Yay Banksy

Cleat Eastwood
Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
edited June 2013 in The bottom bracket
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momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    So I wonder how much more money he'll make from putting that "art" in the public space then?
  • usedtobefast
    usedtobefast Posts: 145
    Love it.
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    bompington wrote:
    So I wonder how much more money he'll make from putting that "art" in the public space then?

    :D

    There are people out there (not cyclists obviously :wink: ) who miss the bigger picture and need it pointing out to them, so I think it's a positive thing to do.

    Advertising aint art, it's craft.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,671
    What's it supposed to be?
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    bompington wrote:
    So I wonder how much more money he'll make from putting that "art" in the public space then?

    You're such a cynic. I'm not judging you, just making an observation. :)
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  • Redhog14
    Redhog14 Posts: 1,377
    Well bomps, maybe you can ask him to display something in that big fancy art gallery that Dundee needs liek a hole in the head..

    I like it, is new? (am not always up to date with these things..)
    @surroundedbh
  • marylogic
    marylogic Posts: 355
    Love it :)
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    What a load of w4nk.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    MattC59 wrote:
    What a load of w4nk.

    Thank you Melvyn Bragg :lol::lol::lol:
    MattC59 wrote:
    ...modern art. Frankly, I just don't understand it !!

    Tracy Emmin's bed............. f*ck off !!!
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    MattC59 wrote:
    What a load of w4nk.

    +1

    When I see modern art I am mindful of the kid's tale,'The King' New Clothes'. It cries out for someone to shout what everyone else is thinking.
    So well done Matt, I agree. It is a pile of shite.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Yeah, that makes sense. The artist who daubs his work on public walls in self promotion has a pop at advertisers. :lol:
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    It's alright, it's not like he's saying anything particularly insightful regards advertising. Wouldn't surpise me it's something that's been done or thought of before but gone un-noticed as the artist wasn't Banksy!
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    I love Banksy's work, here one of my favourites...


    Banksy-Street-Art-Lifestyle-Out-Stock-1.jpg
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    More of a

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    guy myself.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Basically, it's just a bit of a whine (or coke :D ). An incorrect whine as well.
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    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Ballysmate wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    What a load of w4nk.

    It is a pile of shite.

    No, you're thinking of Chris Ofili :roll:
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    team47b wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    What a load of w4nk.

    It is a pile of shite.

    No, you're thinking of Chris Ofili :roll:

    That's a BIG pile of shite. :lol:
  • mbthegreat
    mbthegreat Posts: 179
    Reminds me of the situationalist slogan

    "They are trying to sell you happiness. Steal it."
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    bompington wrote:
    So I wonder how much more money he'll make from putting that "art" in the public space then?

    Surprised at the twin reaction to this.

    He is making a statement. If he wasn't famous for what he does, would he have more or less impact?
    If Aung san suu kyi gets power, has she just been simply promoting oneself for no other reason?
    John Lennon wrote the song 'imagine'. He was already rich and very famous - does that mean that the words and the message has less meaningful?

    If we all become so cynnical and absolutist, how is anything going to change ?
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    pinarello001 wrote:
    John Lennon wrote the song 'imagine'. He was already rich and very famous - does that mean that the words and the message has less meaningful?

    I am sure that I can't be the only one who imagined the song to be, as Matt so succinctly put it, a load of w@nk.
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Is that a genuine Banksy? I thought he just daubed on walls, mostly graffiti without the owner's permission.
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Is that a genuine Banksy? I thought he just sold prints of his work in galleries to students at "Uni" and then pocketed the cash to fund a seriously wealthy lifestyle?

    Or is that just me?

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