Gee! Is the establishment feeling triggered? How ^un surprising.
Also…what’s with the fucking tactical anonymous cleaning guy? Do we really need a graffiti removal SWAT team to secure the fragile egos of our politicians and judges?
What a display of fundamental weakness. If your actions and judgments can’t stand up for themselves in the face of a one man graffiti attack, your position isn’t very fucking strong to begin with.
….and removing it both underscores that point and changes nothing.
Melodic_Mulberry on
I mean, I assumed they would. It was in a very auspicious location.
PuddleBaby on
He’s a mainstream darling of the artworld, probably alot of people in the government own or at least would love to own his work. But the moment he says something they don’t like he’s just a vandal and a criminal again.
Growing up doing graffiti I always thought Banksy was a posh public school boy sell out. As an adult I thought him just another brand, but he has a chance to do some real funny shit here. C’mon robin, do it.
Independent_Bus8806 on
Censorship? You realize that although it’s the almighty Banksy… it is Grafitti- which is not really welcomed (or legal) even in a private setting but especially not one so public as this, right?
Motor-Pomegranate831 on
Banksy saw this as the likely result and it is the most fitting conclusion for a work of art about censorship.
zapdoszaperson on
This was the original intnent of Banksy’s art.
DJ_ICU on
darksaber522 on
The ironic thing is that more people will see the artwork now after they’ve censored it thanks to the attention it’ll inevitably draw online.
waisonline99 on
Gonna need to surrender all your private information….ahem, I mean verify your age before you can see a Banksy soon.
Farscape_rocked on
Removing graffiti = new levels of censorship. Understood.
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Gee! Is the establishment feeling triggered? How ^un surprising.
Also…what’s with the fucking tactical anonymous cleaning guy? Do we really need a graffiti removal SWAT team to secure the fragile egos of our politicians and judges?
What a display of fundamental weakness. If your actions and judgments can’t stand up for themselves in the face of a one man graffiti attack, your position isn’t very fucking strong to begin with.
….and removing it both underscores that point and changes nothing.
I mean, I assumed they would. It was in a very auspicious location.
He’s a mainstream darling of the artworld, probably alot of people in the government own or at least would love to own his work. But the moment he says something they don’t like he’s just a vandal and a criminal again.
Growing up doing graffiti I always thought Banksy was a posh public school boy sell out. As an adult I thought him just another brand, but he has a chance to do some real funny shit here. C’mon robin, do it.
Censorship? You realize that although it’s the almighty Banksy… it is Grafitti- which is not really welcomed (or legal) even in a private setting but especially not one so public as this, right?
Banksy saw this as the likely result and it is the most fitting conclusion for a work of art about censorship.
This was the original intnent of Banksy’s art.
The ironic thing is that more people will see the artwork now after they’ve censored it thanks to the attention it’ll inevitably draw online.
Gonna need to surrender all your private information….ahem, I mean verify your age before you can see a Banksy soon.
Removing graffiti = new levels of censorship. Understood.