Banksy painting ‘self destructs’ at end of auction

[chilango]

He's just doing his job.

No more, no less.

 

[Mrs D]

He's just doing his job.

No more, no less.

I hope he’s in a union, might be at risk of disciplinary action after this.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Some Durruti Column KP cover in sand paper too no?

It was the first album, The Return of the Durutti Column, the first 3600 of which had sandpaper covers (some of them glued together by Ian Curtis, no less)

 

[editor]

Fantastic stuff.

 

[spanglechick]

Apparently the auction house acquired the piece in 2006. That’s a long time to wait until you can play a prank.

 

[Chilli.s]

Gave those art investors a proper conceptual workout.

 

[editor]

There was no external wires so the shredder must have been battery operated

 

[Spymaster]

That piece is worth more now than it was when it was sold. One of the most talked about Banksy works ever. Whoever bought it is quids in.

 

[Lupa]

Did it stop shredding half way?

 

[girasol]

so... did whoever win the bid still have to pay for it? 'cause I wouldn't!

 

[spanglechick]

so... did whoever win the bid still have to pay for it? 'cause I wouldn't!

From the article, normally no. But the auction room suggested they might want to.

 

[Lupa]

From the article, normally no. But the auction room suggested they might want to.

If the shredder stopped half way as it appears to do in the video, then the piece would look even better...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I'd hope that he was trying to raise his profile deliberately, or just thought it would be funny, rather than thinking that this was somehow a devastating piece of satire on the art world, because the art world is not satirisable by selling stuff within it, even if it's literally shit, and anyone with even a slight familiarity with it knows that.

 

[Lupa]

Maybe he just wanted to amuse people....

 

[IC3D]

It seemed to stop half way kind of preserving it as an artwork. Will the buyer keep it or get a refund

 

[two sheds]

It seemed to stop half way kind of preserving it as an artwork. Will the buyer keep it or get a refund

I think he's pushing for half off.

 

[Lupa]

I think he's pushing for half off.

Lol...cut price?

 

[two sheds]

A snip.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I think he's pushing for half off.

There's not a single shred of evidence to back that up...

 

[8ball]

Brewdog really need to give Banksy a call for some much needed lessons on how to ‘do punk’.

 

[two sheds]

There's not a single shred of evidence to back that up...

Half cut when he did it

 

[Jon-of-arc]

I love it.
I love the idea behind it...the finger to the art world...the faces of the crowd...
Because he's right.
It's all rubbish.
It's all the emperor's new clothes...
Fair play to him for showing them how ridiculous the Art World is.
(Not art.....But The ART World)

A finger to the art world by giving it a ridiculous amount of free publicity, probably in collaboration with Sotherbys, and possibly increasing the value of the piece? Emporers new clothes, alright, and Banksy is wearing them...

 

[Lupa]

A finger to the art world by giving it a ridiculous amount of free publicity, probably in collaboration with Sotherbys, and possibly increasing the value of the piece? Emporers new clothes, alright, and Banksy is wearing them...

I think you missed the irony.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

But how did it know when to go off?
Surely they've had it on display and stuff before... who pressed the button?

 

[editor]

Beautiful

 

[moochedit]

But how did it know when to go off?
Surely they've had it on display and stuff before... who pressed the button?

Maybe someone in the room had a remote control?

 

[two sheds]

Beautiful

Errrr ... we'll just move this over here a bit.

 

[not-bono-ever]

i know its situationist bollocks but i like it

 

[mojo pixy]

...that lesser-known Rolling Stones b-side

 

[not-bono-ever]

it belonged to his PR agency and they knew the score with the hidden gizmo apparently