He's already done that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkUbYBo5xgs
Unless that was what you were obliquely referring to. In which case, sorry.
http://studentactivism.net/2013/10/13/new-banksy-street-art-...
Do people really think Banksy wants people out there removing chunks of walls or doors that he tags and putting them in museums or selling them to private owners for thousands of dollars?
[0] http://whatyouwrite.com/2013/10/11/east-new-york-residents-c...
And now that Banksy has "blessed" it with one of his pieces, suddenly people who scoffed at the idea of ever stepping foot in ENY are arriving in droves.
Think about that for a second: people who look down on you, who do everything they can to "contain" the effects of your neighborhood, are now tourists. Not only are they tourists, they are tourists visiting in worship of a figure who has appropriated one of the primary cultural elements of poor urban areas and made it aesthetically and thematically palatable to the wealthy.
I'd be pissed too.
"§ 10-117. Defacement of property, possession, sale and display of aerosol spray paint cans, [and] broad tipped markers and etching acid prohibited in certain instances."
Graffiti is a Sand Mandala[2], it is art and it is beautiful because of it's guaranteed impermanence. If Banksy's vandalism wasn't vandalized or taken down or painted over it wouldn't be as powerful as it is. It is a symbiotic relationship like a flower and a bee.
To learn about NYC graffiti history watch Style Wars[3] a 1982 documentary on the NYC scene.
[1]http://www.nyc.gov/html/nograffiti/html/legislation.html [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala [3]http://vimeo.com/14911708
Not exactly. The difference is that graffiti can not just be swept up or blown away with a leaf blower like sand. At a minimum, it must be painted over. Sometimes this results in large patches of mismatched colors on a wall. In more extreme cases, it is not possible to just paint over it so it must be scrubbed off.
no imaination in tagging, never has been never will be. its the equivalent of a dog pissing on a lamppost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
I've also lived in a house which constantly had a street side wall shittily tagged. Our solution was to organize a few of our graffiti artist friends to do a full mural. It worked, the little shits stopped tagging the wall.
They have no idea who Banksy is, which is awesome.
or a fire hydrant: http://instagram.com/p/fAawhRK-xY/ :)
You can see art in destruction if you want, but the guy's intention clearly was to vandalize.
Same reason why Jackson Pollock's pieces sell for millions and I couldn't sell the stain in my garage for a dollar. Even though one could see art in that stain (just like one can see art in nature) having a car with a leaky exhaust doesn't make me an artist.
These throw ups are making a real statement and it is this:
Banksy is no longer a street artist. He's chosen to give that up by selling out and his work is worth less than a shitty throw up to those in the scene.
