tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post116827207993149153..comments2007-04-15T07:32:36.645+01:00City Slickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040793254173714192noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168304604432843142007-01-09T02:03:00.000+01:002007-01-09T02:03:00.000+01:00Nice London blog you have heredrukenstaplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168281379591017032007-01-08T19:36:00.000+01:002007-01-08T19:36:00.000+01:00Banksy makes fantastic art for stupid people"<BR/><BR/>one of my favorite newspaper quotes<BR/><BR/>good luck to sotheby's. i would take this chinese print any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168281305576224962007-01-08T19:35:00.000+01:002007-01-08T19:35:00.000+01:00Please. Banksy's a sell out, but you knobs calling him unoriginal act like you've actually done something creative or worthwhile with your lives. Have any of you ever done something original? And like you wouldnt go for the cash after youd been living broke for 20 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168281247030528312007-01-08T19:34:00.000+01:002007-01-08T19:34:00.000+01:00Let me just take this opportunity to say that banksy's work is the most trite, unoriginal shit ever created, and he's a genius only in the respect that he's sucessfully hyped otherwise worthless, effortless images to be worth millions. a person who uses photoshop, maybe illustrator if they're a real expert, to make stencils and then spray them in is as much of an 'artist' as a 12-year old with a spirograph, a tie-dye kit, or one of those sand art kits.bigbrothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168281063981244932007-01-08T19:31:00.000+01:002007-01-08T19:31:00.000+01:00He must be nimble to be a graffiti artist. Cool man Heartybowl. Never heard of anybody who has met Banksy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168280976186887442007-01-08T19:29:00.000+01:002007-01-08T19:29:00.000+01:00I was at the opening of Santa's Ghetto. I know exactly who he is. All I will reveal is that he is 33, white, scruffy casual - jeans, T-shirt, a silver tooth, silver chain and silver earring is the norm. He looks like a cross between Jimmy Nail and Mike Skinner of the Streets. He smokes and drinks pints of Guinness. <BR/><BR/>Anonymity is vital to him because graffiti is illegal. The day he goes public is the day the graffiti ends.HeartyBowlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168280738668053412007-01-08T19:25:00.000+01:002007-01-08T19:25:00.000+01:00Re: Banksy I can't understand how he has managed to stay anonymous this whole time. Does anybody?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168279050385732642007-01-08T18:57:00.000+01:002007-01-08T18:57:00.000+01:00He has Mona Lisa eyes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168279015515224452007-01-08T18:56:00.000+01:002007-01-08T18:56:00.000+01:00I am truly surprised to learn that Chinese art has been so uner wraps? Interesting. If was half the price would consider buying one of the prints. Spooky eyes got me.dawnbyseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168277613339264392007-01-08T18:33:00.000+01:002007-01-08T18:33:00.000+01:00Happy New Year CS and all readers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168275819665480992007-01-08T18:03:00.000+01:002007-01-08T18:03:00.000+01:00Ok Slicker I agree that Banksy is very 2006. The street based artist frontman has now moved on to <A HREF="http://www.britart.co.uk/artist/Antony_Micallef_1.aspx" REL="nofollow">Antony Micallef</A> who is very exciting and has close associations with Banksy given that they are represented by the same agent.Tanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168275628241435722007-01-08T18:00:00.000+01:002007-01-08T18:00:00.000+01:00If you like Chinese art check out <A HREF="http://www.caiguoqiang.com/" REL="nofollow">Cai Guo Qiang</A>. Mind blowing stuff. Happy New Year All!Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168275519569029052007-01-08T17:58:00.000+01:002007-01-08T17:58:00.000+01:00This is a great picture. I like to think in a very literal sense, the boy portrayed is putting his best face forward - the version of himself they he wants the outside world to encounter.<BR/><BR/>Much like China itself I suppose.<BR/>Woah a bit too heavy for a Monday afternoon.<BR/>Who saw <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Betty" REL="nofollow">Ugly Betty?</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168275150214750872007-01-08T17:52:00.000+01:002007-01-08T17:52:00.000+01:00The powerstation was incredible but thankfully just a beginning not an end. The exhibition is part of the Serpentine Gallery’s ongoing collaboration with the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo. China Power Station: Part I in London marked the first phase of the project. Part II will be developed for Oslo in 2007 and Part III for Beijing in 2008. The project will propose a new model for showcasing developments in Chinese art and architecture and will be updated annually from 2006 to 2008.<BR/><BR/>Well spotted topic here CS!Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168275049653418212007-01-08T17:50:00.000+01:002007-01-08T17:50:00.000+01:00Isnt much of Chinese art just pictures of gardens? Sorry does that sound racist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168274982149665002007-01-08T17:49:00.000+01:002007-01-08T17:49:00.000+01:00Will Hutton is a moron. I won't even go there on why I came to that conclusion years ago. I stopped buying the Observer because he is such a fucker.<BR/><BR/>Like this print though. As calm as water his face is, but underneath I sense great emotional turbulence. Hmmm, food for thought.honkmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29805028.post-1168274306481569252007-01-08T17:38:00.000+01:002007-01-08T17:38:00.000+01:00Hold on, that China link points to an article by Will Hutton ... on how China is *not* the future. Try <A HREF="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/998e7316-9c61-11db-9c9b-0000779e2340,_i_nbePage=74b5583c-d5e4-11da-8b3a-0000779e2340.html" REL="nofollow">this FT piece</A> instead. <BR/><BR/>I hope some of you went to the <A HREF="http://www.timeout.com/london/china_power_station/" REL="nofollow">China Power Station</A> exhibition at Battersea Power Station. It was ace ...maxhttp://del.icio.us/_maxinoreply@blogger.com