[achtungbono]

sorry / posted before I saw his reply

RW - can you divulge the location?

Ive just got a new angle grinder and a LWB transit and can be down there in about half an hour

[Standard]

It looks like I was right, around the Beddington Lane area, thought it looked familiar, I used to work near by. Soon as I get the bug fixed in the morning I'm heading over to have a better look.

[romanywg]

It's at CR0 4XB Beddington Farm Road.

More on my flickr here www.flickr.com/photos/romanywg/sets/72157614670394607/

[wizzy]

Good pics Romany, Can we put a guard on it this time incase the same person who rubbished the other one (kid with ghetto blaster) is reading?.

[Martin DK]

Nice piece - I like it!

[nex]

it continues to amaze me how B comes out with piece after piece that's new and fresh - great great work

[dogzero]

I'm heading to Croydon as soon as I can - would hate to miss this one. Likea it very much.

Sept 20, 2009 11:00:24 GMT 1 @wizzy said:

Good pics Romany, Can we put a guard on it this time incase the same person who rubbished the other one (kid with ghetto blaster) is reading?.

[jh153]

Where exactly on the stretch of Beddington Farm Road is it situated?

[junta]

seeing the placement is between two huge adverts makes me love this piece even more

[romanywg]

Sept 20, 2009 15:25:23 GMT 1 @jh153 said:

Where exactly on the stretch of Beddington Farm Road is it situated?

Gee, do you want a map as well.
It is near the roundabout and the station.

[grafik]

Sept 20, 2009 14:20:38 GMT 1 dogzero said:

I'm heading to Croydon as soon as I can - would hate to miss this one. Likea it very much.

Sept 20, 2009 11:00:24 GMT 1 @wizzy said:

Good pics Romany, Can we put a guard on it this time incase the same person who rubbished the other one (kid with ghetto blaster) is reading?.

worst joke ever

[hero]

i dont think its banksy, few things wrong with it IMHO

[BONZO]

Sept 20, 2009 21:46:02 GMT 1 hero said:

i dont think its banksy, few things wrong with it IMHO

would you care to elaborate?

[Guest]

Sept 20, 2009 21:46:02 GMT 1 hero said:

i dont think its banksy, few things wrong with it IMHO

hero this is 100% Banksy

[BK83]

Hero, it is Banksy.

[yeah]

the northern end, by Therapia Lane. Sterling way industrial area.

opposite Tile Giant.

Therapia Lane tram station is a stone's throw away and a hassle free way to get there.

Frame it right and you can get the twin towers of IKEA in the background. They built IKEA on the site of an old power station and IKEA kept the 2 brick chimneys, as a statement of where they are and what used to be there. And to make sure their cultural imperialism could be rammed down our throats, they put their colours at the top and whinged about how much they cost to maintain ;D

Sept 20, 2009 15:25:23 GMT 1 @jh153 said:

Where exactly on the stretch of Beddington Farm Road is it situated?

[hero]

ok, so if you look at the text, its way messier than his other text (which could be deliberate) however, there has been a conscious effort made to make the letters drip (again this could be completely deliberate) but the artist has held the can on one point for a long period of time to do it, giving blotchy drips. The base coat on the wall is poor and blotchy, knowing how banksy works, he would have had time to paint it properly. also, looking closely at the Romanywg's pics, the stencil is not lined up properly, which is very un-banksy-ish. The punk also has no eyeballs, which I find odd...I also don't think banksy would re-use the same image so soon, because this piece has no relevance to the one at the show...if it did, he'd be wearing the balaclava! my bet is on an artist called Ieak...or maybe just a copycat..but not banksy, my opinion

[romanywg]

He doesn't have any eyeballs because he is looking down at the instructions, so we are seeing his eyelids.

[doublehelix]

Sept 21, 2009 7:35:37 GMT 1 hero said:

ok, so if you look at the text, its way messier than his other text (which could be deliberate) however, there has been a conscious effort made to make the letters drip (again this could be completely deliberate) but the artist has held the can on one point for a long period of time to do it, giving blotchy drips. The base coat on the wall is poor and blotchy, knowing how banksy works, he would have had time to paint it properly. also, looking closely at the Romanywg's pics, the stencil is not lined up properly, which is very un-banksy-ish. The punk also has no eyeballs, which I find odd...I also don't think banksy would re-use the same image so soon, because this piece has no relevance to the one at the show...if it did, he'd be wearing the balaclava! my bet is on an artist called Ieak...or maybe just a copycat..but not banksy, my opinion

I think this is called over analyzing, or possibly, completely missing the point.

If this is not Banksy, I'll eat my Happy Chopper.

[doublehelix]

Best photo by far, by romanywg:

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Sept 21, 2009 8:36:27 GMT 1 romanywg said:

He doesn't have any eyeballs because he is looking down at the instructions, so we are seeing his eyelids.

i thought he didn't have eyeballs because Banksy is trying to make him Zombie like and was saying shoppers at Ikea or where ever are Zombies.

i know i certainly feel like one when i go there(which is as often as i can get away without getting ordered to go)

[wizzy]

Slammer, i just wrote more or less the same reply then i saw you had just said it!, im with the Sheep / Zombie thing too.

[Fragile]

slightly dogged already. it states "silky knob" - don't shoot the messenger!

[achtungbono]

99% sure its Banksy

its witty and contemporary - propa Banksy - it could be "in the style of banksy" but most copycats wouldnt have the depth to go for something that doesnt involve an:

1) AK47's
2) Nuclear cloud
3) 3rd rate pastiche of George Bush et al.
4) McDonalds emblems
5) etc etc etc

best hes done in a while IMHO - since maybe the Pollard street flower

[Fragile]

"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde

[Rsyok]

Sept 21, 2009 7:35:37 GMT 1 hero said:

ok, so if you look at the text, its way messier than his other text (which could be deliberate) however, there has been a conscious effort made to make the letters drip (again this could be completely deliberate) but the artist has held the can on one point for a long period of time to do it, giving blotchy drips. The base coat on the wall is poor and blotchy, knowing how banksy works, he would have had time to paint it properly. also, looking closely at the Romanywg's pics, the stencil is not lined up properly, which is very un-banksy-ish. The punk also has no eyeballs, which I find odd...I also don't think banksy would re-use the same image so soon, because this piece has no relevance to the one at the show...if it did, he'd be wearing the balaclava! my bet is on an artist called Ieak...or maybe just a copycat..but not banksy, my opinion

The punk is looking down reading the instructions hence eyelids. The text is 'parts' of the assembly kit, so thrown up on the wall. This is the beauty and simplicity of the piece for diy rebels out there.

Excellent work on the photo's Romany you've got some serious form.

[lumbo]

I thought exactly the same thing - looks like he's looking down reading to me

[achtungbono]

the location shows thought - i..e the background has the IKEA towers in view & is sandwiched between advertising billboards

the use of a box in the image is a clue - one of Banksys tools of the trade so to speak.

[hero]

when I look at it, it doesnt look like he's looking down, hes looking straight at the instructions,

I just dont think the text fits banksy's normal handstyle, maybe his assistants have gone down hill?

[Guest]

Hero, this is Banksy.