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In some way it’s erased in malicious compliance, because the message is still showing, doubly because of the censorship.
It really does feel more powerful half-erased lol
The final form of the art piece. Honestly, I wouldn’t even be surprised if Banksy anticipated this. It wouldn’t be too tough to predict that the government would respond this way.
It’s far more poignant like that. Whoever did this is either very stupid or very clever.
The ground is wet there like it just rained, I wonder if this is the first time it’s rained after he put it up. Maybe he used paint that washes away, exactly for this reason.
Just a thought though. Unlikely.
pressure washer
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the most recent picture is not on the right side?
Not all cultures read from left to right.
looks at caption above image
looks at image
Sure… but like… PICK ONE.
Only 95% of them…
If you read right to left, do you imagine after before before?
Banksy used something to etch the stone before applying the paint knowing they’ll try to wash it off.
Edit: more context, the building that has the art is 150 years old so they can’t just replace the tiles. They are going to have to take some layers off.
It’s an admission of guilt.
The worst part is that it’s the more progressive party that is doing this.
I’m not sure “progressive” is the right term for the neoliberal war machine doing what it does to manufacture consent, but also not living in the UK so take that with a grain of salt I suppose.
I said “more progressive”. Their are definitely more progressive then the alternatives.
Certainly less progressive than the greens
Right on. Who do we need to bribe around here to get a “more progressive” representation that’s actually left of center…?
New Labour are regressive as shit.
It’s just that the Tories are even more regressive and Reform are complete total nutters.
It’s a grade 1 listed building, it’d have to go no matter what it was.
Banksy would have known this beforehand, it’s masterful actually.
Space Invader put a mosaic on a listed building where I live. We didn’t have police blocking it, it wasn’t removed the next day. It was removed eventually and it was investigated but I didn’t have the Big Brother feel to it.
Same sort of vibe as the nuclear shadows, you can still tell what was supposed to be there.
They only did more damage by erasing it, they just proved the point Banksy was making.
I don’t know, it seems quit obvious that that was the whole point. He might even done it himself
Removing it, of course, creates a Streisand effect and add more fuel to the Palestinian cause.
It’s still pretty artsy. You can totally get the message without the finer details.
Calculated?
Yeah this doesn’t really add up. We don’t like this so let’s just make it look more pale? Did they pay someone to do this?
Left panel: the person on the ground is defending themselves with a berserker sword from the attacking wraith wielding a hammer of unjust suffering.
*Broken berserker sword
all this does is amplify the message. Banksy is brilliant.
The people removing the graffiti couldn’t even be bothered to change the border. Still clearly an outline of a power imbalance.
Banksy knew that it would look like this if they tried to remove it. He put it on a building where they couldn’t just break a chunk of wall off, but they had to remove it. He understood exactly what kind of commercial removers were out there, he understood that it would leave a shadow.
Banksy has experimented with this theme before, of the art being destroyed, where the act of destruction is like a transaction.
One of his paintings was sold at auction, and when the bidding was closed, the big frame the work was displayed in began shredding the drawing. Except with the murals the “destruction” of the art was carried out by the state bureaucracy that the work is critiquing. But its a mundane, meaningless sort of removal. Human creativity and expression of injustice, likely worth millions, wiped away because of faceless, mindless state bureaucracy.
This is what makes Banksy an incredible artist. The after shot is the art.
That’s a 4D chess move, if that’s true. I do remember the Bansky shredded artwork event, that was wild.
Are there any other examples besides one of the most famous and expensive art pieces?
Most of his works have been moved or destroyed, I think. He’s had works washed off, he’s had works vandalized, the walls where a work resided has been broken out and then the wall has been sold to collectors.
He spray painted a piece onto plywood at a charity Boys Club, confirmed with the people running the club that the work belonged to them, so they removed it and eventually sold it for a pretty penny to keep the club running.
That dynamic seems to have always been present. I’m seeing some people saying he even may have etched the wall first, so I’m not sure. But with stuff like this you have to assume it was the artist’s intention. This is what artists spend all their time thinking about and discussing! In art school even, beginner students are made to critique every line and mark of each others work. Any single piece of art itself is a conversation with the history of art. We aren’t used to thinking like that, we think of art works as commodities with a dollar value. I promise you, banksy does not think that way
It’s fine if you like banksys art, i do too, we have a saying that “you can get away with things as long as you keep it clean”. (Poorly translated)
If the owner or rightsholder of the property he defaced/vandalised/painted on, decides to restore it, sell it, keep it, whatever. That’s entirely up to them. Always was.
There’s no “dynamic”, he wants to make a statement, so he goes out and vandalises a piece of property to amass attention. In theory, it’s no different than the “just stop oil” people trying to throw paint at the Mona lisa or some random stores windows. Vandalism is vandalism.
Ofc he also produces art that isn’t vandalism. But he rose to fame for his vandalism. I think it’s with keeping in mind.
No
Before on the left. After on the right. We’re not fucking weebs.
You sure about that
Well I’m not
Y weebs unfuckable??
Is it the exaggerated nosebleeds?
