What goes around comes around.
What is art to someone is vandalism to some others. What is beauty to Bansky is unadulterated ugliness to others.
And it seems Bansky’s boomerang has returned to Bristol to hit him with a thud. Two thuds to be precise; Two of his artistic murals were vandalized this week. I’m staying tuned for more…
Has the King of artistic social commentary finally met his match?
1st Hit: ‘Windows Lovers’ (on wall of a Bristol sexual health clinic)
(image: cbcnews.ca)
2nd Hit: ’Mild Mild West’ (again)
.. weapon at the scene of crime
(image: english.mashkulture.net)
Who’s the King of Kings and Lord of Lords now?
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I’m dying to know who is the rebel of the rebels.
Apparently, this is the second time Mild Mild West has been vandalized. In April, The Times London reported that a group called Appropriate Media, claimed responsibility for defacing MMW, and published the following statement on their website:
“In the early hours of this morning, Banksy’s ‘Mild Mild West’ on Stokes Croft in Bristol (UK) was repainted by a member of Appropriate Media, presenting an alternative version of this ‘alternative Bristol landmark’.
Through this action, Appropriate Media asks ?What is the value of street art??. How much time and money will be spent to restore this urban ‘masterpiss’ by urban masterpisser, Banksy.
Come on, you only care about it cos its a Banksy and he sells his lazy polemics to Hollywood movie stars for big bucks.
Come on, you only care about it cos makes you feel edgy and urban to tour round the inner city in your 4×4, taking in the tired coffee table subversion that graffiti has become.
Graffiti artists are the copywriters for the capitalist created phenomenon of urban art.
Graffiti artists are the performing spray-can monkeys for gentrification.
We call for the appropriate and legitimate use of public and private property…We are taking matters into our own hands…We will not seek permission…We will retaliate”
(via theartcollectors)
We’ll see if Appropriate Media will come out to claim the crowning glory for good this time…