the elephant one is random and stupid which is ok doesn't look much at all like an elephant though, but whatever
the bottom one is so weak it must be an idea from 2002 that he forgot about
when artists start to use ideas from old sketchbooks you know the well has run dry. I'm starting to think Banksy has died, and his crew are shitting their pants in case someone finds out and the cash cow can no longer be milked
The road signs are largely superfluous now as the deaths they were there to prevent don't happen these days as they were at their high point in the nineties.
I agree it would have been better on the actual signs but I guess he can't be arsed to tear himself away from the L.A oscar trail to actually venture down to the border or even get one of his minions to do it for him.
The image has been used on tacky t-shirts, mugs, stickers and loads of other souvenir tat for years.
Not to mention the numerous examples of protest art it's been used in by many other artists.
Once again Banksy is resorting to using third hand scraps from a long dead party.
I expect to see him stencilling Hammertime! on STOP signs ten years from now and all the morons will think it's brilliant as their memory is limited to one decade at a time at most.
I'll agree with that. Have seen this image used many times before by other artists. A very stale concept done badly here. Though the usual uninformed fools will no doubt think it's genius.
Banksy's whole career at this point relies on his core audience being slow-witted enough not to realise where he steals his ideas from. It's the ultimate dumbing down of art.
Does it matter that his work leaves you cold? Personally I couldn't give a shit. The elephant piece is great, the rest meaningless. It's too easy to lose sight of how Banksy changed the perception of street art in the UK. Yes he's clearly commercial, yes it's boring, and I couldn't give a monkeys about his Oscar nomination. But as he's consistent in his commercial appeal. Thankfully he can still produce seomthing entertaining that drew people back to street art. Slag him all you like, he made a difference.
The elephant piece is like something David Shrigley was doing an age ago, but better.
All Banksy has done is inspire a swarm of chancers to either make lazy and uninspired google art or to buy it from them to sell for short term profit. Not a legacy I'd want to be associated with.
Seems he's learnt from his buddy Hirst that all you need to succeed is to steal from other lesser known artists and have the temerity to present it as your own to your audience.
if banksy is shit then stop talking about him. If you look down the side there are 114 posts tagged with banksy and 12 for EXTGS, but when something is posted that is praised (rarely), it has 0 comments.
Seems that everyone here is very good about pointing out what is shit, whilst not caring too much about the decent stuff out there.
Yes, The Kite Runner, main character is an Afghan (Kabul) immigrant who settles in LA.. as did the author. Went on to write one of the era's defining novels. So yeah, please don't run em over in your SUV. It's a nice simple piece with hidden depths, works on quite a few levels for a simple stencil. Obviously goes over this crowds head, requires an ability to read and a passing interest in contemporary culture.
Yeah ok, blame the fact we don't like it on us all being illiterate and uncultured rather than daring to consider that it might be a weak piece of shit that's been done better many times before.
You're welcome to keep your trash culture and your dumbed down kiddie art. Just don't inflict it on the rest of us as if it's something deep and meaningful. You supercilious middle class prick.
Actually lower working class you daft cunt. Only nauseating middle class twats use words like supercilious and take themselves so fucking seriously. Kite Runner indeed.
You must aspire to be middle class like Hyacinth Bouquet then if you read boring books like that. Bet you heard about it on Richard and Judy's book club and thought mentioning it would make you sound sophisticated. Haha. Shame reading it didn't improve your limited vocabulary though, you mug.
Typical desperate Banksy fans on here trying to claim some incredibly tenuous deep meaning for their hero's stencils because they've got a homosexual crush on him. It's always funny to see how far they're willing to stretch credibility in order to fool themselves that he's an amazing philosopher prophet instead of just a thick country bumpkin cartoonist that appeals to Sun readers.
'great, so now I can't go paint in the street without someone shouting "Oi, Banksy" at me, then shooting a photo of me on their mobile phone'
Tell me about it mate. It's been added to the stock responses like 'You missed a bit!' favoured by workmen and 'Put my name up!' by the youts. Only the Banksy remark is preferred by middle class cunts with iPhones and Black Range Rovers.
Oh and not being able to have a conversation about graffiti with an outsider without the first words from them being 'Oh, like Banksy?'
Yep, very true. The dirty chugger has got too much of the cash he swindled invested in Banksy artworks. No wonder he's shitting himself at the thought of the Banksy myth finally falling apart.
Yeah, we know times are hard and even a scrounging cunt like you has to feed your mackerel faced girlfriend and retarded troll child somehow.
But perhaps instead of sitting around on your fat lazy arse all day smoking weed you should try getting a job, instead of buying Banksy prints with charity money that could have been better spent on a hospice or something.
Very witty, you should write for the Mail on Sunday you should, and it's canvasses you slope headed retard, or what did you call them last time, Canvai?
