Sorry where was I? Yes, there's some sort of big rich man's look at street art far far far away in distant lands where the working class live in fear of foreclosure and the rich well they buy Banksys. And what a strange view of street art that show has, but i'll leave an overall look for the royalty of street art blogs to wow us with language and pictures only the young with no pain and hardship or propeller problems can possibly do.
What to make of Banksy's 'section' ? What indeed. A jumble sale of images, a mixture of pieces, seemingly thrown together with little thought. For someone who's made a career of carefully crafting a 'look' , a 'personna', a 'theme', this just all seems, well a mess. For the UK's media darling to do this seems strange, his section does little but look stunted.
'Nooooo' the apologists cry! 'Surely you can see the genius in the reworked street pieces!'.
'The mess, is quite simply done on purpose, to make it look like it's not "right" in a gallery space.'
Above: It's one of those 'reworked' pieces, except this is 'reworked' from a HMV display piece, done for the Oxford St store. Fuck the thought of that alone makes me retch. It's hard to take a piece seriously when that's its link out.
Above: Another reworked piece and this reminds me of the recent originals sold, that work so much better on the street than in your LA home and this piece loses any sort of meaning in this setting. But hey, lets be nothing if not vacuous.
Above: One of the few pieces that actually feels like it belongs in this show and setting, a stencil and the artwork, the two sides of Banksy's work. Fuck I get it. But maybe I just like it because it reminds me of a simpler time (Super Tenants time).
Above: A look at the mess. Banksy's missus needs a good tidy up. Compare this clusterfuck with the Banksy v Bristol show. I know, I know two hugely different beasts, but there an area for installations, an area for canvases, pieces thrown in amongst other artists, sly hidden pieces, big fuck off welcoming statutes and then this. A corner of a warehouse (or whatever it is).
Below: Os Gemeos 'area' although garish, it looks like they've understood the space they're working with and created an area screaming out about their work in a coherent style.
Below: Everyone's stood in Mode2's section looking at Banksy's work, whilst his section has a lovely big fuck off piece - you're not going to wonder about his work for fucks sake.
And there it is, I'm off to bed with a copy of Razzle and remember if a show likes to buff work (Blu) how can it be a show about street art however many artists are involved?
Update - laugh please, or not, you know it's fine but I am rather witty aren't I? Banksy astounds with some paper left in his corner.
Banksy has been getting better and better at presenting his work, better and better at working the pr, better and better at selling his slightly above average work. But this is frankly rubbish.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest, most hyped street art show to date - we'd expect Banksy to pull out all the stops and create something original that attracts all the attention. And this is his effort? A bunch of old work jammed together like it's a show in 2003? Very poor.
This does show, however, that his work isn't "all that" as they say, when compaired to the best of the rest when placed on an equal footing. Without the pr hype machine to polish his work it looks what it is - average.
So I for one am happy to see this. It really is time that people recognised that the Emperor is, if not completely naked, then at least standing there in nothing more than old pants and an egg stained vest.
Just saw the Rodney King piece. It's a mildly clever joke on one level, but also feels very disrespectful to trivialise something like that into a cartoon. Shallow bad taste schoolboy humour masquerading as political commentary as usual.
ReplyDeleteHow is it ok to just take an image of someone being beaten up, photoshop it amd thren put a pinata in? Surely that is as bad as every other photoshop twat out there... But no.. As it is banksy, he cannot possibly be using potatoshop. Fucking terrible.
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I just spunked all over banksy more than fragile.
I feel sorry for the Pinata, who the f is this Rodney King Kong anyway? he must have done something wrong, no smoke without fire.
ReplyDeleteps. I love banksy me, totally bluechip.
shIT!! I better rush out and buy me some Swoon and Roa!!!
ReplyDeleteI mean PURLEEEEZE!! WTF was that show??
It felt like being in a bad dream where Shep painted a store with Twist t-shirts for sale inside it.
at least Beautiful Losers had a slight excitement and edge to it!
Bet old Robin woke up this morning with a feeling of slight regret about being involved with the whole thing.
The only winner seemed to be Mr Brainwash dating Pam Anderson!!
SHiit!! boyeeee!! I'd cut 3 stencils for some of that ass!!
The keyboard warriors come out to play as if your comments will matter to fuck. Well, at least it keeps you off the streets, better indoors pulling on your chain reading this blog.
