that’s not really an answer is it. Just a cop out.
I'll try to live with your disappointment.
I like it, not a terrible installation, subtle but pointed message if you understand it, right where its needed in the heart on government. I prefer it to some of his other stuff although the rhino humping the car was good.
Didn’t it turn out that the people who put the flags up and painted roundabouts were paid to do so?
Also one was a clearly racist provocation, and th other was not. So there’s that…
Do you think banksy did this for free and paid for all the materials and installation himself?
Yes I do; isn’t that his business model?
I hope it’s taken down asap. I didnt realise there was a new rule that said you can put political art anywhere you like and it’s fine. Does that apply to all art or artists or only those of certain political views. Would everyone be equally happy if it had a different political view?
What political view do you feel it portrays?
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
What does the landowner think about it?
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
That will potentially annoy hideously stupid/evil people. If it pushes even one of them to engage their brain it's a positive. Thumbs up from me. 👍
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
What does the landowner think about it?
Seem happy to roll with it according to this article
BBC News - How did Banksy put up a statue in central London?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4pvyw82exo
TBH it’s a pity they have to put stuff around it, the picture above is excellent it looks like it belongs there.
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
That will potentially annoy hideously stupid/evil people. If it pushes even one of them to engage their brain it's a positive. Thumbs up from me. 👍
So when some one else does it who isn’t seen as cool and /or you dont like it you will be happy for it to stay for as long as the artist wants
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
What does the landowner think about it?
Seem happy to roll with it according to this article
BBC News - How did Banksy put up a statue in central London?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4pvyw82exo
Why do local tax payers have to fund looking after it. The article states the council are going to. Surely the artist should pay for its upkeep not taxpayers
Why do local tax payers have to fund looking after it. The article states the council are going to. Surely the artist should pay for its upkeep not taxpayers
If it bothers you, take it up with the council.
I think it’s pretty poignant and the logistics of getting it there show commendable amounts of effort!
Why do local tax payers have to fund looking after it. The article states the council are going to.
they've calculated that its in their interest to do so. Instant tourist attraction that hasn't cost them anything to create or promote.
How much looking after do you think it needs?
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
That will potentially annoy hideously stupid/evil people. If it pushes even one of them to engage their brain it's a positive. Thumbs up from me. 👍
So when some one else does it who isn’t seen as cool and /or you dont like it you will be happy for it to stay for as long as the artist wants
you are choosing a rather odd hillside to die upon with your outrage
Thing is, I don't think this is aimed at flag shagging roundabout painters at all. Look at the character in that statue - suited. Look at the chosen location - in the very centre of power and privilege. It's taking a swipe at politicians who use nationalism to gain support and pointing out that "after pride comes a fall", as we saw most recently in Hungary.
Why do local tax payers have to fund looking after it. The article states the council are going to. Surely the artist should pay for its upkeep not taxpayers
Because the council are keeping their options open. If they just ignored it then, as with many of his other works, someone would "acquire" it and then sell it for a shitload of cash.
Now its an asset for them to decide to sell for a shitload of cash or not.
So it’s a commercial proposition dumped on London streets.
That will potentially annoy hideously stupid/evil people. If it pushes even one of them to engage their brain it's a positive. Thumbs up from me. 👍
So when some one else does it who isn’t seen as cool and /or you dont like it you will be happy for it to stay for as long as the artist wants
Ah, it's a slippery slope. Before we know it the bike lanes will be choked with political statues
Why do local tax payers have to fund looking after it. The article states the council are going to. Surely the artist should pay for its upkeep not taxpayers
Because they see it as an asset that provides benefit to their taxpayers. Just as they would if it was in a gallery.
Thing is, I don't think this is aimed at flag shagging roundabout painters at all. Look at the character in that statue - suited. Look at the chosen location - in the very centre of power and privilege. It's taking a swipe at politicians who use nationalism to gain support and pointing out that "after pride comes a fall", as we saw most recently in Hungary.
A very valid point. Strange that all the roundabout painting flag shaggers seem to think it's about them. Like Trump in that recent interview denying he was a racist...
Anyway, I spent an interesting hour earlier engaging with someone who "knows" that Banksy is employed and funded by the "government", who let him put all his art up in order to boost the local economy. Which seems unlikely given most UK arts funding
Could well be true, after all the latest location is in the heart of an incredibly deprived area...not deprived of money mind you...
I like it (I like most Banksy stuff). I do have an Art History degree though (or at least half of one) so am sometimes guilty of overthinking things...
The real cleverness here is the blankness of it. He's not attacking any particular ideology or view, so as someone up there said it's more art about politics and not Political Art.
I think that's sometimes why people find him so polarising - he tends not to try to tell you what you should be thinking (and some people like to be told what to think), and more just prods you into hopefully thinking a bit for yourself. Does what all the best 'political' art (Daumier, Hogarth, Dix, Grosz, etc.) does - just pick away at the scabs of who we are in the hope that it leads to a bit of (self-) discovery.
I hope it stays there for a bit, would equally love it if he arranged for it to be dragged down by a mob and pushed into the Thames.
he tends not to try to tell you what you should be thinking
You would have to pretty dumb not to understand what he wants you to think when he painted graffiti on the high court
Haha, yeah. Didn't say he was subtle...
Based on the crowds on a dull Bank Holiday Monday, Westminster council knew what they were doing. I thought it was a pretty decent effort, personally. Solid message and well executed that fits in with the location.
Haha, yeah. Didn't say he was subtle
I think his work sits more in the world of satirical cartoons.
A lot of his work you can imagine same image in a Sunday broadsheet.
the dimension he adds is they’re site specific so the location adds to the image. They’re also audacious stunts so there’s also entertainment in how he pulls the works off although that’s tempered a little now that sites are often willing victims
