Banksy Does Glastonbury

[ThunderCat]

I DO think his art is amazing.
I just dont want him to lose sight of it.
Im scared he's gonna become a sell out.
Sorry if that wasnt worded properly.

Album covers, celeb walls, Paris Hilton- fair enough he's getting loads of money, but it would be preferred if he stuck to what he did best, and didnt become the next big fad/trend/fashion for all the wrong reasons. Its his messages in his art that hold the audience, not how big his wallet is.

I went to 'Santas Ghetto' last xmas, and some of his stuff was up, but it was a non-profit exhibition, just showcasing some amazing street art. It would be a shame if he disappeared up his own arse and lost sight of what is important. I have been a massive admirer since he did the Natural History Museum and Tate stunt, because nobody knew who he was/what he was doing/werent expecting it.

Im not making snidy comments, im just pointing out another perspective, since i do rate his work in a big way.

 

[Dubversion]

I
I went to 'Santas Ghetto' last xmas, and some of his stuff was up, but it was a non-profit exhibition, just showcasing some amazing street art.

bollocks

it was a shop

 

[zenie]

Becasue she is not going.... shhh !!

cunt!

nah I just think it's boring and his stuff is boring now, and I've grown weary of 'isn't Banksy cutting age'

It's humorous but that's about it (IMVHO)

 

[longdog]

Third-rate, self-obsessed poseur producing repetitive 'art' for the cretinous middle classes who gush over a bit of simple stenciling but would shit themselves if someone was spraying anything on the wall of their house. Someone else's property... art, their own... vandalism.

I was stenciling when I was at junior school, not that hard really is it?

He's just a fad. 'Right on' people think he's edgy when in fact he's just a predictable bore.

The king wears no clothes.

ETA...

Of course he's in it for the money and for that I say good fucking luck to him. A fool and his money are soon parted after all.

 

[Dubversion]

cunt!

nah I just think it's boring and his stuff is boring now, and I've grown weary of 'isn't Banksy cutting age'

It's humorous but that's about it (IMVHO)

well it's fine not to like it much any more, but that doesn't make him a twat, does it?

 

[zenie]

well it's fine not to like it much any more, but that doesn't make him a twat, does it?

of course it does

 

[Sunspots]

Re: the same old ^Charlie Brooker^ cut 'n' paste...

-firky, are you on commission or something?

 

[JTG]

All the first hand accounts I've heard of him (and you get quite a few round here) suggest he is a bit of a twat. Not a lot of a twat, just a bit of one.

I like his stuff, don't like many of the balloons who go on and on and on about him though.

His best stuff is on walls near my house and has been there nigh on a decade

 

[Firky]

Re: the same old ^Charlie Brooker^ cut 'n' paste...

-firky, are you on commission or something?

I love Charlie Brooker

Bet he's read this place and but forward a simlair rant about it!

 

[Dubversion]

Re: the same old ^Charlie Brooker^ cut 'n' paste...

-firky, are you on commission or something?

quoting charlie brooker is a good cover for not actually having your own controversial opinions.

See also muppets quoting Bill "over rated dickwad" Hicks

 

[Flavour]

charlie brooker is the new banksy, you'll all hate him in a year promise. i'm already a bit tired of him

 

[Onket]

Now, that Brooker IS a fucking tool.

 

[JTG]

That Brooker article made me think more warmly of the Bris boy to be fair

 

[Dubversion]

Now, that Brooker IS a fucking tool.

Brooker's one of the 3 or 4 funniest writers in Britain today, with a track record that includes TV Go Home and Nathan Barley. So he's anything but a tool

 

[Firky]

He's a tool of the media, dub!

 

[JTG]

Brooker's one of the 3 or 4 funniest writers in Britain today, with a track record that includes TV Go Home and Nathan Barley. So he's anything but a tool

Is Cheesypoof number 1?

 

[Dubversion]

He's a tool of the media, dub!

well, i find that writers do tend to need the media. otherwise they have to resort to writing things out on scraps of paper and handing them out to people on the bus

 

[Dubversion]

Is Cheesypoof number 1?

that would imply that the numbering was in ascending order, and Brooker is much better than 4th worst.

 

[JTG]

that would imply that the numbering was in ascending order, and Brooker is much better than 4th worst.

she makes me laugh

 

[Onket]

Brooker's one of the 3 or 4 funniest writers in Britain today, with a track record that includes TV Go Home and Nathan Barley. So he's anything but a tool

He is sometimes mildly amusing and almost always a cock. Nathan Barley was fucking ace though, to be fair.

 

[William of Walworth]

why's he a twat? i think he's funny.

what is it with this bullshit sniping at banksy all the fucking time - seems a bit fucking childish to me. What is it exactly people believe that he's sold out?

Innit. It'll be a laugh to see.

 

[jugularvein]

fuck me these boards are getting claustrophobic

 

[William of Walworth]

Nothing against Charlie Brooker either, he makes me smile and laugh

His wish for Bush to get assassinated, just before the last Presidential election, that rant that got pulled from the Guardian was a classic

A good rant, from others, is cathartic to read

Sometimes ...
But CB is pretty good at it.

 

[118118]

no it doesn't make him a twat at all

 

[zoltan]

fuck me these boards are getting claustrophobic

Its the heat n humidity innit. We need a big fat storm to wash away the bile and drop the temp by about 10 degrees