don't believe the hype
http://www.buzzfeed.com/samir/banksy-sold-art-yesterday-in-manhattan-and-no-one-knew
http://www.buzzfeed.com/samir/banksy-sold-art-yesterday-in-manhattan-and-no-one-knew
proof Banksy is a crap artist
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You know good and well that is it was advertised as a Banksy sale every hipster in the area would have been there and it would have sold out in 10 minutes...
I don't pretend to understand "art", but I kind of understood this to be the point.
Not to mention what your return might be on a $30 dollar Banksy.
Don't really understand why anyone would pay $30 for one of those. Only way I'd buy one for that amount would be if I positively knew I could make money reselling it.
it's more of a commentary than anything on the notion that only high art on display in museums, galleries et al is viewed as "valuable" by the public, versus how people perceive art being sold in a street booth by an old man.
this immediately reminded me of the time Joshua Bell played a number of classical violin pieces during rush hour in a subway. on a stradivarius.
found the link about bell:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
Why is MD jealous of some british artist? This reminds me of high school girls talking sh1t about each other. Maybe we can gin up a reason to call him a slut.
this is proof the mandown is a crap OP
he's just jealous that banksy is laughing (and walking) all the way to the bank
$5 says that the whole "banksy" character is a troll that was coordinated by leonardo da vinci from hundreds of years in the past
I read somewhere that Banksy was predicted by Nostradamus. Or was it Nosferatu?
ftfyb
that makes no sense at all. you on bath salts again?
Fixed that for you, bro?
I think Banksy just 'gets' the joke and uses it to his advantage. Can't blame him for that. Anyone here would do the same thing.
I think the quote you listed is more of a commentary on the society where most people can't pay an arm and a leg for an original peice of art than it is of his imagined inability to sell his work.
I agree, and with anyone here, the depravity would be ratcheted up a few notches
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All the way to the BANKsy - its even in his name.
60 was actually not bad even if was just a copy if you factor in the price of canvas, material etc. I would have bought some if I had seen that on the street especially knowing he is in the city at the moment. I think his NYC tour is brilliant.
no i mean his alleged "correction".
I'm high on life. Which means I don't have any dope on me.
krokodil?
Meet me out back.
So you're saying folks who buy art for less than a $100 in a public park have the last word on what is good?
How far away was the guy selling black velvet Elvis?
How far away was the guy selling black velvet Elvis?
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don't tempt me to start a second thead on this topic.
Has this been discussed here (RM) yet?
no. it's just poking fun at how subjective the whole system is, and how the environment in which it's presented changes people's perceptions. again, refer to the joshua bell "experiment".
Pretty sure the same would go for wine snobs. Put some box wine in a $500 bottle and watch them cream their pants about how fantastic it is.
Kranky is selling some
proof Mickey Dee's is teh best - they sell the most, so they win.
We live in a made up world anyway. If people think they can taste the difference even if it turns out its the same wine then to them its different. I highly recommend this Ted Talk by very funny and smart ad man Roy Sutherland. The talk is about how advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself:
http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html
I am not we as bike riders are much better when it comes to buying into perceived value. We are maybe just less douchy.
As George Carlin says: It's all bull**** and it's bad for ya
As George Carlin says: It's all bull**** and it's bad for ya
box wine no way...
any wine over $30 (street price), and i´ll take your bet.
Box wine has gone upscale - seriously.
And how that proves he's a crap artist? You think any other artist would have gone for more? He made a very good point. He is also great at social commentary. If I was to spend a ton on some piece of art I'd rather go for him than some nonsense BS like Rothko.
Poopdeck Rethread?
yeah. just trolling. other side of the coin is that the average man on the street knows boo about art (or just doesn't "value" it). kinda the route jK took with his link to the fiddle player.