Banksy C/D

^^ upset that dad didn't buy him a britart

maybe the lucrative option would be to become the new banksy

Clearly a cadre of bored ILXors could do Banksy better than Banksy does.

Banksy is pretty much on the level of a Third Division ILX Troll, except he stencils his zings in media-friendly surroundings rather than 77 Board.

The guy who did that "Joint" graffito up there clearly is better than Banksy. I like the little jutty teeth.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2464713506_5bda6bc43e.jpg?v=0

http://www.peoplearedicks.com/images/hitler_smiley.jpg

XD

Spotted this one in Shoreditch, known Banksy haunt:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2467/3580364053_047f35109e.jpg

Seriously what was the point of glossing the abbreviation there?

There used to be a PHENOMENAL anarchist graffiti guy working on Newland Ave next to where we live. Every week he'd write some blowing-minds diatribe on the big adverts down by the railway bridge, and then me and my boy would have fun trying to work out what the fuck he was talking about. And why he was so pissed off with McVitie's.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zw5K7wq1VJU/R_4lt1hcYUI/AAAAAAAAAbU/bGBsRzu6wvc/s320/39butt%2Bsex%2Bgraffiti.JPG

http://kiev57.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dsc003731.jpg

Loving the O_O on the guy there.

LOL OMG that's like the single billboard poster I've hated most in the past 12 months, mega kudos

it's a shop

Can you tell from the pixels?

how else?

And from seeing lots of shops in your time.

In the interests of balance: http://www.metafilter.com/82442/Bansky-Takes-Bristol

Banksy toys and gets toyed 'by scorned graffiti legend 'King Robbo''

http://alexrossmusic.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/12/2007_10_11mahler2.jpg

http://torontoist.com/attachments/toronto_alexm/2007_10_11mahler.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2121/1528162966_5b9c883467.jpg?v=0

I really liked Exit Through the Gift Shop. Does this mean I like Banksy now?

^^^

i think my record is p clear on banksy

i think he's shit

but 'exit' is the best film i've seen all year

i genuinely didn't know, at the end, if MBW was real

i still don't, entirely

but it doesn't matter that much

douchebags like this take him seriously:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-18/who-is-mr-brainwash/?cid=tag:all1

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/banksy_mr_brainwash.html

my 2c are paper-only, which actually kind of sucks

this needs cross-posting here

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-grandmother-comes-forward-as-banksy%2C17604/

is there really no thread for Exit Through the Gift Shop?

I really enjoyed it but thought it was soured by banksy and sheperd fairy informing us that MBW's work is bullshit at the end, instead of just letting the work speak for itself.

Yeah, it was strange how Banksy allowed himself and Sheperd Fairy to look like losers in this. All the build up about how cool they were supposed to be already made them look like total nerds but it all came together at the end. eg. the bit where Sheperd Fairy says "I don't really know who the joke's on" is hilarious since it just prompts you to shout at the screen "THE FUCKING JOKES ON YOU!". The really poor thing about this movie was the pointlessly dramatic voice-over stuff by Rhys Ifans which was really distracting, partly because he was mostly talking shit and also because it sounded like Ringo's narration of "The Point".

uh

no

pretty sure the joke's on you 'everything'

Hah - hoaxed ya!

i wrote on the netflix thread that Exit... is like a mash-up of Borat and that Joaquin Phoenix hip-hop doc. It's like a lesser Chris Guest film for people who were late on street art. Still brought a couple lolz.

Not sure who 'the joke' is on in this, i dont think its on anyone. All the people lined up outside his opening show? They got to be seen at a huge art event. The people who think they are buying from a real street artist? I would say all the footage of this guy following street artists for years is proof of his experience in the field.

people who think mr. brainwash is "fake" are trippin

when I have a gallery show that I will throw feces at a fan to let people know that "the sh*t is hitting the fan." I will also ride into the gallery on a very high horse. Then I will ascend an actual ivory tower which I will invite Banksy to deface.

I still wonder if I can get a grant to do this.

Not sure who 'the joke' is on in this, i dont think its on anyone. All the people lined up outside his opening show? They got to be seen at a huge art event. The people who think they are buying from a real street artist? I would say all the footage of this guy following street artists for years is proof of his experience in the field.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

"All the people lined up outside his opening show? They got to be seen at a huge art event."

well, not really

people who think mr. brainwash is "fake" are trippin

― u aint messin w/ my dengue (gr8080), Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:41 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

has there been any definitive news abt wtf exactly was goin on in this movie which was good despite the fact that street art is the worst shit

It's like a lesser Chris Guest film for people who were late on street art. Still brought a couple lolz.

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

steve shasta when did u get in on the street art scene

re: MBW: my friend "always sees him" when she goes out in LA, especially art openings etc

just cause hes a real guy doesnt mean hes totally a real guy, some parts seemed realer than others

has there been any definitive news abt wtf exactly was goin on in this movie which was good despite the fact that street art is the worst shit

― ice cr?m, Friday, December 17, 2010 12:25 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

i <3'd the film because i had no idea if MBW was real, because im not into street art, because it's shit

if i'd known anything about him it wouldn't have worked as well

he does seem *so* derivative that it's hard to believe he's really 100% real

i can confirm that he is an actual human being

Everyone in LA personally knows and loves Mr. Brainwash (especially people like myself, Jeff and Spencer who go to art openings). It's not our fault if our city is too real for y'all to handle.

the part that seemed most suspicious to me was the clip of the movie he made being all jump cuts of car crashes and shit, it was just too lol

also banskey and faireys smdh codas seemed pretty canned

The most unreal part of this movie was when they showed little clips of MBW's documentary and it was all super fast editing and really intense sound design. Sort of looked too well put together to be by someone who had 'no idea how to make videos'.

Yeah ice cr?m OTM

...or am i

also banskey and faireys smdh codas seemed pretty canned

― ice cr?m, Thursday, December 16, 2010 2:38 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

^^hated this part. nearly ruined it for me