ReplyDeleteWatch out for the new MBW Pamela Anderson print in 2 variations, silicone edition of 44, and tommy lee jones hand finshed heavily coated edition of 10cc.
That Rodney King one looks like something a racist cop would make in photoshop and email to his mates for a laugh.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you read this thread? Are you masochists? Banksy yet again plays it cheap and wins, all who quote Rodney King, well done for trending the hash tag you fucking morons.
ReplyDeleteBanksy just done a number on ya
no he didn't, cause we ain't buying!
ReplyDeletewe're reading this thread so we can see shit like this in it's full terrible-ness, without having to see it being gushed about on pencil necks blog
why are YOU here if you don't like our opinions?
The Rodney King incident was 20 years ago now, and Banksy's just got around to responding to it?? Seems more about getting publicity for himself than the cause as usual. We all know that Rodney got beaten like a pinata. We saw the video. So what does this painting bring to the table, apart from a tasteless joke?
ReplyDeleteIt's just like when he went to the deep south of the USA and stencilled a lynched KKK figure, and the local black people said they didn't want it there because it would stir up past hatred that the community is trying to move on from. Or when the Palestinians told him to fuck off.
It's so fucking embarrassing when a middle class suburban white boy blunders into the racial politics of another country and gets it all wrong.
I wonder if Vandalog got to fall to his knees and suck on Jeffry Deitch's tiny little withered penis yet? He's been slobbering over the thought of doing that for ages.
ReplyDeleteThe show is in LA, in a latino community, police violence against Mexicans and latinos is a current issue, the pinata represents.. well, you know. Use your fucking brain. It's obviously quite difficult to make art for some of you simpletons. Perhaps you need to be looking at abstract expressionism or something a little less taxing than street art.
ReplyDeleteHow much is the piece about beating down on the the mexican? Me and Gav love it x
ReplyDeleteslightly cheaper than Guernica
ReplyDeleteBullshit that the pinata is about police violence against Latinos. If so then why use a still from the Rodney King tape? That would be a weak and contrived way of doing it at best. You're the fucking simpleton if you think Banksy's cartoons are anything other than cheap sensationalist jokes for self promotion. You can make up as many convoluted excuses as you want, but trying to retrofit a credible meaning to this kind of shit just leaves you looking like a desperate fanboy who's holding a few prints and is shit scared of Banksy's stock dropping once he's found out as the moronic middle class champagne socialist prick that he is.
ReplyDeleteTeenage level 'art' for visually illiterate sad wankers.
Funny, street art critics are sounding more like Brian Sewell as each day passes. Funny cartoons break the upper middle class job for the boys fine art stranglehold, brilliant in every way. Simples. Simpleton. Don't let it worry you too much. You'll give yourself an ulcer.
ReplyDeleteVery fond of that word 'simples' aren't you, which is quite appropriate for a typically simple minded Banksy fan like yourself...seeing as it was created as a catchphrase by an advertising agency to increase brand recognition for one of their clients.
ReplyDeleteSheep-like mugs like you are totally brainwashed by advertising, even down to the 'art' you like, and the sad/hilarious/scary thing is that you don't even realise it.
cartoons have existed for a long time
ReplyDeleteit's just now, with the right kind of pr, that suckers with cash believe they are fine art
without his team of hype generators Banksy would be average. most of the work in this scene would be average
Eine has to paint massive billboards (ie advertising billboards) around town to convince people his "art" is important. DFace has to dump crappy concrete "sculptures" on the walk of fame to do the same. but when you look at the "art" these pr stunts support it's all so... so... average. I can't even generate enough interest in it to say it's bad. It's completely middle of the road consumer supermarket cereal packet argos catalogue average. And it's funny to see the people that have invested in it, who believed the hype, trying to defend it just in case we find out that they to are average. "But they told me buying this stuff makes me special!" Buying stuff never made anyone special. Buying this stuff just shows you have more money than sense.
I bought an art piece this week from someone completely unknown, drawn on the back of an envelope. It was, as far as my knowledge go, a completely original idea (the drawing, not the fact it was on an envelope) I didn't buy it in a gallery, no one told me it was good. I saw it on their blog, emailed them an offer of cash, and there you have it. The idea in the drawing makes my brain whirr. It inspires thought in me. Buy art direct from artists, discover what is good for yourself, buy things because you like them, not because they hired a bad Warhol impersonator to suck you off at their champagne opening reception.
walk your own path... don't get stuck in the deep groove of averageness...
