Banksy Gorilla Print Release - POW

[PRO]

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Yo saw this on my way to work early this morning excuse the pictures only had a crapy cam phone with me.. its about 5mis from Shorditch opposite 24 hour mcdonalds i dont know the area to well so dont ask exact place its next to a loyds bank if that helps.. if anyone knows where iam on about maybe you could get some better pictures when the sun comes out....

[morrissey1]

how do you know it's banksy......I dont know about this one....if it is his, it's definitely not his best

[PRO]

i dont know..

[jB]

i highly doubt it IMO

[PRO]

perhaps its a nick walker lol

[beau]

[matbat]

not banksy. although my trollies looks like its signed by a gorilla.

[Tyler Durden]

Walked past it this morning - not his best but the gorillas are spot on in terms of Banksy, as are the feet.

[snakes]

Its pretty amusing. I like

[Macdeee]

No way is that a Banksy.

[doublehelix]

Whoever did it, I think it's hilarious! I'd love a Laugh Now grey alien on my wall!

[PRO]

maybe its ment to mean the monkeys are now in charge... you know of the gorilla street art seen.. and the alien represents evolution.... it looks like the gorillas were just finnishing the stencil. did any one catch the ''i'll be on ebay'' not in the photo.... maybe tyler durden can give us exact location.

[PRO]

laugh now but one day i'll be on ebay...

[romanywg]

If it's not Banksy it's bloody good anyway.

[dealersam]

if it was a banksy it would have been in the news already - his PR people see to that now!

[cpo]

I like it no matter who it is.... but whoever brought up the feet thing is right.. lol..

[Tyler Durden]

That would be me. Also the bit you can't see is although the alien's placard says 'laugh now but one day' there's a follow up to this in the bottom right that says 'i'll be on ebay'. The level of detail in the gorillas, the positioning, the feet, the bravado of doing this in plain view of the 24 hour Mac Donalds, and the poking fun message all make me think it's Mr B. There's nothing else in the area like this apart from some fading tags done ages ago so I'm willing to entertain that it's him. I'll try and get some clearer photos later.

[trowel]

As you say Tyler, the feet and also the placard straps make me think it's kosher. Anyone any ideas what the stencil the monkeys are finishing the piece off with might be?

[mammal2]

Ill eat my hat if its Banksy

[Tyler Durden]

The alien is floating in a box. The gorillas are spraying on the box. Now I've zoomed in on the pic I have, the lettering's crisp and someone's put effort into this. There were some tags underneath which someone's taken the time to paint over first before putting this up. It's just below par in my opinion compared with some of his other work of late. My initial thoughts were that it was Banksy but I didn't exactly jump for joy when I saw it, if you know what I mean.

[spirit]

I like it too. And I think the humour element is definitely very Banksy "Laugh now but one day I'll be on ebay" - classic!. However I think this is probably not by Banksy but part of the gag is that it's supposed to look like it is.

[cashman]

Apr 18, 2008 14:02:48 GMT 1 @mammal2 said:

Ill eat my hat if its Banksy

Ive only got about 2 mouth fulls to go

[Tyler Durden]

The gorilla with the pink masquerade mask popped relatively recently.. Agreeably the level of detail is less, but hey, who knows? I guess if it pops up on AOTS or his own site but otherwise I don't know for sure.

[robinbanks]

Not good enough to be a Banksy IMO

[arcam]

Apr 18, 2008 14:14:57 GMT 1 robinbanks said:

Not good enough to be a Banksy IMO

I agree.

[mammal2]

Can anyone upload a decent pic?

[yapsey]

look at the feet..........

[cashman]

If it is by him im dissapointed he's gone from a piece the size of a house which must have took a team of organisers to help out..

......To knocking this up


Its ace but deffinatly no Banksy

[slacker]

Apr 18, 2008 13:26:21 GMT 1 dealersam said:

if it was a banksy it would have been in the news already - his PR people see to that now!

do they? almost every month something appears on his web site which nobody has attributed to him before that.

[cashman]

Apr 18, 2008 15:05:58 GMT 1 slacker said:

Apr 18, 2008 13:26:21 GMT 1 dealersam said:

if it was a banksy it would have been in the news already - his PR people see to that now!

do they? almost every month something appears on his web site which nobody has attributed to him before that.

like what ?