You must be getting me confused with someone else, sounds like you've been smoking too much of that skunk you keep buying with the charity cash that was meant for people in Africa with no food to eat.
But it's not surprising you're a bit mentally slow considering you've got a head shaped like a Neanderthal. Which probably explains while you could only pull a trout faced old fishwife.
Carry on with the banter you ugly slothful overweight chav cunt, it's good publicity for the NUart brand.
You must be getting me confused with someone else, sounds like you've been smoking too much of that skunk you keep buying with the charity cash that was meant for people in Africa with no food to eat.
But it's not surprising you're a bit mentally slow considering you've got a head shaped like a Neanderthal. Which probably explains while you could only pull a trout faced old fishwife.
Carry on with the banter you ugly slothful overweight chav cunt, it's good publicity for the NUart brand.
Yeah, we know times are hard and even a scrounging cunt like you has to feed your mackerel faced girlfriend and retarded troll child somehow.
But perhaps instead of sitting around on your fat lazy arse all day smoking weed you should try getting a job, instead of buying Banksy prints with charity money that could have been better spent on a hospice or something.
You must aspire to be middle class like Hyacinth Bouquet then if you read boring books like that. Bet you heard about it on Richard and Judy's book club and thought mentioning it would make you sound sophisticated. Haha. Shame reading it didn't improve your limited vocabulary though, you mug.
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ReplyDeletethe elephant one is random and stupid
ReplyDeletewhich is ok
doesn't look much at all like an elephant though, but whatever
the bottom one is so weak it must be an idea from 2002 that he forgot about
when artists start to use ideas from old sketchbooks you know the well has run dry. I'm starting to think Banksy has died, and his crew are shitting their pants in case someone finds out and the cash cow can no longer be milked
I too cant believe The Banksy Corp claimed that kite image. It's nearly as bad as that fox dragging the KFC logo.
ReplyDeleteThey can always blame the intern though...
you know what the sign is for I guess ?
ReplyDeleteYes we all know it's for warning of illegal immigrants running across roads. It's still poor.
ReplyDeleteNice try at hinting at your obviously superior intellect as we are obviously too ill informed to appreciate the concept wheeled out by Banksy inc.
The road signs are largely superfluous now as the deaths they were there to prevent don't happen these days as they were at their high point in the nineties.
ReplyDeleteI agree it would have been better on the actual signs but I guess he can't be arsed to tear himself away from the L.A oscar trail to actually venture down to the border or even get one of his minions to do it for him.
The image has been used on tacky t-shirts, mugs, stickers and loads of other souvenir tat for years.
Not to mention the numerous examples of protest art it's been used in by many other artists.
Once again Banksy is resorting to using third hand scraps from a long dead party.
I expect to see him stencilling Hammertime! on STOP signs ten years from now and all the morons will think it's brilliant as their memory is limited to one decade at a time at most.
I'll agree with that. Have seen this image used many times before by other artists. A very stale concept done badly here. Though the usual uninformed fools will no doubt think it's genius.
ReplyDeleteBanksy's whole career at this point relies on his core audience being slow-witted enough not to realise where he steals his ideas from. It's the ultimate dumbing down of art.
Does it matter that his work leaves you cold?
ReplyDeletePersonally I couldn't give a shit. The elephant piece is great, the rest meaningless. It's too easy to lose sight of how Banksy changed the perception of street art in the UK. Yes he's clearly commercial, yes it's boring, and I couldn't give a monkeys about his Oscar nomination. But as he's consistent in his commercial appeal. Thankfully he can still produce seomthing entertaining that drew people back to street art. Slag him all you like, he made a difference.
The elephant piece is like something David Shrigley was doing an age ago, but better.
ReplyDeleteAll Banksy has done is inspire a swarm of chancers to either make lazy and uninspired google art or to buy it from them to sell for short term profit. Not a legacy I'd want to be associated with.
Seems he's learnt from his buddy Hirst that all you need to succeed is to steal from other lesser known artists and have the temerity to present it as your own to your audience.
if banksy is shit then stop talking about him. If you look down the side there are 114 posts tagged with banksy and 12 for EXTGS, but when something is posted that is praised (rarely), it has 0 comments.
ReplyDeleteSeems that everyone here is very good about pointing out what is shit, whilst not caring too much about the decent stuff out there.
Kite Runners?
ReplyDeleteYes, The Kite Runner, main character is an Afghan (Kabul) immigrant who settles in LA.. as did the author. Went on to write one of the era's defining novels. So yeah, please don't run em over in your SUV. It's a nice simple piece with hidden depths, works on quite a few levels for a simple stencil. Obviously goes over this crowds head, requires an ability to read and a passing interest in contemporary culture.
