[S.A.S]

So what do we all think of the new piece of Banksy.?

[S.A.S]

Les miserable I believe.

[FЯ]

Jan 24, 2016 21:48:06 GMT 1 S.A.S said:

So what do we all think of the new piece of Banksy.?

Meh. A multi millionaire spraypainting a wall in a mega rich city about refugees in france.

Cool.

[doyle]

I'm nearby so going to have a look now

[Dibbs 45]

That won't be there long. Shame I can't get up there now to get a photo

[Dr Plip]

Jan 24, 2016 21:53:17 GMT 1 FЯ said:

Jan 24, 2016 21:48:06 GMT 1 S.A.S said:

So what do we all think of the new piece of Banksy.?

Meh. A multi millionaire spraypainting a wall in a mega rich city about refugees in france.

Cool.

Meh. If it educates just one person or gets a few talking about the situation. Banksy is still cool innit? So the public will see "New Banksy" on their iThing, click on it and then BAM! Learnin'. Education by stealth.

[Dr Plip]

Jan 24, 2016 21:48:06 GMT 1 S.A.S said:

So what do we all think of the new piece of Banksy.?

The French authorities will feel so conflicted about this.

"We liked the Banksys last month, but this one seems to be criticizing us? WTF? Do we scrub this or protect it?"

[Coach]

Said my piece here

urbanartassociation.com/thread/135275/new-banksy-calais?page=8#post-1457118

[Coach]

Jan 24, 2016 22:09:52 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Jan 24, 2016 21:48:06 GMT 1 S.A.S said:

So what do we all think of the new piece of Banksy.?

The French authorities will feel so conflicted about this.

"We liked the Banksys last month, but this one seems to be criticizing us? WTF? Do we scrub this or protect it?"

I understand that it's not actually on their wall.

[Dr Plip]

Jan 24, 2016 22:12:58 GMT 1 Coach said:

Jan 24, 2016 22:09:52 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

The French authorities will feel so conflicted about this.

"We liked the Banksys last month, but this one seems to be criticizing us? WTF? Do we scrub this or protect it?"

I understand that it's not actually on their wall.

Oh, fair enough.

[Hubble Bubble]

Technically interesting, otherwise ... meh.

[doyle]

So far still intact. Lovely to meet those there taking far more better pictures than myself.

http://instagram.com/p/BA7-0DKHPxZ

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Jan 24, 2016 22:42:53 GMT 1 doyle said:

So far still intact. Lovely to meet those there taking far more better pictures than myself.

http://instagr.am/p/BA7-0DKHPxZ

100% Banksy. Loads of CCTV. Good luck to attempts to rob that!!!

[slevin]

Achieved its purpose in highlighting something I wasnt aware of

[bone]

Jan 24, 2016 22:53:29 GMT 1 @banksynerd said:

Jan 24, 2016 22:42:53 GMT 1 doyle said:

So far still intact. Lovely to meet those there taking far more better pictures than myself.

http://instagr.am/p/BA7-0DKHPxZ

100% Banksy. Loads of CCTV. Good luck to attempts to rob that!!!

Iim suprised he was able to put it up without issue

[doyle]

bone totally agree loads of CCTV and literally on the main road. Need to be careful of the road crossing when taking pics! Awesome piece.

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Jan 24, 2016 22:08:20 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Jan 24, 2016 21:53:17 GMT 1 FЯ said:

Meh. A multi millionaire spraypainting a wall in a mega rich city about refugees in france.

Cool.

Meh. If it educates just one person or gets a few talking about the situation. Banksy is still cool innit? So the public will see "New Banksy" on their iThing, click on it and then BAM! Learnin'. Education by stealth.

In an ideal world.

Lets hope people google Calais Jungle not Calais Banksy.

There is a big difference in the search results if doing an image search.

[Hubble Bubble]

Jan 24, 2016 22:22:03 GMT 1 Hubble Bubble said:

Technically interesting, otherwise ... meh.

I take it back.

Since I saw it - it's made me think.

Not sure it's changed my mind on anything but I'm thinking!

And surely that's the purpose of art.

Nicely done, artist.

