BANKSY! (the genius graffiti artist) in NYC this month!

[Darren Dirt]

"For the next month Banksy will be attempting to host an entire show on the streets of New York."
http://www.banksyny.com/home/index
http://instagram.com/banksyny

"To enhance your enjoyment of the exhibits an audio guide is provided via cell phone. Simply call the number next to the painting and select the appropriate option on the keypad. This is a toll free service."
1-800-656-4271#1
1-800-656-4271#2

I love his self-deprecating sense of humour...


In case you don't know of the work of this "Banksy" fellow, there was a RW mention of the Simpsons opening his dark heart produced:
http://forums.righteouswrath.com/index.php/topic,7811.msg51675.html#msg51675
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=banksy+simpsons



Or a brief 2 minute BBC story from 6 years ago sums it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-X1sBkQGTM

Also, you might find the full movie of a documentary on YT if you're lucky...
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=banksky+documentary

[Darren Dirt]

Banksy "an act, not an artist -- a brilliant opportunist" -- a part-burn part-defense of Banksy:
http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/saltz-al-jazeera-banksy-and-graffiti-as-art.html


oh and in case you're interested, there' now more than 2 dozen NYC pieces to peruse:
http://www.banksyny.com/home/index

Including some live-human performance pieces, and a 1/36 scale replica of the Sphinx -- made from smashed cinderblocks. Also, there's a Deep Thoughts quote from Plato.

[Mr. Analog]

Man, I gotta hand it to him he's a very polarising artist (like Lichtenstein) but he brings art to the streets where average people will see it