ReplyDeleteYeah ok, blame the fact we don't like it on us all being illiterate and uncultured rather than daring to consider that it might be a weak piece of shit that's been done better many times before.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome to keep your trash culture and your dumbed down kiddie art. Just don't inflict it on the rest of us as if it's something deep and meaningful. You supercilious middle class prick.
Actually lower working class you daft cunt. Only nauseating middle class twats use words like supercilious and take themselves so fucking seriously. Kite Runner indeed.
ReplyDeleteYou must aspire to be middle class like Hyacinth Bouquet then if you read boring books like that. Bet you heard about it on Richard and Judy's book club and thought mentioning it would make you sound sophisticated. Haha. Shame reading it didn't improve your limited vocabulary though, you mug.
ReplyDeleteTypical desperate Banksy fans on here trying to claim some incredibly tenuous deep meaning for their hero's stencils because they've got a homosexual crush on him. It's always funny to see how far they're willing to stretch credibility in order to fool themselves that he's an amazing philosopher prophet instead of just a thick country bumpkin cartoonist that appeals to Sun readers.
ReplyDeleteBanksy made a difference
ReplyDeletegreat, so now I can't go paint in the street without someone shouting "Oi, Banksy" at me, then shooting a photo of me on their mobile phone
Thanks Banksy for making a difference
'great, so now I can't go paint in the street without someone shouting "Oi, Banksy" at me, then shooting a photo of me on their mobile phone'
ReplyDeleteTell me about it mate. It's been added to the stock responses like 'You missed a bit!' favoured by workmen and 'Put my name up!' by the youts. Only the Banksy remark is preferred by middle class cunts with iPhones and Black Range Rovers.
Oh and not being able to have a conversation about graffiti with an outsider without the first words from them being 'Oh, like Banksy?'
He's not even the same species as us.
It's about time now we have something about Jane 'Catfish breath' Banksys mum, or man boobies, or Eine is a caaant! No?
ReplyDeleteFuck off Nuart, you charity beggar. Go rob some old ladies for their pensions so that you can buy your next Banksy print.
ReplyDeleteDon't bite at his trolling. He just want's to derail this thread as he can't stand to see his god mocked or questioned.
ReplyDeleteYep, very true. The dirty chugger has got too much of the cash he swindled invested in Banksy artworks. No wonder he's shitting himself at the thought of the Banksy myth finally falling apart.
ReplyDeleteDid someone mention Nuart? cheers, always nice of you to push the brand. Kerching.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we know times are hard and even a scrounging cunt like you has to feed your mackerel faced girlfriend and retarded troll child somehow.
ReplyDeleteBut perhaps instead of sitting around on your fat lazy arse all day smoking weed you should try getting a job, instead of buying Banksy prints with charity money that could have been better spent on a hospice or something.
Very witty, you should write for the Mail on Sunday you should, and it's canvasses you slope headed retard, or what did you call them last time, Canvai?
ReplyDeleteYou must be getting me confused with someone else, sounds like you've been smoking too much of that skunk you keep buying with the charity cash that was meant for people in Africa with no food to eat.
ReplyDeleteBut it's not surprising you're a bit mentally slow considering you've got a head shaped like a Neanderthal. Which probably explains while you could only pull a trout faced old fishwife.
Carry on with the banter you ugly slothful overweight chav cunt, it's good publicity for the NUart brand.
I wouldn't be suprised if he's just having an argument with himself to get some sort of free publicity for his tacky brand.
ReplyDeleteHaha fucking loser. Suck it up fanboys!
ReplyDeleteNow let the pathetic conspiracy theories and excuses start.
You must be getting me confused with someone else, sounds like you've been smoking too much of that skunk you keep buying with the charity cash that was meant for people in Africa with no food to eat.
ReplyDeleteBut it's not surprising you're a bit mentally slow considering you've got a head shaped like a Neanderthal. Which probably explains while you could only pull a trout faced old fishwife.
Carry on with the banter you ugly slothful overweight chav cunt, it's good publicity for the NUart brand.
Yeah, we know times are hard and even a scrounging cunt like you has to feed your mackerel faced girlfriend and retarded troll child somehow.
ReplyDeleteBut perhaps instead of sitting around on your fat lazy arse all day smoking weed you should try getting a job, instead of buying Banksy prints with charity money that could have been better spent on a hospice or something.
Banksy made a difference
ReplyDeletegreat, so now I can't go paint in the street without someone shouting "Oi, Banksy" at me, then shooting a photo of me on their mobile phone
Thanks Banksy for making a difference
You must aspire to be middle class like Hyacinth Bouquet then if you read boring books like that. Bet you heard about it on Richard and Judy's book club and thought mentioning it would make you sound sophisticated. Haha. Shame reading it didn't improve your limited vocabulary though, you mug.
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