Banksy

[Kerry]

What is your opinion of him? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy)

Discuss

[CharlieO]

I love pretty much all his work I have seen images of.

[Kerry]

He is an amazing artist. I'm tiring now of all this anonymity thing though. OK most of the stuff he does would get him locked up but anyone with half a brain could find him in seconds in reality

[Marc]

I like street art, sometimes it helps to make the wall more enjoyable to walk past, but I don't like graffiti like the stuff I see on the way to work 'this is just to distract you - well it worked you *****!' :bored:

[Kerry]

I'm half watching a documentory about him on C4+1 called Exit Through The Gift Shop. It's interesting. Might be on C4OD later perhaps

[Kerry]

Oh and my OP is a link about him btw. Not just underlined

[Jords]

From them images I like his work! I always think this kinda stuff is art rather than crime.

[waterhog]

banksy killed king robbo

[billy123]

I want to know where he has stashed the rest of the £1 million in £10 notes with princess diana on.
Ive seen exit through the gift shop a few times and on first viewing its such an odd sequence of events that i thought it had to be scripted but it really isnt.

The way banksy turns the theme of the documentary back on thierry guetta (mr brainwash) is genius in its self.

Im a big fan of banksy his work is amazing.

[Kerry]

I want to know where he has stashed the rest of the £1 million in £10 notes with princess diana on.
Ive seen exit through the gift shop a few times and on first viewing its such an odd sequence of events that i thought it had to be scripted but it really isnt.

The way banksy turns the theme of the documentary back on thierry guetta (mr brainwash) is genius in its self.

Im a big fan of banksy his work is amazing.

Oh the notes!! I can't believe some people took them! :joker:

Mr Brainwash was an odd one. I need to watch this properly at some point

[billy123]

Oh the notes!! I can't believe some people took them! :joker:

Mr Brainwash was an odd one. I need to watch this properly at some point
Its well worth a proper watch banksy told Mr brainwash to have a go at doing a bit of art and went on his way next he heard was that Mr Brainwash had re-mortgaged his family home and spent all his life savings over quarter of a million dollars on opening a massive art studio and a team of staff :joker:

[Kerry]

Its well worth a proper watch banksy told Mr brainwash to have a go at doing a bit of art and went on his way next he heard was that Mr Brainwash had re-mortgaged his family home and spent all his life savings over quarter of a million dollars on opening a massive art studio and a team of staff :joker:

Didn't he make a fortune though? I kept catching bits but not all

[Harry!]

Mr Brainwash is amazing he designed the entire Celebration artwork.

http://www.imusicdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/madonna-celebration.jpg

[billy123]

Didn't he make a fortune though? I kept catching bits but not all
Yes he made a million dollars in the first 8 days of his first exhibition and he is really good at what he does its just really weird how he ended up doing it. he got the best graffiti artists in the world to tell everyone in the artworld that he was a genius and they just accepted it and started paying big money for his work.

[billy123]

Mr Brainwash is amazing he designed the entire Celebration artwork.

http://www.imusicdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/madonna-celebration.jpgThat is cool.

[arista]

What is your opinion of him? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy)

Discuss



A French Art Bloke claims Banksy is using his drawings.

[Crimson Dynamo]

he is rubbish and city types love to think they love him

lol

[arista]

10:30PM - 11:35PM Ch4 tonight Sunday 14/8/11

Graffiti Wars

Rivairy between Banksy and King Robbo

London 2009.

[billy123]

10:30PM - 11:35PM Ch4 tonight Sunday 14/8/11

Graffiti Wars

Rivairy between Banksy and King Robbo

London 2009.
Well spotted i shall be watching.

[Kerry]

Never even heard of a King Robbo

[Kerry]

I'll be watching Graffiti Wars too

[billy123]

King Robbos work is just a mess the same rubbish you see daubed on buildings anywhere :conf2: :conf2:

[Kerry]

No, it doesn't exactly stick out.

Laughed at Banksy's work over his last remaining piece :joker:

[Kerry]

The lengths they go to! It's crazy!

[lostalex]

I saw an article recently that showed that he just copied the work that a french street artist was doing. Made me lose a lot of respect for him. I did enjoy the documentary movie he made though "exit through the gift shop"

But now that i know he stole his style and ideas from another artist especially a FRENCH artist, i think he's a poseur.

[billy123]

The lengths they go to! It's crazy!
Lol sneaking around in a canoe in the middle of the night risking serious jail time is nuts.

