Confirmed Banksy Margate - Valentine’s day mascara

[ABC]

It's one of the roughest roads around. That freezer is probably plumbed in and working by now

[Majestic]

Feb 14, 2023 0:14:06 GMT 1 Majestic said:

It will be a shame when the freezer is taken/stolen, the piece won't make much sense at all with just the feet hanging in mid air...

ANNNNDDD....its happened already.

Sad world we live in sometimes.

[ABC]

I looked for 10 seconds then left. Totally ruined now.

[Dice]

Council removed the freezer on health and safety grounds

[Minecrafter]

Feb 14, 2023 14:56:27 GMT 1 Dice said:

Council removed the freezer on health and safety grounds

Strange they didn't remove it before Banksy painted there. 

Sounds to me like Team Banksy dropped the fridge there just like the skip with the seagull. 

Really they should have painted it so the piece makes sense and not rely on garbage staying there.

Also, they changed their mind quick , going from anti-war and anti-violence to pro-murder. 

 

[ABC]



Feb 14, 2023 13:56:27 GMT Dice said:

Council removed the freezer on health and safety grounds

It's the quickest thanet district council have ever moved. It takes two weeks for them to empty overflowing bins but an hour or less to remove a freezer

Thats if it was them, a van and a couple of guys dressed in high viz picked it up...

[Dice]

Feb 14, 2023 15:17:49 GMT 1 ABC said:



Feb 14, 2023 13:56:27 GMT Dice said:

Council removed the freezer on health and safety grounds

It's the quickest thanet district council have ever moved. It takes two weeks for them to empty overflowing bins but an hour or less to remove a freezer

Thats if it was them, a van and a couple of guys dressed in high viz picked it up...

Yes they’re usually rubbish. theisleofthanetnews.com/2023/02/14/thanet-council-removes-chest-freezer-from-banksy-art-in-margate/

[marksta]

Why not protect it with some glass box and preserve it for the next generations to come? Just like we are now still enjoy the wall paitings in churches and the Vatican f.i?

[GraphicMaker]

Hard to make that work - the pattern following the body shape - it can often look worse than just dropping in the pattern. Then you can cut a stencil of little flowing lines - too much - so render it out like it is

[GraphicMaker]

flip ... that didn't take long 

[GraphicMaker]

 quickest they ever moved

[mojo]

Feb 14, 2023 13:06:47 GMT 1 Wendero said:

Like this, did you do it?  Is it a photo scanned through photoshop with effects added or did you stay up all night painting?  

[Londown 01]

... and i thought it is the new 100x100 HENI edition

[mojo]

Feb 14, 2023 14:08:37 GMT 1 ABC said:

Real.shame. all context lost

Artist needed in Margate to paint 3D Freezer on to wall.  Please bring three legged broken plastic chair, frying pan and a few beer bottles.  Call 0800BANKSY for more details. 

[Fluffy Pillow]

Feb 14, 2023 15:11:09 GMT 1 Minecrafter said:

Feb 14, 2023 14:56:27 GMT 1 Dice said:

Council removed the freezer on health and safety grounds

Strange they didn't remove it before Banksy painted there. 

Sounds to me like Team Banksy dropped the fridge there just like the skip with the seagull. 

Really they should have painted it so the piece makes sense and not rely on garbage staying there.

Also, they changed their mind quick , going from anti-war and anti-violence to pro-murder. 

 

Pro-murder? How about self-defense with a darker twist. If you can beat up on your partner surely you may take it a couple steps further. Don't think your partner isn't capable of the same.

[Londown 01]

I also thought something like that: it seems that they condone answering violence with violence. But then again, maybe we shouldn't take the message that literal

[Minecrafter]

Feb 14, 2023 16:36:27 GMT 1 Fluffy Pillow said:

Feb 14, 2023 15:11:09 GMT 1 Minecrafter said:

Strange they didn't remove it before Banksy painted there. 

Sounds to me like Team Banksy dropped the fridge there just like the skip with the seagull. 

Really they should have painted it so the piece makes sense and not rely on garbage staying there.

Also, they changed their mind quick , going from anti-war and anti-violence to pro-murder. 

 

Pro-murder? How about self-defense with a darker twist. If you can beat up on your partner surely you may take it a couple steps further. Don't think your partner isn't capable of the same.

If it would be self defense , she wouldn't be smiling and already stash him in the fridge, would she? 

[Wendero]

Feb 14, 2023 16:13:52 GMT 1 mojo said:

Feb 14, 2023 13:06:47 GMT 1 Wendero said:

Like this, did you do it?  Is it a photo scanned through photoshop with effects added or did you stay up all night painting?  

Nope 😅, it’s a real canvas made by a (local ?) artist.

[mojo]

Feb 14, 2023 16:44:28 GMT 1 Minecrafter said:

Feb 14, 2023 16:36:27 GMT 1 Fluffy Pillow said:

Pro-murder? How about self-defense with a darker twist. If you can beat up on your partner surely you may take it a couple steps further. Don't think your partner isn't capable of the same.

If it would be self defense , she wouldn't be smiling and already stash him in the fridge, would she? 

On average two women a week in the UK are murdered by either an ex or current partner.  Maybe they'd be smiling if they weren't dead?

[Georgie Poppit]

Maybe he’s in Margate for his next print release with Counter Editions.

[Dice]

Maybe he just went down for half term with his kids. Had fish and chips and played 2p push

[bookends]

A Banksy artwork that appeared in Margate has been dismantled by the local council hours after the elusive artist claimed the piece as his.

The mural shows a 1950s housewife with a swollen eye and missing tooth, apparently shutting a man in a freezer.

The piece - called "Valentine's day mascara" by Banksy - had also incorporated a broken freezer and other items, which were all later removed

[LonelyFarmer]

Feb 14, 2023 16:13:52 GMT 1 mojo said:

Feb 14, 2023 13:06:47 GMT 1 Wendero said:

Like this, did you do it?  Is it a photo scanned through photoshop with effects added or did you stay up all night painting?  

petethestreet.

[kjg]

Every year on 14 February, people all over the world come together in solidarity to raise awareness and show support for One Billion Rising. One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history. The campaign, which launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.

Onebillionrising.org

[Adam The Collector]

Feb 14, 2023 18:20:47 GMT 1 mono said:

Feb 14, 2023 13:06:47 GMT 1 Wendero said:

My wife's in the painting (far right). Sadly he wouldn't sell it, would've been a great Valentines gift.

Got down there fairly early before the crowds. Fantastic piece.

You just didn't offer enough

[ronanmc]

STP - So.... Is Martin Whatson a Graffiti Artist then? 

You best get onto Robbing Banks, and tell him to stop mis-appropriating other artists' works! 🤘💥🤘

[ABC]

theisleofthanetnews.com/2023/02/14/thanet-council-says-freezer-will-be-returned-to-site-of-banksy-art-work-in-margate/

"When made safe"...

[Majestic]

The bin actually suits it better 🤣

[┏( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)┛ EnS]

Feb 14, 2023 16:58:04 GMT 1 Georgie Poppit said:

Maybe he’s in Margate for his next print release with Counter Editions.

That's what I thought too... experts in pricey editions...

[Dutch Art Collector]

The bin is even better haha