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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 20 Oct 21 9.37pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by BlueJay

Haha


As for his art, I do find him to be very creative it how he articulates his point, regardless of whether I always agree with him. It's as much the 'who he is' aspect that keeps him in the news I'd say.


He’s a good graphic designer with a flair for self promotion. If he’s an artist it’s in the same way that Love Island is a tv show but so is Life on Earth.

 

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View orpingtoneagle's Profile orpingtoneagle Flag Orpington 20 Oct 21 10.55pm Send a Private Message to orpingtoneagle Add orpingtoneagle as a friend

Seen loads, just walk round Central Bristol they are bloody everywhere.

Mind you most murals in a city that would be Belfast

 

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BlueJay Flag UK 20 Oct 21 11.09pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

He’s a good graphic designer with a flair for self promotion. If he’s an artist it’s in the same way that Love Island is a tv show but so is Life on Earth.

I don't see his work as being that throwaway. Tongue in cheek perhaps, but clearly at times an intelligent encapsulation of a theme - as stark and memorable as many a well known art piece.

I see what you mean though in that in trying to capture a moment it is 'pop' in nature. I class throwaway pop art as something along the lines of Jeff Koons. Banksy always tries to evoke a reaction, and agree or disagree with his politics, frequently succeeds. Can't fault him on the self promotion front either, true!


Edited by BlueJay (20 Oct 2021 11.14pm)

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 20 Oct 21 11.34pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Anyone living in Croydon had the chance to see several pieces of his work. Displayed in shop fronts in Crown Hill in October 2019. I thought it was great

Banksy shop featuring Stormzy stab vest appears in Croydon [Link]

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 20 Oct 21 11.37pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by BlueJay

I don't see his work as being that throwaway. Tongue in cheek perhaps, but clearly at times an intelligent encapsulation of a theme - as stark and memorable as many a well known art piece.

I see what you mean though in that in trying to capture a moment it is 'pop' in nature. I class throwaway pop art as something along the lines of Jeff Koons. Banksy always tries to evoke a reaction, and agree or disagree with his politics, frequently succeeds. Can't fault him on the self promotion front either, true!


Edited by BlueJay (20 Oct 2021 11.14pm)

I don’t think what he does is the equivalent to people like Gillray, Cruickshank or Hogarth.
I don’t dislike what he does but really there are t shirt designers doing similar work.

 

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BlueJay Flag UK 21 Oct 21 12.02am

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

I don’t think what he does is the equivalent to people like Gillray, Cruickshank or Hogarth.
I don’t dislike what he does but really there are t shirt designers doing similar work.

I'm glad you've found artists you appreciate. Many world famous artists of the past were treated as it their work was nothing in their day, so it shows how subjective all of this is. That's the beauty of it really.

Of every artwork we love, I bet hundreds of more unheralded individuals are doing something similar. Ability, creativity, longevity and luck no doubt all factor to who ends up top of the pile.

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View HKOwen's Profile HKOwen Flag Hong Kong 21 Oct 21 12.08am Send a Private Message to HKOwen Add HKOwen as a friend

did you visit the Occupied West Banksy?

Originally posted by MrRobbo

On a trip to Israel a couple of years back we took the A rather scary bus ride into Bethlehem. My wife wanted to see the church, I wanted to see the Banksy work on the wall. Whilst there we visited Banksy’s hotel. Pretty cool.

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 21 Oct 21 12.15am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Only a madman could have painted that.

 

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View MrRobbo's Profile MrRobbo Flag Purley 21 Oct 21 12.36pm Send a Private Message to MrRobbo Add MrRobbo as a friend

Originally posted by HKOwen

did you visit the Occupied West Banksy?

Yep, pretty cool

 

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 21 Oct 21 1.48pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Only a madman could have painted that.

Radovan Karadic also had an artistic streak

 


the 'Net-We-had' at the Etihad....again

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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 22 Oct 21 2.27pm

Originally posted by Mapletree

Anyone living in Croydon had the chance to see several pieces of his work. Displayed in shop fronts in Crown Hill in October 2019. I thought it was great

Banksy shop featuring Stormzy stab vest appears in Croydon [Link]

Yes, I saw this, it was there for a week, just opposite the market, great stuff.

 

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