Banksy might have created a Twitter account, for one day, to express his views on his most recent work Spy Booth, in Cheltenham. The property owners of the piece plan on removing it and selling it.
Seen at The Washington Post.
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“Despite what graffiti writers who view him as a sellout would have you believe, Banksy is nothing if not an artist of the people. His work widely appeals to the public, and it also plays with the community in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways. Watching the entire month-long residency unfold in about an hour’s time, it becomes clear that the stencils left on buildings were just the beginning of what he intended to create. ”
Read the ArtNet review of HBO’s ‘Banksy Does New York’ documentary.
Evolve Devolve, Shepard Fairey.
Politicians Discussing Global Warming, Issac Cordal, 2014.
A fantastic sculpture on climate change. Cordal has several other mini sculptures in the series titled ‘Waiting for Climate Change’.
I Remember When All This Was Trees, Detroit, Banksy.