Banksy Street Art • Tesco Generation

[cityman]

The Accordian pic - who did the Chaplin figures below? And why?

[thinkbank]

i know where an untouched banksy street piece, had totally forgot about it until i walked past it there othere day. its not that easy to spot so hopefully it will stay there.

[gozgoz]

theres an untouched one at clerkenwell which i walk past everyday.

reckon its untouched cos its on the walls of a post office thats why.

[Jef Aerosol]

The Chaplin figures are by Defy and the Brigitte Bardot is by his wife Diva... They got to know my work thru myspace and got in touch with me. Defy's daughter Rosie was writting a thesis about french street art, so she wanted to interview me. Then, They accomodated me when I was in London for my show and they are the ones who took me to that billboard, not far from their place, where we stencilled together. We then went to Linden Alley (Chiswick) where I painted my Nick Drake, just below Pete Blake's windows (this is what Defy told me)
Here's Defy's myspace :
www.myspace.com/rebelnottaken

[gtf]

jefaerosol said:

Only what we display in galleries should be "buyable", the street is free art for all... Once for all, let's make it clear that street paintings have no money value ! If we ALL agree on that, we'll save the spirit of that street art we love so much !

Exactly!

Will banksy keep on doing street work if it is immediately covered up then removed and sold to some collector???

Surely this is against the whole ethos of street art. Getting buffed, tagged on, pasted over, weathered is all part and parcel of putting art on the street. Getting sold to whoever comes along with a large enough wedge of cash or stolen is not.

[Jef Aerosol]

My friend Defy has just stent me an email telling me that my nick Drake on Linden passage, off Chiswick rd, had just been boarded up, maybe nicked too, like the accordion player... anybody been around there lately (any pic ?)

[Jef Aerosol]

My friend Defy has just stent me an email telling me that my nick Drake on Linden passage, off Chiswick rd, had just been boarded up, maybe nicked too, like the accordion player... anybody been around there lately (any pic ?)

[Oliver Garland]

I can go check sometime jef, i live in Acton have yet to seen one of yours round here, will look forwards to seeing it.

[James Smith 77]

This whole thing really sucks man. Makes me want to cry

[Gurn]

Once again Jef,we have a situation where one persons greed in taking your piece(s) is detrimental to the pleasure to be had in stumbling across great art on the street.The people that buy these items are as bad as those that take and sell them.It also now stifles the freedom of the artist to express him/herself.We all know that much thought is taken about placement of works but if the artist is restricted to hitting up large immoveable objects then the free/punk spirit that Jef enjoys is lost.

[top]

..we need a whole host of fakes (good ones tho..so as to fool the bastards completely!)........

[dotdot]

tidy

and visible

hope it lasts

..

www.flickr.com/photos/8603327@N06/2333145905/in/pool-banksy/

[Jef Aerosol]

Dotdot; I've just had a look at the photo your link leads to :
sad and ridiculous !
I'd rather see a street piece buffed or cleaned off than protected with plexiglass !

[Martin Whatson]

Much can be solved just by painting over the Tesco bag!! :S
Sad to hear your stuff has fallen under this trend aswell Jef. But then again. Its a bit cool that someone wants to go to all that stress to get one of your pieces from the streets!

[Jef Aerosol]

well, I don't see it as being cool at all ! If that person liked my stuff, he wouldn't have taken it from the street !
People who take stuff from the street don't like art, they like money...
So, I guess that person might have thought those pieces were by Banksy...
You can't be a fan and steal stuff from the street !
I'd rather people bought my prints (if they can't afford the canvases, the wake up print is only 50 pounds and the sitting kid is only 80 !) than take stuff from the street...
I have a lot of fans here in france who never buy art but take millions of photos, post them on the web, get in touch with me, come to the shows, share with others : I like this much better !

[Martin Whatson]

I guess I have to agree with you there mate!
Just keep up the streetworks!!
They look great!

[Jef Aerosol]

thanks Martin ! Same to you : keep up the great work. I'm a fan !

[Daz]

Sorry if this has been posted before(if so i cant find it)
The perspex sheets have now been removed and the wall is now painted in an awfull brown coulour.
What is going on ?

[cashman]

daryl said:

Sorry if this has been posted before(if so i cant find it)
The perspex sheets have now been removed and the wall is now painted in an awfull brown coulour.
What is going on ?

Probably a special paint that can be removed by a restorer in the future...its the last we'll see of that

[Daz]

it now looks shit, i don't know why they removed the perspex though ! will it get trashed like all the others within a couple of days?

[Heavyconsumer]

maybe it's part of the preperation for removing the section of wall and it protects the image beneath.... No idea

[Daz]

maybe mr roller man will turn up tomorrow

[Daz]

the shite brown stuff is all over the wall but not the image

[Daz]

Romany, can you post some pics please ?

[Martin Whatson]

flickr.com/photos/mattsays/2361114241/
is this it??

[aspyhole]

I'm thinking they have put that stuff on which lets them peel it off after a few days/weeks...

i.e. some has bought it!!!

[matbat]

should peel off really easily eh!

[Copyright]

i watched this dude paint boat varnish all over the wall.
it now has a rather nasty orange stain.
Guess they got stained varnish by mistake?
At least they got rid of the perspex.
I dont know if its an effort to protect it or a method of removing it.

[jh153]

perhaps its some kind of masking fluid.

[Copyright]

no definitly boat varnish i saw the tins.