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STYLE & CONTENT OR COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT, by numusic on Jun 3, 2006 14:31:13 GMT 1, As there seems to be a very diverse group of people with mixed opinions about the reasons for buying Banksy and other 'street artists', I thought this thread could be for any arguments/debates thrown up around the conflict between 'Commerial' & 'Artistic' considerations.
Reasons to be cheerful ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Banksy 1
Does he ever see himself becoming part of the art establishment? "I don't know. I wouldn't sell shit to Charles Saatchi. If I sell 55,000 books [he has published two, Existencilism and Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall] and however many screen prints, I don't need one man to tell me I'm an artist. It's hugely different if people buy it, rather than one fucking Tory punter does. No, I'd never knowingly sell anything to him.
Banksy 2
I ask him if you need to be nimble to be a good graffiti artist. "Yeah, it's all part of the job description. Any idiot can get caught. The art to it is not getting picked up for it, and that's the biggest buzz at the end of the day because you could stick all my shit in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on roller blades handing out vol-au-vents and it wouldn't be as exciting as it is when you go out and you paint something big where you shouldn't do. The feeling you get when you sit home on the sofa at the end of that, having a fag and thinking there's no way they're going to rumble me, it's amazing... better than sex, better than drugs, the buzz."
As there seems to be a very diverse group of people with mixed opinions about the reasons for buying Banksy and other 'street artists', I thought this thread could be for any arguments/debates thrown up around the conflict between 'Commerial' & 'Artistic' considerations. Reasons to be cheerful ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Banksy 1 Does he ever see himself becoming part of the art establishment? "I don't know. I wouldn't sell shit to Charles Saatchi. If I sell 55,000 books [he has published two, Existencilism and Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall] and however many screen prints, I don't need one man to tell me I'm an artist. It's hugely different if people buy it, rather than one fucking Tory punter does. No, I'd never knowingly sell anything to him. Banksy 2 I ask him if you need to be nimble to be a good graffiti artist. "Yeah, it's all part of the job description. Any idiot can get caught. The art to it is not getting picked up for it, and that's the biggest buzz at the end of the day because you could stick all my shit in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on roller blades handing out vol-au-vents and it wouldn't be as exciting as it is when you go out and you paint something big where you shouldn't do. The feeling you get when you sit home on the sofa at the end of that, having a fag and thinking there's no way they're going to rumble me, it's amazing... better than sex, better than drugs, the buzz." |
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STYLE & CONTENT OR COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT, by numusic on Jun 4, 2006 11:54:26 GMT 1, As there seems to be a very diverse group of people with mixed opinions about the reasons for buying Banksy and other 'street artists', I thought this thread could be for any arguments/debates thrown up around the conflict between 'Commerial' & 'Artistic' considerations. Reasons to be cheerful ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Banksy 1 Does he ever see himself becoming part of the art establishment? "I don't know. I wouldn't sell nuts to Charles Saatchi. If I sell 55,000 books [he has published two, Existencilism and Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall] and however many screen prints, I don't need one man to tell me I'm an artist. It's hugely different if people buy it, rather than one f**king Tory punter does. No, I'd never knowingly sell anything to him. Banksy 2 I ask him if you need to be nimble to be a good graffiti artist. "Yeah, it's all part of the job description. Any idiot can get caught. The art to it is not getting picked up for it, and that's the biggest buzz at the end of the day because you could stick all my nuts in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on roller blades handing out vol-au-vents and it wouldn't be as exciting as it is when you go out and you paint something big where you shouldn't do. The feeling you get when you sit home on the sofa at the end of that, having a fag and thinking there's no way they're going to rumble me, it's amazing... better than sex, better than drugs, the buzz."
Let's go in this thread Punkdaisy ;-) a kind of 'outside now' room for arguments !
As there seems to be a very diverse group of people with mixed opinions about the reasons for buying Banksy and other 'street artists', I thought this thread could be for any arguments/debates thrown up around the conflict between 'Commerial' & 'Artistic' considerations. Reasons to be cheerful ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Banksy 1 Does he ever see himself becoming part of the art establishment? "I don't know. I wouldn't sell nuts to Charles Saatchi. If I sell 55,000 books [he has published two, Existencilism and Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall] and however many screen prints, I don't need one man to tell me I'm an artist. It's hugely different if people buy it, rather than one f**king Tory punter does. No, I'd never knowingly sell anything to him. Banksy 2 I ask him if you need to be nimble to be a good graffiti artist. "Yeah, it's all part of the job description. Any idiot can get caught. The art to it is not getting picked up for it, and that's the biggest buzz at the end of the day because you could stick all my nuts in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on roller blades handing out vol-au-vents and it wouldn't be as exciting as it is when you go out and you paint something big where you shouldn't do. The feeling you get when you sit home on the sofa at the end of that, having a fag and thinking there's no way they're going to rumble me, it's amazing... better than sex, better than drugs, the buzz." Let's go in this thread Punkdaisy ;-) a kind of 'outside now' room for arguments ! |
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