Graffiti Artist Banksy Arrested In London, Identity Revealed

this was years ago in one of the major papers, I think it might've been the Guardian.

Fans have been pondering whether their frustration in failing to buy tickets is in fact part of the "Dismaland experience".

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34026536

yes it is, and so is the pigeon that shat on your head.

he whines like a white male, ergo, he is probably a white male.


Its art for teens that think they are going against mummy and daddy.


Im all for art that's political, there's better artists and more interesting ways to do what he does.

for teens these days, going against mummy and daddy means not liking banksy one would think. Ergo a lot of posts in these threads stating the same youthful indignation at the 'system' (art that their parents like) and the 'man' (banksy). You probably just solved the whole question as to the motivational why that i was wondering rixxx my dear, champion sound. [-;

/so far it's been like playing chess, only the opponent is playing scrabble and hasn't got any letters.

deletisverysmart

  On 8/25/2015 at 11:17 AM, hello spiral said:

deletisverysmart

you like, heh. say something withit so that mocking me actually counts, i dare yolL.

nwae, i've wasted enough time here this week, take care, and let not our differences over some graph chap that i don't even know very much about ruin future perfectly good watmming adventures chaps (and rixxx).

;-] :: [-;

Banksy only wears anime shirts.

  On 8/25/2015 at 11:52 AM, delet... said:

 

  On 8/25/2015 at 11:17 AM, hello spiral said:

deletisverysmart

you like, heh. say something withit so that mocking me actually counts, i dare yolL.

sorry, too smart for me to understand.

Explain.

  On 8/25/2015 at 10:13 AM, rixxx said:

he whines like a white male, ergo, he is probably a white male.

 

 

Its art for teens that think they are going against mummy and daddy.

 

 

Im all for art that's political, there's better artists and more interesting ways to do what he does.

He beat Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the whiny political art competition.

I get what you are saying delet, but I was thinking specifically of the sort of uncool teens that are goths/emos or whatever even though that scene isn't relevant (their parents are conservatives etc)

purposely political art of the kind he does is not even art in the full sense of the word, it's just graphical propaganda for whatever cause.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NG-MgHqEk

Cringetastic

If I have one more really bad day at school I might start feeling rebellious and go there and not tell my parents.

i'm not the biggest fan, neither do i hate his work BUT imo tbfh if some artist decide to produce a primarily politically oriented art then he/she should make it as easily and universally understandable as possible and that's something that banksy does. i mean either you'll do it or not. other story was shostakovich and his circumventions of stalin (and it was music, somethin much more abstract by nature).

It's like what Dave Grohl said about writing a chorus to a song.

"Make it a bumper sticker"

  On 8/27/2015 at 12:41 AM, Candiru said:

It's like what Dave Grohl said about writing a chorus to a song.

 

"Make it a bumper sticker"

Maybe that philosophy is why he makes such awful music.

lol Sleaford Mods are gonna play in Dismaland. kind of perfect, really.

Hey, there's some actual drama at dismaland.

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alestinian artist has been ejected from Banksy’s Dismaland theme park after he protested against the presence of Israeli artists.

Shadi Alzaqzouq was escorted out of the new “bemusement park” for placing a bed sheet over his work with the words “R.I.P. Gaza: Boycott Israel” written in coal and lying down “like a corpse” in front of his exhibition.

Dismaland organizers initially said they would remove the artists’ work, but later posted a sign next to his exhibition explaining Alzaqzouq’s reasons for covering his art and expressing hope a resolution could be found.

Banksy’s parody theme park opened on Saturday and offers a dark twist on Disneyland, replete with a Disney-style castle, a Jimmy Savile-inspired ‘Punch and Judy’ show and “entry level anarchism.”

Alzaqzouq said he was upset he hadn’t been informed three Israeli artists would also be displaying their work.

“I found out when arrived at the show that three Israeli artists were taking part, one of whom served in the IDF. I got upset that I hadn’t been informed and tried to complain to the organizers. I was told someone would meet with me, but after over an hour of waiting no one came to meet with me,” he told al-Araby al-Jadeed.

“I decided I had to protest in some way so I went and got a bed sheet from my hotel room and wrote ‘R.I.P Gaza: Boycott Israel’ on it in coal and hung it over my artwork and laid down like a corpse in front of my two paintings on display.”

Security guards approached Alzaqzouq half an hour later to investigate. The artist then spoke with Banksy’s manager Holly Cushing, who allegedly told him the protest was too “ugly” for the show.

Alzaqzouq claims Cushing told him to leave the theme park after talking with Banksy.

“I didn’t pull out of the show. I just wanted to send the message that I was protesting – but they didn’t like it and gave me the boot,” the artist said.

“I respect all that Banksy did, especially in Gaza. He was my hero for a long time and gave some hope to us. I just tried to send him a message – in a very Banksy kind of way – that I objected, and then I got kicked out. I am surprised,” he added.

Dismaland organizers have since placed a sign next to Alzaqzouq’s exhibition which states the park hopes to resolve the issue.

“The artist has decided to cover his work to protest being exhibited alongside artists from Israel. We are hoping to resolve the situation as soon as possible and apologize for any disappointment,” the display reads.

Described as a “festival of art,” Dismaland will open on Saturday and run for five weeks until September 27, from 11am until 11pm.

Visitors will take in the exhibition’s main attraction, a Disney-style castle, surrounded by palm trees, a carousel and other amusements for a £3 (US$4.67) entry fee.

Other attractions include a Jeffrey Archer Memorial Fire Pit and a sandcastle topped by a windmill and prancing horses made from steel poles.

It will include works by celebrated artists such as Damien Hirst, making it the biggest display of modern art ever seen in North Somerset, according to the exhibition website.

 

 

Source: RT

And the work in question.

https://twitter.com/Alexandre_Sim/status/393325763111686144/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

this is so dumb it even makes banksy look smart in comparison. i bet he hired the guy.

  On 8/27/2015 at 2:22 AM, drillkicker said:

 

  On 8/27/2015 at 12:41 AM, Candiru said:

It's like what Dave Grohl said about writing a chorus to a song.

 

"Make it a bumper sticker"

Maybe that philosophy is why he makes such awful music.

 

i doubt that his top priority was to make an immortal art

Political art shouldn't be a bumper sticker, bumper stickers are worthless.

  On 8/27/2015 at 8:47 AM, xox said:

 

  On 8/27/2015 at 2:22 AM, drillkicker said:

 

  On 8/27/2015 at 12:41 AM, Candiru said:

It's like what Dave Grohl said about writing a chorus to a song.

 

"Make it a bumper sticker"

Maybe that philosophy is why he makes such awful music.

 

i doubt that his top priority was to make an immortal art

 

pretty sure he thinks he does make that