"We were flattered Banksy tagged on our Ad--it was epic!" --This is a quote from a representative of The Light Group, the company that owned the sign that had the Banksy 'Livin the Dream' piece put on it.
And just like a spokesman from the billboard company that was defaced says he was flattered by the vandalism, people have been saying some really interesting things about the new Banksy pieces in LA.
This post grabs a bunch of people's comments to put out there for discussion. Most are taken from the MELROSEandFAIRFAX exclusive on the Huffington Post. Click the jump to read more, and add your voice to the comments!
He's brilliant. If you don't appreciate his work, well, then you just aren't brilliant. -Chef Dracula on Huffington Post
Jesus! Give us one day to get there and take a picture so we can save it personally! Anonymous on M&F
Though the hype is ridiculous, there is a good reason behind it. It speaks to us and it (and we) should convey the message to authority. It's interesting though that most of the people who buy his art are probably contributing to the disparities and situations he is depicting. -Dr. Zanzibar on Huffington Post
Sucks theyre gonna remove it. If i was there id spray paint over it in a "If we all cant have it you cant either" attitude. Anonymous on M&F
I was honestly gonna fly out this weekend just to see, and take photos of what he's done out there this past week. Sucks that Charlie Brown got covered up. Alizzo on M&F
I was over there while they were taking it down. It got pretty intense between the middle aged guy who owns the property the billboard resides on and the big dude who worked for CBS- Biz on M&F
It's clever and cute, but graffiti is still vandalism.-Ramirez on Huffington Post
Ima fuck it - anonymous on M&F
Next time please have someone who actually has the intellectual chops to understand art before writing such a disgrace of a post: "Each piece of art is not just the image itelf, it incorporates an idea." That's sort of the idea of...art. "And on this new piece in LA, we see Banksy demonstrating how a street artist fights his battles, replacing crayons in place of bullets." Um, no. See the other comment. It's not about the plight of the street artist. Shakin' my head at this elementary foolishness. -Bjorn on M&F
The level of the comments here are depressing.
Envy, confusion, fear, adulation, politics, racism, elitism.
I would say on some level Banksy succeeds yet again, because art, if anything, is a way to define what it is to be human. -Forester on Huffington Post
Well i´ve never seen or heard anything from this guy till now but i think i´m now going to look for some of his work. The artwork is just amazing. - Markus Schmid on Huffington Post
What are your thoughts?
See the Movie "F for Fake"!!
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Banksy, although not the best artist, is a marketing genius! Much of what he does is made to look "off the cuff", rebelious and from the street...when really it's just marketing ploy's and alot of the time paid for or done with permission.
Look at some of the stunts he's pulled in the past. The Paris CD, all those walls in New York during the "Pet Shop" show, the selling of his own identity on eBay, the movie!!
Wake up people!!
Banksy is not a street artist...he's a marketing artist and he's got you all fooled!!
Don't believe the hype!!
What's good Melrose&Fairfax, I've been covering street art in Seattle for the past few years and recently moved to LA. I've not familiar with all of the artists yet, but I'm getting there. Here are my thoughts on the Banksy fiasco at my blog Left Coast Letters:
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Keep doin what you're doin!
Totally agree. His stuff is not great at all, but i give it to him for being a true genius when it comes to marketing and creating hype. LA is a city full of suckers that will buy any bullshit that comes out of peoples mouths.
ReplyDeleteLet's all get off the Banksy dick sucking band wagon!