I found it rather peculiar that someone started spray-painting over one of his freshly painted works and was wrestled to the ground because of it. [1] If Banks

I found it rather peculiar that someone started spray-painting over one of his freshly painted works and was wrestled to the ground because of it. [1] If Banksy's work is meant to raise the question of who in our society gets to determine what images invade everybody's retinas in public spaces [2], those bystanders provided an answer: whoever is hip enough to get people to defend their images. At that point the artwork was complete. [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2465617/Banksy-fans-rough-tagger-painted-latest-geishas-graffiti-art-Williamsburg.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2465617/Banksy-fans-... [2] http://www.davidairey.com/banksy-on-advertising/ http://www.davidairey.com/banksy-on-advertising/