[nacional]

So, like is it correct to say that Mr Brainwash is actually Banksy pulling a stunt!!!!??

[kennas]

no!

[Guest]

keep up at the back......YES

[Guest]

or NO

[Daniel Silk]

Mar 5, 2010 16:17:38 GMT 1 nacional said:

Mr Brainwash is actually Banksy pulling a stunt!!!!??

If people really see it as just a stunt, I would say it doesn't really reflect very well on Banksy

[nacional]

OK, delete the stunt part and you are left with:

"Mr Brainwash is Bansky"

Yes or no, for the slower of us out here (there?)....

[Daniel Silk]

This was why I said a few times before the film was released that this whole thing could end up being a very bad idea Some people dont really understand where the film is coming from so it ends up being totally out of control

[boatboy]

Hope he has nothing to do with banksy. The art's terrible and wont look good for him or POW. Infact it's embarrassing.

[boaty]

start collecting those MBWs boys and girls (as pure speculative collecting) - history will remember a connection between these two - and the movie will always exist as a reminder.....pure genious!

[nacional]

1) Who changed the title of my thread??' Didn't know that was allowed!!!!
2) No one has actually answered my questions: to wit. is Mr B actually Mr B??

[Ottomatik]

If he was Banksy. Would be hysterical.
All you anti-Brainers would have to eat your words! (with a side dish of dignity)

[nacional]

OK, so it looks like none of us has the "huevos" to state yeah or nay. Who goes first?

Come on, I stepped up and said I really like Cartrain, so who will stake their Mr B is Mr B flag to the mast??

For me Mr B is Mr B....there I said it...

[bullet]

one is french and one is from bristol.

i know the accents both sound fucked up, but come on!

[easycraig]

is mbw banksy? -no

is he tied to banksy... some of those ties being financial related?
-yes

[nacional]

Anyone read the film review in the Guardian today, don't have a link. suggested that the French guy is a dupe....viz...Mr B is Mr B.....

[raiden]

I've said unequivocally, Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash is not a Banksy stunt. Case closed. If we had a trial, I could prove it beyond all reasonable doubt. The only idiots who believe otherwise are the misinformed.

[taco]

could be a banksy stunt - would explain why the MBW stuff is so shit...

[cadeallaw]

Mar 5, 2010 19:33:36 GMT 1 raiden said:

I've said unequivocally, Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash is not a Banksy stunt. Case closed. If we had a trial, I could prove it beyond all reasonable doubt. The only idiots who believe otherwise are the misinformed.

shortest raiden post ever

[eduarandres]

i think it is just that mr brainwash helped quite a lot to all of them so when he needed help this other artist helped him out and the hipe was quite big and thats why he became popular back then so again is not what you do or who you are its who you know, without the help of banksy or obey + other artist he would be an unknown, his show would have lasted 3 days and he wont even have a house

But you have to give credit to the guy, he had the balls to try it and risk it all , + spend quite a lot of time helping other people

so mr brainwas = banksy? NO
just because you give a bit of help or advice it does not mean you became a person

[BK83]

Banksy and MBW are not the same person. MBW is not a "stunt" perpetuated by Banksy. conversation terminated.

[snausages]

Mar 5, 2010 16:38:59 GMT 1 boatboy said:

Hope he has nothing to do with banksy. The art's terrible and wont look good for him or POW. Infact it's embarrassing.

I doubt it, but I disagree with your point of view.

I think it would be brilliant if it was Banksy. It would prove just how shallow the art world, hypesters, scenesters and want to be collectors really are. Steal money from the system—friggin brilliant if it is. Many artists have dealt with the concept of how to defeat the art world from the inside and most fail (they become part of the system) this on the other hand would expose the sham.

[bullet]

the art may be terrible, but there is more to it that it just looking good.

[wimpy]

[snausages]

Mar 6, 2010 2:08:21 GMT 1 bullet said:

the art may be terrible, but there is more to it that it just looking good.

No, it's all about looking good. Brainwash harvests imagery we all already know and love. That is it's main appeal. Everyone likes Warhol, Banksy, Haring, Campbells Soup cans etc. screen them on canvas, add some swirls and a lot of hype and voila! But true, some (a lot) of it looks real hackneyed, it's not always as easy as it sounds.