[Fast Eddie]

I wonder whether the Urban Art Association should not start a GoFundMe to put together a scholarship, to fund a Banksy catalogue raisonné. I am pretty sure some art scholars/PhD students could be interested.

There are a ton of bad books on Banksy (some of them by Banksy), and it'd be great to have a shared reference, rather than relying on random posts by the odd forum member recalling a drunken night at the Dragon Bar...

[noraml]

I wonder if Banksy would be fond of that idea.

I would appreciate someone who knows who to write a proper story and isn’t just out to suckle Banksy’s teet till the money runs dry.

I guess that makes almost anyone a step up from Lazarides.

[LJCal]

It wouldn’t take too much to pull together a catalogue of all his prints and multiples, I’m sure between the board members that could be done. Originals and street pieces would take some research and funding

[Winter]

Seen so many weird and wonderful variations of his prints over the years I reckon it would be significantly more difficult than people think.

[Fast Eddie]

Exactly. Something to establish both canon and context. Not to sell art books to put on a coffee table. There is plenty of that fireplace fodder.

[silvermyn]

Jan 30, 2021 18:44:01 GMT 1 Winter said:

Seen so many weird and wonderful variations of his prints over the years I reckon it would be significantly more difficult than people think.

Spot on Winter. I'm aware of at least one variation within a main edition, never mind all the variations in the APs.

[Ruggs]

I’d be very surprised if Banksy/POW/Lazarides/Pest Control haven’t cataloged his entire works since 2000. Failing self-publishing I imagine publishers like Taschen and Phaidon would be top of the list for producing a catalogue raisonné.

[kfroms]

There are CR’s of Warhol, Picasso and da Vinci who have churned out masses or art for decades - for sure it would be possible to put one together for Banksy but I guess you’d need the support of his team.

[coller]

Someone on here put together a PDF of all the print runs a while back. It was largely complete through BOTI.

[lv90210]

An unofficial one is already being worked on, that boat has sailed.

I’ve seen some of the content, it’s outstanding.

[neworder27red]

Any idea when it will be released?

[Sundowner]

Agree with Winter - a comprehensive Catalogue Raisonné will be almost impossible to produce unless you worked at PYMCA/PoW from its inception.

[LJCal]

Jan 30, 2021 22:05:43 GMT 1 Sundowner said:

Agree with Winter - a comprehensive Catalogue Raisonné will be almost impossible to produce unless you worked at PYMCA/PoW from its inception.

Agreed, commissions and works not exhibited would be very difficult to track down for an outsider, it could take months/years of research for info POW/PC could pull up in minutes 

[mojo]

Jan 30, 2021 22:05:43 GMT 1 Sundowner said:

Agree with Winter - a comprehensive Catalogue Raisonné will be almost impossible to produce unless you worked at PYMCA/PoW from its inception.

Agree, unless it was done with the artists involvement and participation it would likely end up a glossy coffee table book of photographs resembling an auction catalogue focused mainly on price with empty speculative descriptions of the work.  Perhaps the ramblings and memoirs after a night out at the Dragon Bar would be preferable, particularly if the artist themselves threw in a few tales and had creative control?