[finsburyparkranger]

Please include pics of STREET pieces by the artists below ......

Fairey


Banksy


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[romanywg]

Fairey


Any idea where and when this was done? Beautiful.

[finsburyparkranger]

Nope, I found them all on photobucket.com .

[Coach]

fpr - thanks for sharing the fairey street piece - looks huge annd amazing - one of the best i've ever seen! whilst ive not liked a few of his, most of his stuff is the nuts imo.

[bonesy]

romanywg said:

Fairey


Any idea where and when this was done? Beautiful.

Its from 2007 and actually looks like its inside a warehouse so I gotta guess Spring Street.

[romanywg]

Thanks for that bonesy, it was Spring Street. Here are some other great pics of the walls there.
gothamist.com/2006/12/15/11_spring_stree_2.php

[uksnowman]

cracking picks fpr. Fairey has some serious talent, but I've not been too taken by his prints (although I haven't seen too many).

Does anyone have any of his framed work they can share or link to?

[meatbag]

Fairey's murals are stunning but his individual prints/og's are just too repetitive for my likes. I've love to see him venture outside his norm.

[bonesy]

uksnowman said:

cracking picks fpr. Fairey has some serious talent, but I've not been too taken by his prints (although I haven't seen too many).

Does anyone have any of his framed work they can share or link to?

A couple of my prizes

[Johnston America]

very nice bonesy

[bobbymeachamjr]

Is it just me or is obeys street work just too "clean" - they almost look out of place in the dirty street setting. Check out the bomb girl. To me creating something on a computer and then distressing it doesnt make it "street". No rawness...

[manchestermike]

Fillet steak vs stewing meat imo

[bobbymeachamjr]

manchestermike said:

Fillet steak vs stewing meat imo

lol good one

[endtimes]

I've always liked Banksy better because Fairey's 'prints' have been way too graphic to me and a little heavy handed with the politics. I love Banksy because of the humour and cynicism found in his work. But I have to say after looking at the photos posted above, I think Fairey's work looks way more at home on the streets. The first one "peace" especially is great and great placement, the mural from spring street is also truly impressive. But for some reason I just have no desire to have his prints hanging on my wall—while I do enjoy Banksy on my wall. ...not sure what to think now but based just on the pics I'm voting for Fairey, which surprises me...

[finsburyparkranger]

It will be interesting to see how this poll fairs after America has woken up. Seems like Fairey is catching up.

[wlsp4657]

So the question is Who has improved the streets best?

I choose Shep because of the magnitude of his campaign. Banky's work may be more appealing and each individual piece may be more interesting but Shep has been all over the world and has crushed every place he has been. It was a close call but I have to go with Shep as a testament to his devotion to hitting the streets hard for as long as he has.

[romanywg]

Hey Rattus is that your graf' I took some photos of in Kensington the other day?

[ptron]

Having been born in LA and lived here my entire life you'd think I'd be a huge Shep fan, but it just doesn't do it for me. Maybe some Shep fans can enlighten me, but I see a lot of exploitation of his subjects, and really have trouble with selling T-shirts for the revolution in Nordstroms.

[A.R.T.]

Obey in San Francisco
There is no way Shep is gonna beat Banksy in this poll, I mean c'mon THIS IS a Banksy fan board

[doughy]

IF you take it that their own styles are quite different, and you will like/dislike them for quite different reasons, then personally not a close comparison is to be made. Both are talented as how they convey their messages across.

Score Draw.

[rob123rob]

I keep on saying it, but that darned Cat & Rat thing makes me sooo happy, I feel like a loon