Oi! Banksy ....
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Was in london this weekend, saw a classic bit of graffiti over some of Banksys work. It was as you come off the tube at Chalk Farm and head down towards the market and Old Lock Tavern.
I sooo wish i'd taken a photo of it cos it sums up the way i feel about Banksy these days too seeing as he seems to have sold out and become as much of a media whore as Paris.It was a stencil on a wall of a policewoman (it maybe had the face of an old lady).
someone had sprayed beside it"Oi Banksy, up yours!"
i wish i'd done it :P
- k0na_an0k0
1. this should have gone in the banksy thread
2. up yours
- lvl_130
it's not selling out just because people actually fucking pay attention to his stuff now.
OLD!
- flavorful0
How many fucking Banksy threads are enough?
- jevad0
I LOVE how everyone is getting on Banky's case now...calling him a 'sellout'.
How is he a sellout just because the media are picking up on what he's doing now?
He still a guerilla artist for fucks ake....
- thismanslife0
"Oi Banksy, up yours!"
Sharp, really sharp.
- skelly0
here in brooklyn someone spraypainted "photoshop + kinkos does not = art" over an OBEY wheatpaste.
apparently they've never seen his printmaking work..
- THA0
How the hell is he a sell out? Bunch of B.S.
- Crouwel0
fucking jealous bitches.
all i have to say about this.
you wankers only want to see him go as some starving artist making his statement.
he can, and i hope he will, continue with his guerilla initiatives without losing his edge or originality..
btw. what about Obey then?
- horton0
i myself woulda stenciled an elephant over it..
"horton was here"
- Crouwel0
cgi.ebay.co.uk/Paris-H...
brandelec
(Sep 25 06, 13:59)"You will not get ripped off with this copy only 100% satisfaction"
lol. uh huh. everyone has a pc with a copy of photoshop nowadays..
- Crouwel0
ok except for the music then..hehe..
- flavorful0
I'm not hating, just Jesus Christ the past like few weeks there has probably been 10-12 threads about the man.
- jevad0
Reminds me of the famous
'M. Khan is Bent' graffiti under the M25
Wonder if it's still there....
- Crouwel0
wasn't aimed at you or anyone in particular. just at the people who start bitching and moaning when someone starts making a dime out of his art.
- skelly0
I want to make a dime out of my art.
Same people that bitch about artists making money will go buy tickets for sporting events to watch millionairs throw a ball around.
- lvl_130
I want to make a dime out of my art.
Same people that bitch about artists making money will go buy tickets for sporting events to watch millionairs throw a ball around.
skelly
(Sep 25 06, 14:39)hahahaha!
- davey_g0
Why do people say sellout when an artist makes some $$ or gets more press?
I'd call it being successful.
...until I see him as a VJ on MTV!
- skelly0
because people think "sellout" means "make money"
it's more like changing what you do or believe just to get a check.
just gettin' paid for what you've always done, that ain't a crime.
- flavorful0
Calling someone a sell-out is a way to make one's self feel better when they can't do something they like profitably.