Tag: Banksy
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A New Piece By Banksy?
From Wooster Collective: BiPed spotted this new piece yesterday in South London. While it hasn’t been confirmed, it has Banksy written all over it. BiPed writes: “The photo is quite misleading as the stencil is actually about 9ft high -you can just make out the top of a security fence on the left.” Here.
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Banksy Was Here
Lauren Collins has a piece in The New Yorker on Banksy: If Bristol is, as James told me, “the graffiti capital of England,” then Banksy is its patron sinner. One morning last June, citizens were surprised to find a new mural downtown, on the side of a sexual-health clinic. It depicted a window, a perfect…
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New Works by Banksy
Some new pieces from one of today’s greatest art prankster Banksy are up at Banksy’s website. Thanks to Juxtapoz for the notice. I’ve been meaning to review Banksy’s book Wall and Piece for months now. The man is a genius. One of my favorite artists of all time. Here.
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Banksy ordered to clean up his elephant act
Guardian: The elephant may have been in the room, but by the end of its stay it had lost its sheen. Tai, the 38-year-old painted pachyderm that was the centrepiece of the first major US show by the British graffiti artist Banksy, was scrubbed down on Sunday on the orders of the Los Angeles department…
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Banksy's elephant provokes anger
BBC: Mr Boks said he tried to withdraw permits for the elephant on grounds of public safety last Friday, but found the three-day exhibition would be over before they took effect. “Permits will not be issued for such frivolous abuse of animals in the future,” he said. Tai’s owner, Kari Johnson, denied that the 38-year-old…
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BANKSY: The Story Disneyland Doesn't Want You To Know
Wooster Collective: Families visiting Disneyland on their holiday this week saw a life-size Guantanamo bay inmate standing inside the Rocky Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland in Anaheim California. The sculpture, consisting of an inflatable doll dressed in an orange jumpsuit with its hands and feet manacled remained in place for one and a half hours…
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Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank – BANKSY
BBC, via Boing-Boing: Banksy has replaced Hilton’s CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For? He has also changed pictures of her on the CD sleeve to show the US socialite topless and with a dog’s head. A spokeswoman…
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Banksy Phone Booth
From Wooster Collective: Banksy and and Pickaxe, Soho Square, London, Today. Here.
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Banksy takes on the Melbourne Street Art Scene
From the Guardian, via Wooster Collective: What is disappointing about the authority’s attitude is that Australia is probably still the only country in the world to have elevated a graffiti writer to the status of national public hero. Arthur Stace was an alcoholic from the slums of Sydney who found God while listening to a…
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The Web This Morning
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