I saw an article recently that showed that he just copied the work that a french street artist was doing. Made me lose a lot of respect for him. I did enjoy the documentary movie he made though "exit through the gift shop"

But now that i know he stole his style and ideas from another artist especially a FRENCH artist, i think he's a poseur.
It just showed the french guy on this documentary and he was the person to come up with the idea of using stencils instead of free drawing and banksy acknowledges him as an influence and admires him he doesnt copy his work as it were but he admits he is influenced by him.

[Kerry]

I saw an article recently that showed that he just copied the work that a french street artist was doing. Made me lose a lot of respect for him. I did enjoy the documentary movie he made though "exit through the gift shop"

But now that i know he stole his style and ideas from another artist especially a FRENCH artist, i think he's a poseur.

The doc I'm watching now says he allegedly stole his style. I'm not convinced he has

[Kerry]

That stencil guy keeps missing out the "W"

[Kerry]

I could be as good as Robbo if I snorted a load of paint and sneezed on some canvas

[billy123]

I could be as good as Robbo if I snorted a load of paint and sneezed on some canvas
:joker: I dont like him the he is all bitter about banksy getting all the attention.
The W guy is odd he was moaning about stencils and he uses them every time.

[Kerry]

:joker: I dont like him the he is all bitter about banksy getting all the attention.
The W guy is odd he was moaning about stencils and he uses them every time.

Yeah, I found that weird too! Sat there making stencils as he spoke about it being cheating! :conf:

The Robbo guy is really bitter

[MeMyselfAndI]

He is so boring, but i hated my Art teacher soo much

[Iceman]

I could be as good as Robbo if I snorted a load of paint and sneezed on some canvas

:joker::joker::joker:

[Kerry]

OMG :shocked:

[billy123]

Well that put a downer on it im just trying to find out how he is now and what happened.

[Kerry]

Well that put a downer on it im just trying to find out how he is now and what happened.

Yeah I was kinda gobsmacked. I'm guessing a Banksy fan :( Oh, so stupid all this...

[billy123]

This is the only thing i can find.

This statement has been released by 'The King Robbo Trust'

As rumour, speculation and public comments regarding King Robbo circulate throughout the Art World and Graffiti grapevine, we would like to set the record straight by offering the following statement ;

On April 2nd 2011 King Robbo sustained a serious life threatening head injury just 5 days prior to his current exhibition, 'Team Robbo - The Sell Out Tour' at the Signal Gallery, Shoreditch, London.

As a result he has not been available for comment or interviews.
He was also unable to show all of his intended new works at the current exhibition.

He is now out of the intensive care unit and making small but steady progress.

This has been an extremely difficult time for his family and close friends and we would like their privacy to be respected in light of the current situation.
Flag

[Kerry]

:/

Cheers Bobnot. It's certainly intriguing

[Kerry]

Hang on, when did this happen? I've just seen an article published in April this year about Robbo being back

[billy123]

Hang on, when did this happen? I've just seen an article published in April this year about Robbo being back
If it was this article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-gloves-are-off-graffiti-legend-king-robbo-has-resurfaced-to-settle-a-score-with-banksy-2270575.html
It happened 3 weeks before that and they dont even mention it in the article. Someone in the comments section is wondering why.

A statement on here:
http://londonstreetartdesign.blogspot.com/2011/05/get-welll-soon-king-robbo-our-thoughts.html
Makes it sound like he was still in a coma on may 7th so he must have been pretty messed up.

[Ramsay]

Banksy is a prick

[Kerry]

If it was this article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-gloves-are-off-graffiti-legend-king-robbo-has-resurfaced-to-settle-a-score-with-banksy-2270575.html
It happened 3 weeks before that and they dont even mention it in the article. Someone in the comments section is wondering why.

A statement on here:
http://londonstreetartdesign.blogspot.com/2011/05/get-welll-soon-king-robbo-our-thoughts.html
Makes it sound like he was still in a coma on may 7th so he must have been pretty messed up.


Yes, that's what I saw. Strange. Very strange

[Kerry]

Banksy is a prick

Why? The documentory I watched I now believe they are both as bad as each other (Banksy and Robbo) but why do you mean?

[Iceman]

Theres something weird about all that Robbo stuff...

[Ramsay]

Im watching the Graffiti Wars thing on +1 and from what ive seen he's jipped aload of ideas off that french fella and pissed all over that Robbo fellas stuff

[billy123]

Im watching the Graffiti Wars thing on +1 and from what ive seen he's jipped aload of ideas off that french fella and pissed all over that Robbo fellas stuffThat was in retaliation to Robbo name dropping in his book saying he had slapped Banksy when he hadnt Banksy shouldnt have done that but Robbo was desperate to jump on Banksys coat tails and see if he could further himself using Banksy as a springboard.
And none of it gave Robbo licence to start defacing all of banksys work.

