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Graffiti artist Banksy arrested?
foonk
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Could it be so? After all this time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRlC9S7j2Mk
He's a wonderfully talented artist though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRlC9S7j2Mk
He's a wonderfully talented artist though.
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Of course people know the police just don't arrest him because it will cause too much hassle.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/banksy-arrest-hoax-internet-duped-by-fake-report-claiming-that-the-street-artists-identity-has-been-revealed-9806157.html
#edit .. beaten to it
As stated above though, so many cameras, plus the fact that loads of people must know him personally.
Of course he could be a she....
For some reason he is seen as some kind of God to some people and if and when he is arrested it will probably spark some kind of protest etc so I suspect he is being tolerated at the moment and a blind eye is being turned until he paints on something controversial which is seen as overstepping the mark, a traditional landmark in London perhaps.
Robin Banks perhaps?
I would hope that any police officers finding him while placing an artwork on a wall would be happy and ask him for an autograph.
Agreed. A vandal is a vandal, no matter how talented.
Some years ago I was working on some renovations to a restaurant in Nottingham. On one wall was a large mural by Rolf, but the wall had to be removed so it and the mural was just smashed down.
It's not as if police officers and judges are going to be sent on art appreciation courses in order to treat the talented vandals more leniently.
As for the OP, was this hoax posted here honestly? If so, it's always best to do a little checking before making such announcements. Or are you on a wind-up?
Apart from the idiots from Clacton council, I find it hard to believe anyone will complain to the police that Banksy has just deposited a mural worth tens of thousands on their wall:D
I saw the one he did recently in Folkestone at the weekend - council there were so upset at his unauthourised "vandalism" they've put a perspex screen over it and made it a feature of their triennial art trail:)
A 40 foot high one on the side of their house perhaps?
Sorry, but acts of vandalism are the only way to brighten up Folkestone.
Yes.
Thanks, but it wasn't an announcement; it was a question.
No.
Actually Folkestone is considerably better than it was 25 years ago when I first started visiting - the high speed link to London has done wonders for re-generation.
Of course that also means many of the people who live there are now being priced out:(
A landscape would be preferable to a war scene!
I will bow to your experience. My views are, I admit. based solely on a dreadfully disappointing 'dirty weekend' I had there in 1979. I will not go into details, but the debacle started with 'My parents have decided to come down here too'.
Because of this, I have a distinct hatred of funicular railways.
The Law may be ill equipped to make judgements of artistic merit, that's understandable. But I hope that's not such a problem for society at large.
Paine was an apologist for the atrocities of the French Revolution.
John Bull is merely a literary depiction of the UK is he not?
Wat Tyler thing didn't end well - the peasants were worse off after Richard exacted revenge.
It's only worth tens of thousands because some arses are willing to pay that, so all those who complain about the rich remember they may be willing to pay you money for one on your house.