What about the envelope art secondary market value though eh? eh?, didnt think of that then did you!.
ReplyDeleteBit presumptuous to offer an amount of cash though wasn't it? I mean, imagine if you offered 25 quid and the artist actually thought the piece was worth a grand, but your derisory offer lowered their self esteem so much that combined with the fact that they've been living on bowls of gruel in a freezing cold garret throughout the winter meant that they felt obliged to accept it just to be able to continue their miserable existence.
ReplyDeleteYou exploitative bastard.
Very poor range of products from Banksy, let's hope that one of the pieces proves portentous, if it hasn't already, that he really does hang up his paintbrushes for good.
ReplyDeleteThere's only one winner at Moca, and that's Blu, although he's shop-soiled it by selling prints with that spoilt Italian fanboy/mummys boy inktard.
Art, back of an envelope, bought from a blog, makes your brain whirr..
ReplyDeleteIs it bi-polar week in here or something ?
Wonder who Banksy gets to paint these fucking run of the mill oil paintings for him? Does he use his bum chum Hirsts factory, or ship it all off to China to be done?
ReplyDeleteGetting bored of them now.
Its all getting a bit Status Quo now for me, seen it all before, anyone doing anything new anywhere?.
ReplyDeleteyeah, but only on the back of envelopes
ReplyDeleteBanksy is the Francis Rossi of street art.
ReplyDeleteThey are all talking about the 'envelope artist' on banksy.info. there is a fuckin mad rush for his work jboy started the hype and has bought 15! get em while you can.
ReplyDeleteAnd Spammer (sic) has thought up a new way to hype Jago today, a whole thread dedicated to how he thought he'd damaged his "prize canvas" after stumbling into it last night, only to find that all is fine today. Fascinating tale, thanks for (making) that (up) you desperate, ugly, queue-jumping cunt.
ReplyDeleteGrafter wants a piece of the action too. He's just released a limited edition of 10,000 envelopes, each one hand finished with horse cum.
ReplyDeletePlus a deluxe edition on 300gsm Basildon Bond premium envelopes in 25 colourways. Each envelope will contain a different polaroid photograph of a horse's ravaged vagina, and some authentic shit encrusted straw from the stables.
ReplyDeleteAre you a horse that has been violated by Grafter ?
ReplyDeleteNo, but I did once see him striding briskly across the fields in a pair of tight riding breeches after he'd been on a particularly violent horse raping spree. The crazed look in his eyes, copious rivulets of slobber running down his chin and massive flabby gut swinging wildly from side to side were enough to strike terror into any man's heart.
ReplyDeletespeaking of unspeakable rape and abominations I see the northern outbreak of the so called Europe's biggest (worst) street art festival, Upfest looked equally as diseased as the southern version but bleaker with a few whitewashed boards plonked in some 10th rate fairground rusting on a wasteland.
ReplyDeleteEven wEine couldn't be bothered to show up like he was meant to as he'll be too busy sucking on Deitch's cufflinks at the MOCA street art pantomime.
You spoke too soon! wEines work will be there!
ReplyDeleteFunky? Upfest needs a thread of its own!
This is the biggest joke in street art this year. KAWS and Futura, fresh after their appearance at MOCA, will be joined by Phil Frost and Polly Morgan at Upfest 11! Ha ha! Only one man could pull this one off, yes, Lord Vandalogs bald servant, Franklyn F Barbossa.
I was talking about Upnorthfest that wEine was meant to inflict some more meaningless fonts on the sea front but didn't bother to show up.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough I think he was painting WOW on a wall at MOCA in tribute to another no show of his so he could go paint his wEine ad.
Baldboy Frankie must be desperate, flogging the dead horses from his stable down at Upfest in Bristol. Doubly not a good idea as Grafter will surely be there with all his kiddie stencils.
I must say that you street art fags are the meanest bunch in the barrel
ReplyDeletePhil Frost sitting at home when the phone rings.
ReplyDeletePF. Yo, what it is?
BaldBossa. Hey bruv, it's me, Frankie boy!
PF. What do you want?
BB. I know that MOCA dissed you by not picking you for that show and Elms Lesters dissed you for trying to sell your work at 50K with no takers, but I have a way of getting you back on top again, bruv.
PF. I'm listening.
BB. I got you a headline spot at a festival in a field in Bristol. Kaws will be there and so will Polly Morgan and Futura!
