Banksy Crude Oils - Video

[KaL976]

The original story is that he got into stencils because he couldn't paint trains fast enough, rather than he couldn't 'paint' period

I forget which of the little books the story is in.

edit - missed your post, How

[Daniel Silk]

kal976 said:

The original story is that he got into stencils because he couldn't paint trains fast enough, rather than he couldn't 'paint' period

I forget which of the little books the story is in.

edit - missed your post, How

He says about it in the interview for the Culture Show. its the first video at the foot of the front page of this forum ;D

[Daniel Silk]

Sorry here is a direct link to the video -



;D

[daz205]

i was only kidding about not wanting it if it doesnt increase in value i love the crude oil paintings

[LoveRat]

rattusamorus said:

thwaites said:

As far as i know they were all genuine paintings that he "vandalised"

Banksy vandalised Nighthawks???

Or is the point that he "interpreted" the original and then vandalised that? I dunno, I'm asking.

No , he didn't vandalise Nighthawks. Some of the Crude Oils were reinterperations of well known paintings, others were "vandalised" paintings.They were just flea market paintings to which he added his own touches. For example:www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/guantanemo.html

[Ågent ßacardi]

rattusamorus said:

Thanks Loverat.

The interpretation ones are pretty damn good, take a ganders at the re-work of Monet's The Japanese Bridge

I agree - my favorite 'remix' is that one of Monet's "Water Lily Pond". Vettriano's "Singing Butler" comes a close second

[sputnikeye]

Asger Jørn did it too in the 60's. It's a classic situationist statement of detournement

[numusic]

sputnikeye said:

Asger Jørn did it too in the 60's. It's a classic situationist statement of detournement

ha, one of the best sentences I've read on here ! we'll be taking about Guy Debord and Giles Deleuze beforfe you know it ! 1 gold star for you ;D

[RetroCanvas]

Hi All, particularly moderators,

Wast just going through all the original canvases and noticed that you have got all the Crude Oils paintings apart from the really small one of the bloke with an egg on his face. How could you miss it :-)

Also, I know this is petty, but you have named the 'Tomato Soup' canvas 'Tomato Sauce' in the Originals section ;-)

Youo could have a, 'Whats Wrong With Us' thread like they do in magazines. People can point out where you've gone wrong, tut.

[matilda]

they sure got egg on THIER faces! You told them!
Your last sentance starts with a typo, not that I mind (being a confirmed dyslexic) but you might like to know:)

[numusic]

Retro, can you imagine a thread called 'What's wrong with us' , they'd need a massive server for each member alone ! the 'I'm mad me I am thread' :-) can weed make you see things in the white bits of the computer screen or is my screen really crawling with bugs ? :-)

[mido]

That was placed there by Mr.Eggs...

and then kept up ;D

retrocanvas said:

Hi All, particularly moderators,

Wast just going through all the original canvases and noticed that you have got all the Crude Oils paintings apart from the really small one of the bloke with an egg on his face. How could you miss it :-)

[monochrome]

i love the fact that they kept it up and gave it a name tag etc.

good work to mr eggs and good work to banksy's people for letting it stay.

[RetroCanvas]

He pulled a 'Banksy' at a Banksy exhibition :-)

I didn't know it was Mr Eggs, quality.

In that case, there's no need to put it up on the site. If someone does want to see a pic of it, I do have one on pc. Let me know and i'll post it on here.

retro

[policeaware]

Fantastic

I'd like a look Retro, thanks

[monochrome]

here's a link for you to mull over..

www.mreggs.com/site/news_2005_11_banksy_hit.asp

[monochrome]

[RetroCanvas]

Cheers Mono,

What a great story,

I'm easily pleased I guess.

I wonder what happened to it?

Anyone know?

[policeaware]

Lol...

Cheers Mono

[gm]

numusic said:

can weed make you see things in the white bits of the computer screen or is my screen really crawling with bugs ? :-)

It really is bugs Run Away! Run Away!

[numusic]

gm said:

numusic said:

can weed make you see things in the white bits of the computer screen or is my screen really crawling with bugs ? :-)

It really is bugs Run Away! Run Away!

lol now had I received that last night would have been worried ;-)

[tool]

Would anyone be able to clarify for me how Banksy actually did some of the paintings in Crude Oils? I'm assuming the Waterlillies is a print of Monet's original that's been painted over. Or did Banksy actually copy it himself? Similarly, are the works like Crimewatch, hung in the Tate copies or originals?
This could sound like a bit of an obvious question but I need it clarrified for my dissertation!

Thanks guys, any help much appriciated.

[manchestermike]

Don't quote me, but I imagine they are reproductions of the originals on canvas which he then bought and vandalised.

[gbh]

I believe they are bastardised repros

don't quote

[Ågent ßacardi]

For a lot of the vandalized paintings, the originals were simply essentially-unknown works purchased from flea markets and then 'updated', such as "CCTV" or the one with the Guantanamo Bay Prisoner. For the 'remixed classics' however, I think he did the repros himself (as opposed to getting a repro that was exactly like the original work and then bastardizing it). If you look at "Crude Oils", the general color tones are very different from the Vettriano original. Couldn't have been a repro to begin with, 'cos if it was, then the repro would have remained as true to the original image in these aspects to begin with (otherwise it wouldn't be called a 'repro'), and the result would have appeared a lot gloomier. Thus, the whole thing was probably been painted from scratch, presumably by Banksy. Same goes for "Show me the Monet", the color tones are quite different from Monet's original, so it was probably not 'vandalized' but instead composed from scratch. Ditto for "Sunflowers from the Gas Station".

So I think the best answer to your question is "some he did from scratch, some he 'vandalized'". At least, judging from the products, this conclusion would seem most intuitive. An educated guess, anyway The only sure way to find out would be to examine the actual paintings, but they're obviously very much inaccessible.

[rickyc]

snig-gering...

had to think twice as to why it was blocked...

they think of everything here...

[benya]

if you went to the crude oils show or can find a pic of it Im pretty sure all the paintings on the left as you go in were from scratch.............

Does this help???

Show me the monet, Sunflowers from the gas station, Kate etc

[tool]

Thanks very much guys/girls.
Never went to Crude Oils and its difficult to tell from pics on the net what's what!

[lesroy]

Hey guys,

Just seen this on eBay.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=013&item=230007643290&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3APIC&rd=1

I know its not genuine, and it doesn't claim to be. However, the Banksy Crude Oil is one of favourite pieces and I can only assume that I'll never be able to have a copy as he only did one ?

Anyway, I really fancy this as I love the image but I dont really wanna buy a rip off of Banksy... is it likely that he will ever release this picture for sale?

[neverumind]

it was sold at the show ...

the 1st piece to be sold i think