[HOLY S**T!] Banksy

[Mike D]

So I'm watching the Banksy documentary right now on HBO, where he hit NY. How did this guy become so mythical? If he leaves some work anywhere, the next day it gets f**king mobbed. Literally. People drive from all over just to get a glimpse and a picture of his work.

He also pulled a stunt in central park, where he put a bunch of his paintings on sale for $60 -- he had an anonymous old man selling them and nobody knew they were Banksy's. The dude sat there all day...and sold a total of 7. There were still like 20 left when he packed up and left.

Art dealers estimate that those $60 paintings sold that day are now worth upwards of $250,000.

daaayyyyuuummm

[HughJass]

My friend first introduced me to Banksy,i had no idea who the guy was.His art is ****ing great doe.

[Mike D]

My friend first introduced me to Banksy,i had no idea who the guy was.His art is ****ing great doe.

**** is crazy, Hugh...nobody even knows who the dude is or what he looks like, he just pops up all over the f**king world through the art he leaves

This documentary is some pretty interesting **** and I only caught the second half of it. Check it out some time. It's called Banksy Does New York. There's a bunch of showings coming up on HBO.

[Spray_resistant]

So he is a talented vandal?

[2501]

Though his artwork is mostly composed of clever and satirical criticism of negative aspects of current societies, it's become a financial phenomenon due to the insatiable urge of snobby art collectors to own something "cool".

[Mike D]

Though his artwork is mostly composed of clever and satirical criticism of negative aspects of current societies, it's become a financial phenomenon due to the insatiable urge of snobby art collectors to own something "cool".

Yeah I tend to agree.

edit: dude is talented, not denying him that, but it blows my mind that he has become a worldwide a phenomenon who can literally paint something on a 6 by 12 inch canvas and that piece be worth 250K overnight

[rorymac]

I wonder what the evolutionary explanation for "paying for the name" is.

Probably something to do with following the crowd - I guess copying others is pretty safe from an evolutionary standpoint.

[HughJass]

**** is crazy, Hugh...nobody even knows who the dude is or what he looks like, he just pops up all over the f**king world through the art he leaves

This documentary is some pretty interesting **** and I only caught the second half of it. Check it out some time. It's called Banksy Does New York. There's a bunch of showings coming up on HBO.

I'm downloading it now m8,this should be interesting.

Yeah I tend to agree.

edit: dude is talented, not denying him that, but it blows my mind that he has become a worldwide a phenomenon who can literally paint something on a 6 by 12 inch canvas and that piece be worth 250K overnight

That's a serious number.I wonder if he'll ever make himself known.

[PR ESQ.]

Mr. Brainwash in some respects has made Bansky less mythical and relevant...

[MrTambourineMan]

I wonder how long it'll be before a mountaineer reaches the summit of Everest and is greeted by a Banksy.