THE BANKSY THREAD

skrib139 · July 21, 2003

banksy is heavy... great ideas...

but he keeps banging on about not getting caught, come on, who the fuck gets caught doing stencils?!

nG · July 21, 2003

heres a few things from the Turf War show...

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stolen from www.wandan.co.uk

also i've seen people complaining about the guardian article posted further up this thread. how much insight do you expect a national newspaper to provide anyway? the journalist who wrote it profiles someone every week, its not usually gripping stuff either (apart from the time lou reed took an instant dislike to him). in todays guardian the same hack is interviewing wrestler-turned-author mick foley for example, and i'm sure he's glad for the publicity. "don't hate, congratulate" as a certain philadelphian once said...

nang'eds! · July 21, 2003

Originally posted by skrib139
banksy is heavy... great ideas...

but he keeps banging on about not getting caught, come on, who the fuck gets caught doing stencils?!

yo skribby, we all know that he does a little more than afew little street stencils.the pulp fiction murual, the helichopper....maybe there legals i dunno but still he does aloada nice shit.....

Dump Koch · July 21, 2003

He done a good job with bristol :) best shit goin there...

Mike ATG · July 21, 2003

Originally posted by Joker
The sooner he's recognized for the genius he is... the better.

he has been recognized for a while now (he has done the new blur album cover plus their latest single i assume he will do the others just to keep the flow going) plus the amount of middle aged mums and dads pushing their kids around at the show goes to show that he is not as underground as first expected (the shot of him at trafalgar sq with the designated riot area stencil is fucking off the wall i wish he had managed to pull that off!!

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Mike ATG · July 21, 2003

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nG · July 23, 2003

Graffiti art show shut

A controversial exhibition by graffiti artist Banksy has been closed for "legal reasons", according to his website.

The show was shut after painted animals, which became hot and distressed, were taken back to their farm, a spokeswoman said.

Organisers did not want to go on without the main attractions - cows, sheep and pigs that attracted animal rights protestors - but there were actually no legal problems, she said.

Banksy is now considering taking the show on a national tour, the spokeswoman added.

The exhibition, called Turf War, was held in a disused garage in east London.

Religious images

It stayed open for one day after the animals were taken away - but it was decided to keep the doors shut on Monday, the final day.

Turf War also included a painting of the baby Jesus with a bomb strapped to his chest and Banksy's version of Rodin's sculpture The Thinker.

Banksy, from Bristol, real name Robin Banks, has been hailed as "Britain's most celebrated graffiti artist" and designed Blur's latest album cover.

Jamie Oliver was among the celebrities at the launch party on Thursday

Turf War included pigs painted in police colours, sheep painted in concentration camp stripes and a cow covered in images of Andy Warhol's face.

The animals were removed because the "severe heat and heavy petting" were "causing distress to the animals", a statement said.

Their removal had nothing to do with protests by animal welfare campaigners, organisers said.

The beasts were all show animals from Cheddar, Somerset, were used to being on public view, and the paint was animal-friendly, a spokeswoman said.

An inspector from the RSPCA approved the animals' conditions, the spokeswoman said.

And Hackney Borough Council said they were not happy about the show going ahead - but could do nothing to stop it.

Celebrity party

A demonstrator, Debbie Young, chained herself to railings surrounding a cow, in protest at what she saw as animal cruelty.

Stars including Jamie Oliver, Sara Cox and Jarvis Cocker turned up to the show's opening party on Thursday.

Banksy has turned down four requests to do adverts for Nike and his work is usually seen only on walls in cities across the world.

He has previously painted the Queen as a chimpanzee during her Golden Jubilee and sprayed "Mind the crap" on the steps of the Tate Britain before the Turner Prize ceremony.

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^ Cow with Andy Warhols face painted on it, reminiscent of Warhols own Cow Wallpaper i think.

by the way his real name is not Robin Banks, thats just the BBC believing everything they read...