[ed]

I was just in my local natwest, and the guy i was seeing asked me why i was in so much debt.
After telling him it was cos i bought things like Banksy, he said that they currently had FIVE Banksy canvases in their safe...a couple of which were so big they had to be carried by two people



ed really wants to see them....

[burnz]

wich bank is that

[ed]

yeah, i thought it best not to mention the exact one

[cru5tee]

bankrobber banks a banksy in bank

tee hee ;-)

[uksnowman]

My bank turned into a trendy wine bar. It's back to being a bank again, but they kept all the trendy stuff in the safe

[otomi]

that's were street art belong in the safe - from the streets in the galleries and into the vaults - next step is the museum I guess and then we achieved the opposite of what street art is about

[quicksnap]

otomi said:

that's were street art belong in the safe - from the streets in the galleries and into the vaults - next step is the museum I guess and then we achieved the opposite of what street art is about

while i don't think that street art should be in vaults, whats wrong with it being in museums? i feel like there should be a certain nmber of street artists who are shown in museums, as their art should be immortalized. not all of it, the whole point is that it is there and then gone, but it is all going to be very important in 50-100 years and there should be hard proof of its existance. and in a museum, at least the public gets to view it. in a vault it does nothing for anyone.

[Ron Goldsurfer]

otomi said:

that's were street art belong in the safe - from the streets in the galleries and into the vaults - next step is the museum I guess and then we achieved the opposite of what street art is about

I think museums are rather ok as long as a visit is free of charge.

[robinbanks]

It's hardly street art if it's been done on a canvas. Unless it was originally hanging on the corner of Brick Lane and Whitechapel.

[otomi]

interesting point but I think if Faile or Bast do something you can still call it streetart but it is not on the street so I don't really know - I personally like museums and have no problem with some street art in museums but as said earlier is it still street art if it is not on the street? The idea of street art was to bring it to the people, get art out of the museums have it interact with the surroundings other artists etc. - if it is in a museum you can't put something next to it, it doesn't change over time ...

[robinbanks]

I'm with you mate. I'm totally against people tearing down walls and putting them in galleries (or using them to line their pockets) but if these "street" artists produce work on canvas and then go on to have successful careers it's pretty inevitable that some of it is going to end up in a gallery... or even the vault of some investment bank.

[ABC]

To be honest, unless you live with razor wire around the house, the Bank is the best place for them at the moment.

[cru5tee]

Fantastic!

Attachments:

[jakek]

Banksy - Abe Lincoln


banksy abe lincoln by jeyku, on Flickr

i'd never seen this before but it's up for auction in new york, dating from 2008

www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159660738

i'd tried to start a new thread but it looks as though it's all locked

[HRE]

the signature looks pretty funky on that one too, more of the symbols

[jakek]

Feb 14, 2011 20:44:07 GMT 1 HRE said:

the signature looks pretty funky on that one too, more of the symbols

banksy abe lincoln signature by jeyku, on Flickr

yeap, all 3 of which people on here had speculated meant it was a gift.

[Simococo]

No mention of a pc coa

[lee3]

Feb 15, 2011 3:36:39 GMT 1 Simococo said:

No mention of a pc coa

"Executed in 2008, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control."

www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159660738

I don't believe Sotheby's or Christie's would attempt to sell anything without one anymore. I presume this was done during the New Orleans campaign:

[jakek]

Feb 15, 2011 3:50:31 GMT 1 lee3 said:

Of course, that's where it was from. I guess with all those gift symbols it was done for someone when he was down in New Orleans painting the street piece.

[wizzy]

Feb 15, 2011 3:50:31 GMT 1 lee3 said:

Feb 15, 2011 3:36:39 GMT 1 Simococo said:

No mention of a pc coa

"Executed in 2008, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control."

www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159660738

I don't believe Sotheby's or Christie's would attempt to sell anything without one anymore. I presume this was done during the New Orleans campaign:

.......and Bonhams?.

[lee3]

>>>.......and Bonhams?. <<<

I don't keep track but I recall others saying that there was a recent gift print auctioned at Bonhams sans PC COA. I don't know whether that is true or false but do recall the recent discussion. Certainly the vast majority (if not all) Banksy work offered at Bonhams has a COA.