Anyone into the artist Banksy?

[jjbrad2323]

He did a few new pieces out here in LA about a month ago (I believe) - they are over near La Brea and Beverly. They all feature the undefined or sunken feet(seen on a lot of his pieces) and they look great.


next to the Beverly Theatre-

it's actually over an old piece of his (lol)-

in the parking lot of a gas station-

some other stuff-

 

[18th letter]

never heard of him, but looks

 

[georgehimself]

Thats cool, I didn't know he did stuff ehre in teh states. Any links?

 

[blondsoccerplyr]

Banksy is king.

I've been following his stuff or a few years now.

 

[stylin on yuku]

Originally Posted by 18th letter

never heard of him, but looks

You should go to his website and check out his work. His concepts are dope and he has huge balls to do some of the things he does.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

 

[jjbrad2323]

georgehimself, it was a surprise to a lot of people. after he hit those spots, I read an article on Digg that someone posted saying they had seen the newpieces.

 

[jomitm]

i personally think banksy's overrated...

not sayin he's not good though.

 

[Nouss]

That website is

 

[patriots 18 1]

"Banksy's attack helicopter with the bow tie"

 

[bjamez20]

i'm a fan. i'd never heard of him before december but then my sister gave me his book for xmas. he has some awesome work as well as quotes

 

[justhotkicks]

There was a Banksy exhibit in NYC this past December (at the Vanina Holasek in Chelsea). Thing is, the actual exhibit wasn't "authorized",whatever that means. So it may or may not have been Banksy's work. There was a price-list there and there was nothing less than $10,000. He's aninteresting artist, but dude is just money hungry. Here are some pics I took (quality is typical of a Sony P&S digital camera, wish I had my DSLR then...):

My personal fave.

The lightbulb wasn't part of his artwork. I just thought it was cool.

The girl in the middle is now a doctor. Don't know what that has to do with anything, but interesting nonetheless.

Also, this is VERY cool:

http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/03/a_wooster_exclusive_banksy_hit.html

 

[greenredgreen]

Also, this is VERY cool:

http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/03/a_wooster_exclusive_banksy_hit.html
http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/03/a_wooster_exclusive_banksy_hit.html that is awesome.

 

[nyelectric]

I like a lot of Banksy's work.

 

[chr1sb]

I wish i could figure out the intentions he had for each piece

 

[mystere626]

Google "Banksy's elephant."

He got a lot of heat for this particular project, but it is by far one of his best.

Oh, and this reminds me of a particular NTers blog from a while ago.

 

[m00dswing7]

This dude is tight... Peeped his book over the weekend.

 

[jordan novice]

Flower chucker is my favorite by banksy. It's my wallpaper

 

[ebayologist]

Never really been a fan. Whenever I see qoutes where he talks about his work he always comes across unnecessarily pompous. And technically his stencil work isabsolutely nothing new at all. His social commentaries are some what interesting but they always feel clouted in the ******ed remain anonymous steez thatpersonally after its gone on for so long I find gimmicky. It's like you're a world famous artist and really no one knows who @*%! you are becauseyou're trapped into a fruitless world of illegal art (graffiti) instead of taking it to installations or canvas. There are plenty of artists who started ingraffiti who moved into other mediums and became varying degrees of huge without compromising their work while he seems to be stagnating himself not moving on.He seems to focus on subverting authority rather than actually making work that functions as thought provoking all on it's own...

 

[tkthegirl]

My art history teacher is obsessed with him.
Reminds me of the whole Lemony Snicket thing being an anonymous artist.

 

[jtothadub]

Originally Posted by blondsoccerplyr

Banksy is king.

I've been following his stuff or a few years now.

 

[jjbrad2323]

nice to see other people on NT are familiar. I'm just a huge street art fan - social commentary pieces or not, i'm always down for an artistic bombingrun.

 

[jjbrad2323]

that link is killer, too - Banksy pulling a Thomas Crown

 

[patriots 18 1]

Originally Posted by ebayologist

Never really been a fan. Whenever I see qoutes where he talks about his work he always comes across unnecessarily pompous. And technically his stencil work is absolutely nothing new at all. His social commentaries are some what interesting but they always feel clouted in the ******ed remain anonymous steez that personally after its gone on for so long I find gimmicky. It's like you're a world famous artist and really no one knows who @*%! you are because you're trapped into a fruitless world of illegal art (graffiti) instead of taking it to installations or canvas. There are plenty of artists who started in graffiti who moved into other mediums and became varying degrees of huge without compromising their work while he seems to be stagnating himself not moving on. He seems to focus on subverting authority rather than actually making work that functions as thought provoking all on it's own...

GET 'EM!

 

[jpap348]

i drive by this just about everyday

 

[heatbeast32]

looks good.