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  • Banksy in NYC

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    This one is controversial.


    “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

    ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

  • #2
    That third one with the two kids is pretty damn good.
    If it pays, it stays

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Frostbit View Post
      That third one with the two kids is pretty damn good.
      The funny bit was him selling his signed artwork for $60 a pop at a stand and having few takers.

      Of course, he likes to poke fun at the art world. He likes to poke fun at just about everything, now that I think about it.

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      “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

      ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Billy Jingo View Post
        The funny bit was him selling his signed artwork for $60 a pop at a stand and having few takers.

        Of course, he likes to poke fun at the art world. He likes to poke fun at just about everything, now that I think about it.

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        I heard about that, but had never heard of him. Interesting. Some of his stuff is really good, but I do like his cleverness.
        Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
        Robert Southwell, S.J.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
          I heard about that, but had never heard of him. Interesting. Some of his stuff is really good, but I do like his cleverness.
          You might recognize some of his stuff without knowing it was him. My avatar is one. Here are a few others that are borderline iconic:












          And just because I am a guy .....


          “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

          ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

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          • #6



            Now that's funny! I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.
            It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
            In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
            Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
            Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now

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            • #7
              Mayor Knotted Bloomer is upset.
              It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
              In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
              Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
              Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Adam View Post
                "Art is art, and nobody’s a bigger supporter of the arts than I am. I just think there are some places for art and there are some places [not for] art. And you running up to somebody’s property or public property and defacing it is not my definition of art. Or it may be art, but it should not be permitted. And I think that’s exactly what the law says."


                It is a pretty strong argument.

                To be honest, I am ambivalent about what Banksy does. But it is art and the aesthetic progeny of the Pop Art movement. He's (supposedly) a Brit, but his stuff is 20th Century American with 21st Century moralizing.
                “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

                ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Billy Jingo View Post
                  "Art is art, and nobody’s a bigger supporter of the arts than I am. I just think there are some places for art and there are some places [not for] art. And you running up to somebody’s property or public property and defacing it is not my definition of art. Or it may be art, but it should not be permitted. And I think that’s exactly what the law says."


                  It is a pretty strong argument.

                  To be honest, I am ambivalent about what Banksy does. But it is art and the aesthetic progeny of the Pop Art movement. He's (supposedly) a Brit, but his stuff is 20th Century American with 21st Century moralizing.
                  I generally agree with the idea that graffiti is not a good thing, it just seems like Bloomberg once again has his priorities all out of whack and his focus is all wrong.

                  The one with the beaver that I like is a prime example of this: he's worried about someone (rather cleverly, IMO) putting a small beaver next to a downed sign, but he's not focused on the myriad of gang tags on that same wall. Tagging is symptomatic of a much deeper problem, and it's a pretty good indicator of when an area is going to be in trouble. Worry about the taggers first, and use them to break up gangs. THEN worry about the random yahoo who spray-paints "fuck you" on a wall because they're mad at the world or whatever. After you've dealt with those two problems, then worry about whether there's a problem with someone who does this:






                  And I somehow missed this one yesterday:






                  That's pretty funny. It reminds me of this:


                  It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
                  In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
                  Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
                  Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now

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                  • #10
                    Edward. is awesome!
                    "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                    -John Locke

                    "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                    -Newman

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                    • #11
                      May we raise children who love the unloved things - the dandelion, the worm, the spiderlings.
                      Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards the sun...
                      And when they're grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice,
                      may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the one.

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                      • #12
                        The Banality of the Banality of Evil

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                        “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

                        ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

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                        • #13
                          It's not too late to get that Halloween costume for tonight.


                          It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
                          In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
                          Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
                          Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now

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                          • #14
                            Halloween win!
                            “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

                            ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

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