Posted on 10/07/2018 2:00:09 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
LONDON (AP) Art prankster Banksy has struck again.
A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). In an Instagram post Saturday, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making.
The spray-painted canvas Girl With Balloon went under the hammer at Sothebys in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equaling a record price for the artist.
Then, as an alarm sounded, it ran through a shredder embedded in the frame, leaving half the canvas hanging from the bottom in strips.
A post on Banksys official Instagram account showed the moment and the shocked reaction of those in the room with the words Going, going, gone
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“Idiots”
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I agree. However Reverend Wright’s photo has nothing to do with the article.
Or BSky had a shill bidder and it’s all a fraudulent publicity stunt.
My wife has something like that she bought at Hobby Lobby years ago.
Stencils.
You should show us! :)
Somebody has to make the stencil.
If I gave you a piece of cardboard, scissors and two cans of spray paint could you replicate it?
If you can you should start doing so. You’d make pretty good money. Somehow I doubt you can though.
Looks more like Girl WITHOUT Balloon
Just goes to show what s sham a lot of modern art is.
A penny for your thoughts ... or maybe 1.4 million
Banksy is a genius marketer and self promoter. Bar none.
Banksy is an art troll.
I call B.S. It’s a stunt. It just magically self-destructed just a second after the sales gavel strikes? And how was that shredder powered? Built in batteries, or did they plug it in.
I’ve got some inside info.
His next work will catch fire and a fire extinguisher will come out and put out the fire.
I can’t tell about the one that has something to do with C-4.
Bullchit!
No way this was "spontaneous".
Somebody was involved with the "artist" and "triggered" the "spontaneous shredding".
The guy is a street hack who has created a cult of personality similar to that of Andy Warhol. There’s no real talent there, just PT Barnum with a paint can.
Bingo. All a PR setup.
LOL! I will try to grab a picture!
Mark Knopfler had a song about that.
That would avoid the profits feeding the sharks in the ‘legal’ profession.
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