We’ve quite used to Banksy’s escapades over here in the UK. He’s been active in Bristol, Shoreditch and Hackney, amongst others, for quite some time now so I guess the next logical step had to be the US. The Beeb picked up his guerilla hangings in various New York galleries and he’s helpfully posted photos of the unofficial installations on the Banksy website. Top job!
For more info, go check out the Wooster Collective site. They’ve got a short interview with Banksy, pictures of him in action and a highly entertaining piece from Reuters.
I went down to Santa’s Ghetto at the weekend to check out some pieces of work by the likes of Liam Howlett, Banksy, Shok1 and Insect. It’s another great exhibition - in a more fitting venue than last year - featuring crumbling cement, low lighting, camo nets and bare brickwork, but with significantly less space. If you’re anywhere near Tottenham Court road you have to go take a look.
There was a photo of a Banksy piece there I hadn’t seen before - of birds in the act of destroying a CCTV camera! Brilliant, thought I, before promptly fogetting about it. By chance I was reminded today by Dick’s Daily photo, which was accompanied a link to The Birds on Banksy’s site. Great project!
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