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New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by tialaramex »

Lerc wrote: post #79
krapp wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're being downvoted but honestly the "everyone is twelve now" meme explains our collective societal dysfunction perfectly. There's no point to complexity or subtlety in art anymore, or even any kind of symbolism at all. Anything that needs to be interpreted, that doesn't have a single objective meaning which gets spelled out for you. Flag man is silly. Everyone is twelve now.

Lana Wachowski has said that the Red Pill movement taught her that no matter how unsubtle you are, it's still too subtle for some people.

Huh. I hadn't thought about how the "Red Pill movement" would feel for the Wachowskis, yeah, there's truly no limit to how oblivious people can be and this thread is illustrative.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by celticninja »

nephihaha wrote: post #176
drcongo wrote: post #120

This statue might be the best thing he's ever done. I love it.

Is it? The flag is black, so could be a variety of things, not necessarily even a national flag. Just a flag in a march. (Anarchism uses a black flag.)

The guy is walking off a cliff and he is blinded by the flag. I assume it is a commentary on Brexit. It is just short of a decade since that vote. Nationalism blinded people and they did something stupid. Not dissimilar to what is going on in the US too.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by slopinthebag »

celticninja wrote: post #179
everfrustrated wrote: post #174

The idea that Banksy's identity is unknown is a complete myth perpuated by the popular press. The guy is well known and very much part of the establishment.

[flagged]

What are you talking about?

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by hactually »

parpfish wrote: post #180
everfrustrated wrote: post #174

The idea that Banksy's identity is unknown is a complete myth perpuated by the popular press. The guy is well known and very much part of the establishment.

so why don't you share who it is with the rest of the class? why help perpetuate his (her?) secret identity mystique

> Banksy was born Robin Gunningham but later took the name David Jones

long been known as establishment friendly

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by rapidaneurism »

nephihaha wrote: post #176
drcongo wrote: post #120

This statue might be the best thing he's ever done. I love it.

Is it? The flag is black, so could be a variety of things, not necessarily even a national flag. Just a flag in a march. (Anarchism uses a black flag.)

And how is blindly following a flag differ between a national flag and an ideology flag?

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by robocat »

tommica wrote: post #10

Yeah, definetly had the city agree to it, no way in hell to sneak a statue like that without the cops getting involved.

Apparently not:

  Westminster City Council has told the BBC it did not grant permission, as it was not given advance warning that Banksy's team was planning this installation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pvyw82exo

Council permits are usually quite public (in my country). Sneaking it in becomes part of the artwork.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by freedomben »

ua709 wrote: post #22
ggm wrote: post #2

The point is not just that he's blinded by the flag: He's boldly marching into the void, confident. "wrapped in the flag" is a great saying.

Worse than a void because a void is not necessarily bad. Walking “off a cliff” rarely ends well.

Agree, but that's what we know. The man in the statue is walking into a void from his perspective because he lacks knowledge of his true predicament and is blindly marching forward.

Re: New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

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Post by jrflowers »

parpfish wrote: post #180
everfrustrated wrote: post #174

The idea that Banksy's identity is unknown is a complete myth perpuated by the popular press. The guy is well known and very much part of the establishment.

so why don't you share who it is with the rest of the class? why help perpetuate his (her?) secret identity mystique

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-a...
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