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I've never understood the art community's love for banksy. It's mind numbing drivel. South Park has far more depth and creativity.

presscast 8y ago
http://theday.co.uk/opinion/why-i-believe-that-banksy-is-a-bad-artist http://theday.co.uk/opinion/why-i-believe-that-banksy-is-a-b... Hear, hear.
platinium 8y ago
First time I heard about this thing. I don’t get it either. It just seems to be somewhat witty but ultimately trite artistic “punnery” - somewhat akin to those Reddit meme gifs with the witty but stupid captions.. just done more artistically.
acomjean 8y ago
Banksy is an artist that mocks the art world. He or she kinda makes fun of it. The art is decent, and its fun (sometimes undervalued in art circles). Banksy said in the forward of one of his book collections : art is controlled by just one group, the museum curators and rails against that. Who else would set up a pop up shop outside the MET museum in NYC and sell original pieces and then report that they've sold only 6? http://gothamist.com/2013/10/13/video_banksy_set_up_a_pop_up_booth.php http://gothamist.com/2013/10/13/video_banksy_set_up_a_pop_up... "The street prank gave Gothamist graffiti guru Jake Dobkin lots to mull over: Who's the joke about here, though? Is it that Banksy's work kind of sucks, from an empirical point, in that no one would buy it unless they knew who it was by? Or is the joke on everyone for not being smart enough to be there and recognize how valuable the stuff on sale was? As with all Banksy, there's kind of an edge to it that makes you feel a little annoyed—like he's having a joke at your expense. "
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vidarh 8y ago
I don't agree with you that it is mind numbing drivel. A lot of his works are cute or fun or provocative in their original settings. Often a light mix that really shouldn't be taken so very seriously. But overrated, sure. In that what is fun to walk past painted on a wall somewhere easily loses something significant when it is detached from that context and elevated to the point much of his work is. I live in a part of South London with lots of walls where street art is sanctioned, and I walk past a lot of it that I love where it is, but that I'd never consider putting on my wall at home. Banksy is a bit like that, in that I love that his work is out there on walls, but that doesn't mean it'd mean anything on my wall.

presscast 8y ago

http://theday.co.uk/opinion/why-i-believe-that-banksy-is-a-bad-artist http://theday.co.uk/opinion/why-i-believe-that-banksy-is-a-b... Hear, hear.

platinium 8y ago

First time I heard about this thing. I don’t get it either. It just seems to be somewhat witty but ultimately trite artistic “punnery” - somewhat akin to those Reddit meme gifs with the witty but stupid captions.. just done more artistically.

acomjean 8y ago

Banksy is an artist that mocks the art world. He or she kinda makes fun of it. The art is decent, and its fun (sometimes undervalued in art circles). Banksy said in the forward of one of his book collections : art is controlled by just one group, the museum curators and rails against that. Who else would set up a pop up shop outside the MET museum in NYC and sell original pieces and then report that they've sold only 6? http://gothamist.com/2013/10/13/video_banksy_set_up_a_pop_up_booth.php http://gothamist.com/2013/10/13/video_banksy_set_up_a_pop_up... "The street prank gave Gothamist graffiti guru Jake Dobkin lots to mull over: Who's the joke about here, though? Is it that Banksy's work kind of sucks, from an empirical point, in that no one would buy it unless they knew who it was by? Or is the joke on everyone for not being smart enough to be there and recognize how valuable the stuff on sale was? As with all Banksy, there's kind of an edge to it that makes you feel a little annoyed—like he's having a joke at your expense. "

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vidarh 8y ago

I don't agree with you that it is mind numbing drivel. A lot of his works are cute or fun or provocative in their original settings. Often a light mix that really shouldn't be taken so very seriously. But overrated, sure. In that what is fun to walk past painted on a wall somewhere easily loses something significant when it is detached from that context and elevated to the point much of his work is. I live in a part of South London with lots of walls where street art is sanctioned, and I walk past a lot of it that I love where it is, but that I'd never consider putting on my wall at home. Banksy is a bit like that, in that I love that his work is out there on walls, but that doesn't mean it'd mean anything on my wall.