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Twerto sent me a link to this guy's surprise exhibition the other day. What a thing! If that stunt doesn't earn Banksy his own thread here on Shetlink, I don't know what what would.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8094839.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

 

I reckon he's going to use this stunt next at the Louvre and harvest an entire gallery full of priceless art, and leave a tiny 'lol haxd' stencilled somewhere in return.

 

:shock:

 

But really, talented artist. Probably the best yet. Here's a clip of him talking about his work back in 2000:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/front_page/newsid_8097000/8097071.stm

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His book 'Wall and Piece' is great. He has a really cutting sense of humour. He talks about when he thought to use stencils, hiding under a truck from the police. He saw 'danger' stenciled on the underside and had an epiphany. He got home and told his girlfriend who said 'you shouldn't take them they're bad for your heart'.

 

Immense.

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http://www.dump.com/wp-content/uploads/DO-NOT-PASTE-THIS-URL-ON-ANY-FORUM-BLOG-OR-WEBSITE--LINK-WILL-CEASE-TO-BE-FUNCTIONAL-SHORTLY--PLEASE-LINK-ONLY-TO-URLS-CONTAINED-IN-THE-ADDRESS-BAR--CODE-48918279417/graffiti.jpg
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yeah, gotta love banksy.

 

nice when other people get involved too, this was painted on a wall next to a banksy work...

 

http://objetsmart.com/blog/banksy.JPG

 

:D

 

reminded me of some graffiti i saw scrawled on a bridge in aberdeen ages ago...

 

"F*CK THE ECONOMY!"

 

to which someone had replied "and replace it with what?"

 

i'd love to think that the debate raged on under cover of darkness, each spraying their thoughts on free market economics and the effects of globalisation...

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