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Plot twist: it actually was a real Banksy NFT which the artist's PR team is now denying as a way to create a bizarre piece of performance art. The actual artwo
by nostrademons 5y ago
Plot twist: it actually was a real Banksy NFT which the artist's PR team is now denying as a way to create a bizarre piece of performance art. The actual artwork is the press cycle that follows this, which is supposed to make you think about what authenticity really means in artwork and what gives a piece of art value.
It's the kind of thing Banksy would do.
- matthewaveryusa 5y agoI would be disappointed if this weren't the case.
- ISL 5y agoIt is also the kind of thing an artist who makes physical art would do.
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- moralestapia 5y ago>the artist's PR team Funny how someone who "no one knows who he is" has a PR team, is able to run auctions, put exhibitions in museums, send and receive money, etc... Only a numbnut would believe those things could happen "anonymously".
- Nicksil 5y ago>"no one knows who he is" Except that's not been the case. There have always been some people who know who Banksy is.
- moralestapia 5y agoYeah ... and that's my point.
- tshaddox 5y agoYour point is based on the false premise that literally no one is supposed to know his identity. In reality, the claim is not that literally no one knows his identity, but rather that his identity has not been publicly confirmed. Most likely there are quite a few people who know his identity, like his art agents, financial and legal representation, friends, etc.
- pc86 5y agoI don't think anybody has ever suggested that literally nobody except Banksy knows who Banksy is. It's pretty obvious there would need to be at least a handful of people who know, since almost the beginning.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> Funny how someone who "no one knows who he is" has a PR team, is able to run auctions, put exhibitions in museums, send and receive money, etc... Isn't having a PR team exactly how he manages that? He has agents to do it for him instead of doing it himself, preserving his anonymity.
- moralestapia 5y agoYeah, what I don't like is the hypocrisy of that and the authorities who play along. (S)he plays the "oh but you can't find me ;)" card every time it needs to escape prosecution ... yet makes use of the same legal system when it goes on its favor. (i.e. tries to trademark its art, sues others who reproduce it [1]). Good thing the EU doesn't play along. As for me, I just dislike charlatans, disregarding of how famous they may be. 1: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/17/banksy-trademark-risk-street-artist-loses-legal-battle-flower-thrower-graffiti https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/17/banksy-...
- atatatat 5y agoCharlatan! Do tell how.
- midev 5y ago> Only a numbnut would believe those things can happen "anonymously". I think you might be taking it too literally... Obviously some people know who he is... It's within the general public and media that he has remained anonymous... It's weird insulting people when you're not correct about what they believe.
- colordrops 5y agoIt's absolutely intentional, just like the self-destructing art he sold before.
- NathanKP 5y agoFirst thought I had as well. Ironically selling an NFT with a faked provenance as a statement on the essential meaningless of NFT's sounds like a quintessentially Banksy type of statement piece