DITDxCULT Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Graffiti artist sneaks his work onto the wall at Tate Britain Oct 18 2003 The Western Mail A RENOWNED graffiti artist managed to slip into one of Britain's best known galleries and stick one of his own works on the wall, it emerged yesterday. Banksy, best known for creating the sleeve of the latest Blur album, glued his painting to the wall of Tate Britain and it was only discovered when it crashed to the floor hours later. The work has now been placed in the London gallery's lost property section. Banksy keeps his real identity secret for fear of prosecution after spray-painting numerous sites with his witty works. He visited Tate Britain on Wednesday morning in prosthetic make-up to make him look elderly. The artist then took his framed painting out of a bag, a rural scene which had an image of police tape stencilled on to it, and stuck it on the wall unchallenged. A card next to it read: "Banksy 1975. Crimewatch UK Has Ruined The Countryside For All Of Us. 2003. Oil On Canvas." The caption added, "The artist has found an unsigned oil painting and then stencilled police incident tape over the top. "He argues that ruining the work in this way reflects how our nation has been vandalised by an obsession with crime and paedophilia. "Any visit to a secluded beauty spot now feels like it may result in being molested or finding discarded body parts. Presented by the artist personally in 2003." Tate Britain said in a statement that a man had "left a personal possession in one of the galleries at Tate Britain. "Tate security discovered the item a short while later and it was removed. It is currently being held in lost property. "For obvious reasons Tate cannot discuss its security arrangements," the statement added. Many of Banksy's artworks have been sprayed on the walls and pavements of the Shoreditch area of London. They have included a large work poking fun at police - right next to a police station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crave Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 haha, that's fucking awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang'eds! Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 banksy is tha don..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunken fool Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 haha that guy is straight up genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Banksy is the fucking man..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
type R Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 give credit where credit is due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsCaR306 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Tom Green has done that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
causinpanic Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 madd props. thats insane, hes a wild man! get up banksy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PHYNE Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 dude dressed up to look like an old man ....dopeness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang'eds! Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 He visited Tate Britain on Wednesday morning in prosthetic make-up to make him look elderly." fucking dedicated stuff, if it where me i'd just run there with a ski mask on :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILE.peasant Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 fuckin ill......haha, thats so dope:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabo 2 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 OLD space invader did it before him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 top 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanceypants Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 im sorry, is tate britain a museum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se_FOUR Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Originally posted by yanceypants im sorry, is tate britain a museum? Art Gallery, very very famous one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$360 Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Originally posted by se_FOUR Art Gallery, very very famous one.. and one with crazy security. its fucking nuts that this kid pulled that off. i only wish i was there to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Clean Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 thats some hardcore shit right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deph Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 My friend told me about this very interesting. What a winner did anyone else here about the street exhibition he had and no one realised it wasn't legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Hmph... it says he's been approached by various companies to do work for them but has turned them all down.. but at the T5 Soul store in Tribeca all the shit on the wall was done by him. Maybe he didn't consider that really designing anything for their company... Needless to say I tried talking to a guy who worked there about him (DJ FrogOne or something) and looked at me like I just puked shit for asking him when Banksy came and did their store... then I told him about this shit and he went 'Oh... that guy must be crazy.' and went back to looking really really urban. Laugh now. Someday we'll be in control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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