your are all interested in Banksy I'd urge you to watch a film that he accidentally was forced to make about Street Art and himself, well let's say because the original Director...well you will see. It's called Exit Through The Gift Shop, I watched on Netflix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b90YppquE I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the Wes…
>If your are all interested in Banksy I'd urge you to watch a film that he accidentally was forced to make about Street Art and himself...
Maybe. That's the beauty of the movie. While he and the filmmakers insist it's a "real" movie, it could easily have been a hoax. Which belies a deeper meaning.
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#88If your are all interested in Banksy I'd urge you to watch a film that he accidentally was forced to make about Street Art and himself, well let's say because the original Director...well you will see. It's called Exit Through The Gift Shop, I watched on Netflix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b90YppquE I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the Wes…
>If your are all interested in Banksy I'd urge you to watch a film that he accidentally was forced to make about Street Art and himself... Maybe. That's the beauty of the movie. While he and the filmmakers insist it's a "real" movie, it could easily have been a hoax. Which belies a deeper meaning.
This is the beauty of the performative documentary. It transcends the limitations of using film to document and as a use for truth. It works at a more ambiguous level and forces the audience to question rather than just learn, in this case the questions could be about the value of art, perception, and marketing.
Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]
#89If your are all interested in Banksy I'd urge you to watch a film that he accidentally was forced to make about Street Art and himself, well let's say because the original Director...well you will see. It's called Exit Through The Gift Shop, I watched on Netflix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b90YppquE I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the Wes…
exit is a great film, i think it paints banksy as an ass, the five minutes of 'life, remote control' was mind blowing, even despite the derision with which it is presented, and to think banksy watched that and thought, 'i have make my own movie because this is trash and i can make a good movie' seems like a narcissistic dick move,
plus the anonymity made sense when it was illegal... but now it plays like a gimmick when people tear down walls of buildings to sell of work attributed to banksy, or the banksy collective,
i agree, though for me, without his west bank work i would completely write the guy off
this bbc doc is a nice companion piece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd2IU1aIe5c
it is called, Graffiti Wars, and is about Robbo the UKs original tag celebrity, also has a segment about blek le rat who, depending on your loyalties, banksy is an inferior derivative of or who is banksy's muse or mentor or inspiration
Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]
#90If your are all interested in Banksy I'd urge you to watch a film that he accidentally was forced to make about Street Art and himself, well let's say because the original Director...well you will see. It's called Exit Through The Gift Shop, I watched on Netflix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b90YppquE I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the Wes…
"I've always been a fan of Banksy's work. Especially the work he did at the dividing wall on both sides in the West Bank and Israel." And this is why I roll my eyes a little when people deride Banksy (not necessarily on HN - rather in face to face discussions) as boring artistically, politically, or as some kind of a sell-out. His works use the environment they're placed in to great effect (e.g. Bethlehem), use props…
According to _Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall_ he came up with the idea of using stencils when he was hiding from the police and saw stencilled letters sprayed on the bottom of a truck.