Gothamist: Banksy Bombing Coast to Coast

nonumentalart

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:34:46 -0500

graffiti died when it entered the gallery

robingee

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:42:02 -0500

Matty; we're over that now. Graffiti and street art has moved on and evolved into different things, this isn't the 70's anymore.

gcouncil

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:37:11 -0500

Bronco boy is on 5th Ave and 125th St. in Harlem; Southwest corner.

babyhitler

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:02:50 -0500

what's to stop people from actually stealing the walls and selling them for 1 million dollars?

Ph

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:53:30 -0500

This guy never impressed me. I have to give him credit for his stencil skills, but I still do not consider it graf. And its not, and I don't care what your fucking art school teacher told you. I'd respect anyone, middle class or dirt poor, that can learn to write properly wildstyle and actually mural in the off the top of the head surrealist style that was and is still..true graf.

nonumentalart

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:35:58 -0500

can we get over this guy yet? so many better, more talented painters out there...get over it

LESder

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:10:21 -0500

There's a Banksy sweeping rat on the base of a light pole on the northeastern corner of 1st Avenue and East 4th Street.

1987porsche944

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:08:51 -0500

I loved the graffiti of the early 80's, appealed directly to me as a kid because of the similarities to cartoon characters. I miss those trains! Those guys did some extreme work, I'm glad some people have published photos from that era. =)

edEx

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:30:46 -0500

banksy's work usually has a poitical message while most original graffiti, while cool was just there to be there. also, there was no public internet when the original masters were taggin the trains and subway walls... banksy has a camera and the interweb as his main source of propaganda

rbeshenk

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:14:50 -0500

Hey, matty. Most Graffiti writers ARE "the middle class white kids."

mocanlagunas

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:49:29 -0500

the pooh bear is not eating the gold paint... it's been trapped...

the enablist

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:15:08 -0500

The "bronx pay phone" is in the east village

the enablist

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:14:47 -0500

The "bronx pay phone" is in the east village

Rocknrope

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:14:45 -0500

Who's the luckiest bastard in the art world?

fishfryin

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:13:04 -0500

they're great but they're not burners

matty

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:01:37 -0500

Also I think Banksy should be subjected to the same laws anyone else who does graffitti and should have to pay for every building he's defaced over the years.

matty

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:57:15 -0500

It kind of amazes me that the middle class white kids who usurped graffitti and called it "street art" can make millions off of it while the original graffitti artists are probably more or less broke.

drewo

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:50:29 -0500

Street art is best unheralded and kept anonymous.