[Coach]

Jan 24, 2016 22:56:09 GMT 1 slevin said:

Achieved its purpose in highlighting something I wasnt aware of

Yes, same here.

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Jan 24, 2016 22:09:52 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Jan 24, 2016 21:48:06 GMT 1 S.A.S said:

So what do we all think of the new piece of Banksy.?

The French authorities will feel so conflicted about this.

"We liked the Banksys last month, but this one seems to be criticizing us? WTF? Do we scrub this or protect it?"

The French government deserves to be criticised for the situation in Calais and playing chess with the UK.

The reason the French police use tear gas so much is because the government refuses to allow enough police in Calais to be able to deal with things properly. The police are very few compared to the migrants and use tear gas to prevent being attacked and things getting out of hand.

Plus the Gendarmes are recruited from the military and one thing is sure. If the French police tell you to move back or disperse. It's advisable to do that. They take no prisoners.

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Jan 24, 2016 23:02:59 GMT 1 bone said:

Jan 24, 2016 22:53:29 GMT 1 @banksynerd said:

100% Banksy. Loads of CCTV. Good luck to attempts to rob that!!!

Iim suprised he was able to put it up without issue

Scaffold team, big plastic non transparent sheeting to work behind, road work uniforms etc etc. Or just one guy with a cardboard stencil and a couple of spray cans.

Les Miserables "is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables

[jkrx]

Looks like it's the Pellini shop from Street View:

www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5022063,-0.1583496,3a,75y,151.6h,74.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saXEREricQMgSJ4TKcsz59g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[onetwothree]

On pure aethstetics.. fugly.

[jkrx]

Looks like I'm crap at posting links, copy and paste works though

[Deleted]

Love Jo.

Surprised me!.

[Wearology]

Does Banksy really need his PR Agent to announce to the world that he painted something on a piece of wood.  It wreaks of desperation and I find the image and the announcement a bit lame.  If it wasn't for his hired mouthpieces announcement I wouldn't believe that Banksy would have done this piece due to its lack of creativity and artistic merit.  Banksy is better than this and hopefully this is not the start of things to come
from his spin masters in 2016 !!!! 

[.dappy]

French Embassy on the left ... placement on the right

[Dr Plip]

Anyone considered that Jo might have "gone rogue" and started painting these herself?

[Coach]

Jan 24, 2016 23:53:37 GMT 1 Wearology said:

Does Banksy really need his PR Agent to announce to the world that he painted something on a piece of wood.  It wreaks of desperation and I find the image and the announcement a bit lame.  If it wasn't for his hired mouthpieces announcement I wouldn't believe that Banksy would have done this piece due to its lack of creativity and artistic merit.  Banksy is better than this and hopefully this is not the start of things to come
from his spin masters in 2016 !!!! 

I know I will come across as a fan boy, but personally I think this is a strong piece. It doesn't have the humour of most of his work. I see it as being quite an angry piece, and having now seen the camp at Calais come under such a ferocious attack, I'm not surprised.
The execution is good in my opinion. But the best thing about this piece, for me, is the audacity of the placement. That's what makes it a strong piece for me.

[Dr Plip]

Jan 25, 2016 0:30:36 GMT 1 Coach said:

Jan 24, 2016 23:53:37 GMT 1 Wearology said:

Does Banksy really need his PR Agent to announce to the world that he painted something on a piece of wood.  It wreaks of desperation and I find the image and the announcement a bit lame.  If it wasn't for his hired mouthpieces announcement I wouldn't believe that Banksy would have done this piece due to its lack of creativity and artistic merit.  Banksy is better than this and hopefully this is not the start of things to come
from his spin masters in 2016 !!!! 

I know I will come across as a fan boy, but personally I think this is a strong piece. It doesn't have the humour of most of his work. I see it as being quite an angry piece, and having now seen the camp at Calais come under such a ferocious attack, I'm not surprised.
The execution is good in my opinion. But the best thing about this piece, for me, is the audacity of the placement. That's what makes it a strong piece for me.

Funnily enough, I liked the image before I knew anything about the possible artist. I kinda thought it might be someone other than Banksy. Someone else putting out a good piece of work. It's not an investment, so I don't care who made it, the work speaks for itself.