Posted on 11/25/2021 8:43:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
SFGATE reporter Michelle Robertson on Banksy's critique of an art world he actively participates inPhoto of
Starting at $40 a ticket and reaching $70 on weekends, the new — unauthorized — “Art of Banksy” touring exhibit has landed at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, and tickets are already selling out quickly.
Brought to the city by Starvox Exhibits, the same group responsible for the “Immersive Van Gogh” show that came to San Francisco in 2021, “The Art of Banksy” brings together more than 100 artworks by the secretive, anonymous artist, with the value of the pieces totaling more than $35 million, the website for the exhibit proudly exclaims.
The exhibit features works, contributed from private collections, created largely between 1997 and 2008, when Banksy was at his peak of proliferation. It’s well-curated and thoughtfully displayed, beginning chronologically and highlighting many of Banksy’s career highs, including “Flower Thrower” and “Girl and Balloon.” But it falters within a clearly capitalist apparatus that stands in direct contradiction to what Banksy claims to revile, and unsurprisingly ends in a large gift shop, selling Banksy T-shirts, prints and other paraphernalia.
“Banksy, whose identity is the art world’s biggest secret, is an enigmatic artist and world-recognized activist,” the press release for the exhibition reads. “His graffiti-influenced stencil technique, often combined with anti-establishment slogans, is immediately recognizable and never fails to generate immediate attention.”
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
If was truly anti establishment art then it would say “let’s go Brandon !”
Someone had to work hard to make this word salad sound like, "I am so much smarter than you rubes."
Michelle Robertson, a failed English major writing for the San Fransicko Comical.
I am of the opinion that Banksy is more than one artist.
I was wondering about that?
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