[Mrluvaluva]

Day 15 of Banksy's month long residency in New York (Better Out Than In) sees an homage to The Twin Towers.

http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/525d62f1eab8eaf12a890bb0-778-490/tribecca_full_new-private.jpg

http://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Banksy-Twin-Towers-Tribute-Tribeca-NYC.png

Does the flower symbolise both the explosion from the plane and a mark of respect for those that lost their lives?

[Mrluvaluva]

https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1395441_10151947367487074_641366781_n.jpg

https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1375731_10151947368002074_358780879_n.jpg

October 17 - Bed Stuy

[Mrluvaluva]

Day 18

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1377487_10151949937477074_292555271_n.jpg

[lostalex]

"go back to your own country, dirty immigrant!"

that's the title i'd give to that artwork.

to me, he's comparing London to New York. in london he feels like he's an immigrant surrounded by police, in new york he feels out of place, because everyone is an immigrant. he looses his identity because everyone is a minority in America. he's not as special in New York.

[Kizzy]

I don't care JUST COME SPRAY MY HOUSE PLEASE!!!

[lostalex]

Day 15 of Banksy's month long residency in New York (Better Out Than In) sees an homage to The Twin Towers.

http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/525d62f1eab8eaf12a890bb0-778-490/tribecca_full_new-private.jpg

http://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Banksy-Twin-Towers-Tribute-Tribeca-NYC.png

Does the flower symbolise both the explosion from the plane and a mark of respect for those that lost their lives?

you can tell he did it quickly, he didn't even fill in the towers fully, just zig zag lines over the stencil.

lazy art.

[Lee.]

I love that picture of the towers

[Kizzy]

Know what happened to it?... they removed it with an angle grinder!! eejits!!!

[lostalex]

it's pretty ****ing audacious for any foreigner to come to new york and draw the twin towers, i'll give him that. That's pretty ****ing ballsy, cause i know there are plenty of new yorkers that would rip his ****ing head off if they caught him doing it. and to mock it with a flower, he's lucky he didn't get caught.

[lostalex]

Know what happened to it?... they removed it with an angle grinder!! eejits!!!

they should remove banksy's fingers with an angle grinder imo. he's a pretentious git. a self righteous knob.

[Kizzy]

Banksys art has a socio-political message..It's welcomed and appreciated by new yorkers alex, you don't speak for every American thankfully.

[lostalex]

Banksys art has a socio-political message..It's welcomed and appreciated by new yorkers alex, you don't speak for every American thankfully.

And banksy's voice is no more important than mine, Kizzy.

[Kizzy]

And banksy's voice is no more important than mine, Kizzy.

Banksys art gives him a wider audience than you have though alex.
And the towers/terrorism were just one issue, his art has inspired discussion and reflection on many topics.

[lostalex]

Banksys art gives him a wider audience than you have though alex.
And the towers/terrorism were just one issue, his art has inspired discussion and reflection on many topics.

no it hasn't, name one idea that he created that hasn't already been talked about? he's a hack. he hasn't created any new ideas or any new discussion.

[Kizzy]

no it hasn't, name one idea that he created that hasn't already been talked about? he's a hack. he hasn't created any new ideas or any new discussion.

I said he inspired discussion, and he has, he has the world talking about his art ... Job done!
The messages are always thought provoking and or emotive, I really rate him as an artist, I can see your stance is more with the major of New York.
That's fine, you're entitled to your interpretations.

[lostalex]

I said he inspired discussion, and he has, he has the world talking about his art ... Job done!
The messages are always thought provoking and or emotive, I really rate him as an artist, I can see your stance is more with the major of New York.
That's fine, you're entitled to your interpretations.

fair enuf. you say he has people talking about his art, i say he has people scoffing at his art....we'll agree to disagree.

I'm looking forward to seeing what he does for Halloween. It's meant to be a month long project right? and Halloween is the last day of the month, so i'm expecting something impressive.

[Kizzy]

No do not say that
we need USA input here

What are your opinions on banksy in New York arista?

[arista]

What are your opinions on banksy in New York arista?


Great


I think it was a Good move.


Mega Buyers in NY.


And for him a better relaxed output

[Kizzy]

I agree, them removing his work! what are they thinking?
It's an open invitation for artists, art lovers and art dealers to come to New York..