Banksy - Annoying Grafitti or Modern Art?

[Xenophon]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7556019.stm

A standard-issue, 3-option, CUK-approved poll, will appear here...

[Bob Dalek]

I like his work, but it's a green light for the winkers that daub badly all over London's (and elsewhere) walls, houses, and so on.

If he'd originally put his stuff on canvas, I don't think we'd have heard of him.

[DimPrawn]

I like his work, but it's a green light for the winkers that daub badly all over London's (and elsewhere) walls, houses, and so on.

If he'd originally put his stuff on canvas, I don't think we'd have heard of him.

If he only ever paints walls he owns or with the express permission of the owners before hand, no problem.

Otherwise he's a cheeky fooking vandal and 2 years inside would be a suitable reward for his efforts.

[Bob Dalek]

If he only ever paints walls he owns or with the express permission of the owners before hand, no problem.

Otherwise he's a cheeky fooking vandal and 2 years inside would be a suitable reward for his efforts.

Sorry, but braindead actors and other types wishing to look clever and "street" have paid hundreds of thousands for his stuff, so he's now acceptable.

[cailin maith]

I like his stuff....

[DimPrawn]

I like his stuff....

How would you like his stuff if you came home and found a giant mural of a hoody painted on the front of your house, for all to gawp at?

[cailin maith]

How would you like his stuff if you came home and found a giant mural of a hoody painted on the front of your house, for all to gawp at?

If I'd paid for it - I am sure it would be fine - which is what has happened in this case...... isn't it?


Anyway let them gawp - sure you only need a tin of paint to get rid of it....

[NickFitz]

It's clear from the story linked to that this work was done at the behest of the owners of the premises concerned, so it can hardly be vandalism.

[DimPrawn]

It's clear from the story linked to that this work was done at the behest of the owners of the premises concerned, so it can hardly be vandalism.

As I said, if Banksy owns the wall or has express permission of the owner, no problem, otherwise regardless of how "good" his handiwork is, it is graffiti and vandalism.

[NickFitz]

Anyway let them gawp - sure you only need a tin of paint to get rid of it....

If you wander around Bristol you'll find that nobody seems to take that option - in fact one excellent work on a derelict building is going to be incorporated into the atrium of the new development on the site