Gothamist: Banksygate 2008: Banksy Opens New Show In New York!

SikBug

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:04:22 -0500

QM does he usually sell stuff himself or is it dealers that get a hold of his stuff the ones that sell it for crazy amounts? Just curious.

jaems

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:58:19 -0500

@ QM Reasonable and rational opinions have no place in a Gothamist post, since the majority of users have to hate on EVERYTHING.

QM

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:38:00 -0500

Some of you are really bothered by how much love people have for banksy's work. You guys need to look at some of his other work in order to get a good idea of how witty and creative he really is. Also the community board in bristol actually decided to leave up some of his "vandalism" because the people in that city appreciate and value his artwork. I mention that out of spite because i know some of the people that post here would be furious to know that Banksy is considered a legitimate artist, even when the pieces he puts up are illegal.

heywood

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:13:50 -0500

the site says it's open from 10am to 12am, not 12pm.

SikBug

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:53:26 -0500

Honestly, this is the type of Story I read Gothamist for. If it was for the other stuff yetanother I'd just read the times or something. Deff going to go check this out, it's not what I was expecting but Banksy still does some cool stuff.

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:39:48 -0500

By the tone of the article, including the important breaking updates, and the release from Banksy's "team", you'd think the space shuttle was being launched or a third world war was impending. Is there actually some news here?

Amanda Harlech

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:01:24 -0500

awesomeness...oness as NYC rat, very appropriate. As a graphic artist I have to say, dude is good.

obsoletest

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:50:55 -0500

I know next to nothing about Banksy, but seeing his billboards and reading his artist's statement, I would guess he's a 15-year-old suburban kid. Wait! Wikipedia says he's almost as old as me and a Londoner! Well, my apologies then. He must be quite the artistic force.

NannyState

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:54:29 -0500

And that 'artist's statement' couldn't be more naive in that eighties Appropriation Art way. We've been there before and no, he can't engage at the scale and level of the major corporations. But thanks for playing, Banksy.

west side Michael

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:05:07 -0500

Nice ad for this mediocre artist. I have real rats which get little green nuggets to eat routinely,that gives them Leukimia so that they die.It's better than being stuck in a glue box. They come from in from all the destruction of low rise buildings for hi rise buildings. They have to run someplace,I imagine. I guess they didn't know they were so artful.

RatherBe

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:59:01 -0500

Argh! Way too much space on the page for this!

suepart

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:55:53 -0500

it would be a supreme work of art if banksy could take all the subway rats in new york back with him to the uk since he loves them so much. otherwise, this new promo blows- an artist needing assistants to do tagging-

mocanlagunas

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:54:39 -0500

the videos are great! I guess I'd be going tomorrow to see what's up...

Wza

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:52:49 -0500

He's cool, I like his work. I just like bombers more. :D

rarelement

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:48:58 -0500

i'm sensing a theme here.....

mocanlagunas

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:43:19 -0500

hahahaha the rat cutting the rope! love it!