PF. They all will be coming?
BB. Not exactly bruv, I'll be selling their bankrupt stock to the West Country imbeciles, as I have exhausted people like Harveyn who was conned into buying that Kaws Baby holding a mans willie.
PF. OK, I'm in!
BB. Apples and pears! Promise you bruv that you won't be laughing stock, I'll stake my rep on it!
^^^^^^^^
ReplyDeleteVery very funny and so true.
I was sent a list of the works available for sale by Banksy at MOCA - just to re-enforce how much of a fucking sell out the cunt is.
ReplyDeleteThe history of street art - has a price tag
Of course it has a price tag, dickhead!
ReplyDeleteWhere have you been for the past 5 years?
Of course it has a price tag, dickhead!
ReplyDeleteWhere have you been for the past 5 years?
Plus a deluxe edition on 300gsm Basildon Bond premium envelopes in 25 colourways. Each envelope will contain a different polaroid photograph of a horse's ravaged vagina, and some authentic shit encrusted straw from the stables.
ReplyDeleteBanksy is the Francis Rossi of street art.
ReplyDeleteWonder who Banksy gets to paint these fucking run of the mill oil paintings for him? Does he use his bum chum Hirsts factory, or ship it all off to China to be done?
ReplyDeleteGetting bored of them now.
Very poor range of products from Banksy, let's hope that one of the pieces proves portentous, if it hasn't already, that he really does hang up his paintbrushes for good.
ReplyDeleteThere's only one winner at Moca, and that's Blu, although he's shop-soiled it by selling prints with that spoilt Italian fanboy/mummys boy inktard.
cartoons have existed for a long time
ReplyDeleteit's just now, with the right kind of pr, that suckers with cash believe they are fine art
without his team of hype generators Banksy would be average. most of the work in this scene would be average
Eine has to paint massive billboards (ie advertising billboards) around town to convince people his "art" is important. DFace has to dump crappy concrete "sculptures" on the walk of fame to do the same. but when you look at the "art" these pr stunts support it's all so... so... average. I can't even generate enough interest in it to say it's bad. It's completely middle of the road consumer supermarket cereal packet argos catalogue average. And it's funny to see the people that have invested in it, who believed the hype, trying to defend it just in case we find out that they to are average. "But they told me buying this stuff makes me special!" Buying stuff never made anyone special. Buying this stuff just shows you have more money than sense.
I bought an art piece this week from someone completely unknown, drawn on the back of an envelope. It was, as far as my knowledge go, a completely original idea (the drawing, not the fact it was on an envelope) I didn't buy it in a gallery, no one told me it was good. I saw it on their blog, emailed them an offer of cash, and there you have it. The idea in the drawing makes my brain whirr. It inspires thought in me. Buy art direct from artists, discover what is good for yourself, buy things because you like them, not because they hired a bad Warhol impersonator to suck you off at their champagne opening reception.
walk your own path... don't get stuck in the deep groove of averageness...
Very fond of that word 'simples' aren't you, which is quite appropriate for a typically simple minded Banksy fan like yourself...seeing as it was created as a catchphrase by an advertising agency to increase brand recognition for one of their clients.
ReplyDeleteSheep-like mugs like you are totally brainwashed by advertising, even down to the 'art' you like, and the sad/hilarious/scary thing is that you don't even realise it.
How much is the piece about beating down on the the mexican? Me and Gav love it x
ReplyDeleteThe keyboard warriors come out to play as if your comments will matter to fuck. Well, at least it keeps you off the streets, better indoors pulling on your chain reading this blog.
ReplyDeleteWatch out for the new MBW Pamela Anderson print in 2 variations, silicone edition of 44, and tommy lee jones hand finshed heavily coated edition of 10cc.
Banksy has been getting better and better at presenting his work, better and better at working the pr, better and better at selling his slightly above average work. But this is frankly rubbish.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest, most hyped street art show to date - we'd expect Banksy to pull out all the stops and create something original that attracts all the attention. And this is his effort? A bunch of old work jammed together like it's a show in 2003? Very poor.
This does show, however, that his work isn't "all that" as they say, when compaired to the best of the rest when placed on an equal footing. Without the pr hype machine to polish his work it looks what it is - average.
So I for one am happy to see this. It really is time that people recognised that the Emperor is, if not completely naked, then at least standing there in nothing more than old pants and an egg stained vest.