Banksy - Occupy London

[stillborncrisps]

and he works at POW.

[otomi]

it kinda misses the point as the bankers are doing well but everyone else is struggling
or is that a banker asking for a bail-out

[digitalkid]

Oct 25, 2011 18:18:41 GMT 1 alexnh123 said:

looks a bit too whack - a bit blue peter

Totally agree - this is very high school GSCE level..

On another note I hope the Banksy Xmas print is the Tox image!

[fingerz]

mau mau say's it better

[saint]

Good old Mau.

[stillborncrisps]

Oct 25, 2011 23:33:06 GMT 1 otomi said:

it kinda misses the point as the bankers are doing well but everyone else is struggling
or is that a banker asking for a bail-out

Yeah, I think it's more referencing the government's £850bn (so far) bailout for UK banks.

It's not up to his usual standard, but nowhere near as low as that phone tap thing.

[Prescription Art]

Zeus' response to Banksy's Streetopoly 'tribute'

ha

so its confirmed as Banksy ? thats kinda disappointing for me

[johnnyh]

Well if it is real it's still crap and the Zeus card is now the only thing good about it !!!!!

So fair play to him

Bet this or at least parts of it will not last the night, and will be on ebay over the weekend,
so dont miss out and grab yourself a bargain , ishall post a link once i have it ;D

Lol the little green house says "Banksy is the 1%"

He probably has a few bucks, but i dont think hes up in that 1% quite yet!!!

[johnnyh]

Lol - Doubt it you will never guess which one of the 100 Banksy monopoly boards on EB is the real one.

[alexnh123]

call me cynical (cynical, there you are i've done it for you) but i can't take any artist seriously who waits, poised and ready for a suitable newsworthy event to take place onto which they can piggy back and offload their insincere artwork. (eg mysterious al winehouse fiasco) Banksy no doubt lives the life of a banker, there is no sincerity in anything he's doing like this (perhaps why he hasn't got time to make a good job of it, or delegate succesfully, albeit in a rush, as this clearly was (pr targets for the month etc). Hypocrit. This is self promotion disguised as caring. By laying these objectives out so clearly you are subscribing to a capatalist lifestyle yourself.

[johnnyh]

Not calling you cynical just daft. Most people do subscribe to a capitalist life style. In fact most of the world do now including most the technically communist countries.

Now I think the Banksy thing and I still doubt it's him is crap. Of course he makes a load of money and in most cases that does change things that's life. That does not mean he is not sincere nor does it mean he does not care etc. But and it is a big but!!!!

[fredquimbyfan]

I hear at least one of the pieces has gone missing...

[fragile]

Nov 3, 2011 8:26:32 GMT 1 fredquimbyfan said:

I hear at least one of the pieces has gone missing...

A few pieces have gone now.

The car was nicked at the weekend and someone took the 'TOX' Hotel piece a couple of days back.

[fredquimbyfan]

It's amazing the floorboard is still there - I guess it's too heavy and awkward to hide under a jacket!

[UmBongo]

Nov 3, 2011 10:53:51 GMT 1 fragile said:

someone took the 'TOX' Hotel piece a couple of days back.

Damn, I knew I should've gone and nabbed that over that weekend

[fragile]

Nov 3, 2011 13:46:34 GMT 1 UmBongo said:

Nov 3, 2011 10:53:51 GMT 1 fragile said:

someone took the 'TOX' Hotel piece a couple of days back.

Damn, I knew I should've gone and nabbed that over that weekend

[fredquimbyfan]

It's cool that people have added their own messages to the piece - it's always nice when art has a message and is directly interactive - particularly at a demonstration such as this one.

Nov 1, 2011 16:57:41 GMT 1 alexnh123 said:

call me cynical (cynical, there you are i've done it for you) but i can't take any artist seriously who waits, poised and ready for a suitable newsworthy event to take place onto which they can piggy back and offload their insincere artwork. (eg mysterious al winehouse fiasco) Banksy no doubt lives the life of a banker, there is no sincerity in anything he's doing like this (perhaps why he hasn't got time to make a good job of it, or delegate succesfully, albeit in a rush, as this clearly was (pr targets for the month etc). Hypocrit. This is self promotion disguised as caring. By laying these objectives out so clearly you are subscribing to a capatalist lifestyle yourself.

alex - constructive cynicism can be a healthy thing - it's always good to keep questioning motives and our environments... can help keep things in balance and moving -can also sometimes digress it...

the voices of creative artists are important in society (art is their special gift to share - be it illustrative, music etc.)- it can help unify and communicate what the collective people may be thinking, educate and/or expand/calm minds- (i'm no artist nor student of art, so others may articulate the sentiment better?)... in this case i think the choice of "monopoly w/ the banker begging" was quite brilliant as a pulic art communication about a significant event which took place in our global financial system (just my interp - don't know what the artist was actually thinking - but i did grow up playing monopoly regularly, so i can see an analogy)... the artist hit the nail on the head, imo... unfortunately, the business of art seems to confuse or silo the thinking of many (including cynicists) in this scene (e.g. buying/selling, flipping and print volume etc.........) - despite this, proper art in society is no less important - good of this artist to do this... and if it was banksy- not surprising - he has remained one of the purest when it comes to political public art gifts to society, imho...

(actually hung out with a bunch of so called "bankers" this weekend who have no insight into this scene or banksy and showed them an online pic of the piece - it caused loud laughter and an approx 3hr conversation/debate/insult session - it turned drunken, lol... those are the pieces of public art i enjoy the most... come to think of it, the name of the artist who did it never even came into the conversation... i'll have to sort that out and ensure they know it was banksy (if it was) - cuz those bankers are minted - and that could help my banksy print go up in value later, if they start buying, lol... )

separately, capitalism is not at all a bad thing (not even for artists) - gotta earn to sustain (e.g. food, shelter - and luxuries [there i said it!])... seeking opportunity is not a bad thing either - as long as you're not trying to evily hurt some one... that's the conundrum with this whole thing - there is absolutely nothing wrong with trying to do your best and being rewarded for success (that's how progress in society is made?)...

[forbiddenlove]

i liked this piece

[slap]

Me too

[fragile]

The City of London Corporation has attached eviction notices to tents on the public highway close to St Paul's Cathedral.

[fredquimbyfan]

Some interesting opinions there Boatyyy

Such bandwagon throw away tat from Banksy this was, only just scraping 2 pages here, and all negative.

Has anyone bought that MauMau piece, was it for sale?

[ricobenfico]

Oct 28, 2011 12:06:07 GMT 1 @hunter007 said:

Bet this or at least parts of it will not last the night, and will be on ebay over the weekend,
so dont miss out and grab yourself a bargain , ishall post a link once i have it ;D

^ Not unless I beat you to it!

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270856623651?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Arsehole!

[lock]

just found this clip on youtube with one of the guys who put the occupy piece outside st pauls called david saying that he put it there for his friend banksy....