For everybody who says Banksy is overrated...

Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
edited October 2010 in Strut Central
STFU AND KIM.

Tonight's episode of The Simpsons...intro directed by Banksy:



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  • empanadamnempanadamn 1,462 Posts
    whoa that was crazy!

  • parallaxparallax no-style-having mf'er 1,266 Posts
    That's the darkest thing I've ever seen on that show. A very ballsy move to approve it for airing. Wow...

    b/w

    Banksy is NOT overrated.

    Kindly,
    parallax

  • best thing on the show since Phil Hartman was in the booth?

    (admittedly I never watch it)

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Was just about to post this. Pretty funny.

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    Thats dope. I dont mind banksy specifically but he is a poor mans Warhol

    b/w

    Claims to be street but we always knew he was really trying to be 'gallery'


    b/w



    NOT STREET ART

  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    And you choose a video showing how dude is not "street art" that has Banksy pieces...


  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:

    I don't see how that's selling out. He snuck that in there himself to promote a DVD he (supposedly) put out himself. HMV themselves said they weren't expecting to see that.

    "Out for fame" + hands-on guerilla marketing =/= selling out in my eyes.

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    day said:
    And you choose a video showing how dude is not "street art" that has Banksy pieces...

    That rat is not a piece. Graffiti is not 'street art'. Keep trying.

  • Herm said:
    Ulysses31nicholas said:

    I don't see how that's selling out. He snuck that in there himself to promote a DVD he (supposedly) put out himself. HMV themselves said they weren't expecting to see that.

    "Out for fame" + hands-on guerilla marketing =/= selling out in my eyes.

    i guess what i mean is, his work is anachronistic in that he deals so much with anti commercial / anti branding themes and yet he's built a brand and a merchandising empire with a considerable turnover. he's not in it purely for the art is he. it makes his work seem less honest and more cynical than perhaps it once was.

  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    staxwax said:
    day said:
    And you choose a video showing how dude is not "street art" that has Banksy pieces...

    That rat is not a piece. Graffiti is not 'street art'. Keep trying.

    Maybe he has, but I don't recall ever hearing the man call himself a "street artist." I'm pretty sure it was a term that was bestowed upon him by people who find it easiest to define it that way. After all, it is ART generally done on a STREET, isn't it?

    Besides, reading is fundamental:

    STFU AND KIM

    Perhaps I should write that on a wall for you? I have an old can of scarlet Krylon and decent handstyles. It wouldn't be a thing really.

  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    Yawn......I'm all for team Robbo, F*ck Banksy!

  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:
    Herm said:
    Ulysses31nicholas said:

    I don't see how that's selling out. He snuck that in there himself to promote a DVD he (supposedly) put out himself. HMV themselves said they weren't expecting to see that.

    "Out for fame" + hands-on guerilla marketing =/= selling out in my eyes.

    i guess what i mean is, his work is anachronistic in that he deals so much with anti commercial / anti branding themes and yet he's built a brand and a merchandising empire with a considerable turnover. he's not in it purely for the art is he. it makes his work seem less honest and more cynical than perhaps it once was.

    I feel you, but what is the man supposed to do? Give it all up and start selling cars for a living? He walks a fine line that he seems very aware of and he does it well. Granted, it took me watching the documentary to see it that way (I had the same doubts a lot of folks have), but now I have a newfound respect for the man.

    Shepard Fairey owns a successful clothing line, Andre3000 (tried to) sell overpriced menswear, Ice Cube makes kids movies... I ain't mad at 'em.

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:
    Herm said:
    Ulysses31nicholas said:

    I don't see how that's selling out. He snuck that in there himself to promote a DVD he (supposedly) put out himself. HMV themselves said they weren't expecting to see that.

    "Out for fame" + hands-on guerilla marketing =/= selling out in my eyes.

    i guess what i mean is, his work is anachronistic in that he deals so much with anti commercial / anti branding themes and yet he's built a brand and a merchandising empire with a considerable turnover. he's not in it purely for the art is he. it makes his work seem less honest and more cynical than perhaps it once was.

    Well, I don't think any of us can say with any certainty whether or not he's still in it for the art, can we? The way I see it is that he recognises the very contradiction you mention, and is now playing about with it. What's he doing with that Simpson's title sequence, for instance? Is he making a direct comment on the "Simpsons Industry"? Is he taking the piss out of passive-aggressive PETA-style "every time you buy a pair of Dunks, a unicorn dies" campaigning? Is he saying, "Look, all of us participate in this kind of shit, either as producers or spectators, but if you've come to me expecting to be told what you should do about it, you've come to the wrong place"? Is he saying all of those things? Is he saying none of them? The mere fact that what he does can still throw up such questions (above and beyond the perrenial 'that's not graf'/'it's not much more than stencil-work' criticisms) means he remains an important artist, as far as I'm concerned.

  • good points doc, i'm not trying to be a killjoy, i see his work every day walking about and it does bring a smile to the face. the robbo clash has been an interesting one, robbo has recently defaced the "saluting the tesco flag" piece on essex road, it now reads "all hail king robbo" and the kids are saluting the flag.

    i wonder if the simpsons thing is simply because someone forwarded this to matt groenig.


  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    On that note...

    Graffiti artist Cost teams-up with Supreme to create this latest collaborative effort. Featured on four t-shirts, the shirts embody Cost???s personal aesthetic of combining graphical work together in advertisement style context. The previous campaigns that were created by Cost and his partner Revs became highly visible parts of the urban landscape to which Supreme pay. The collection will be available October 14th online and in-store in North America, and in Japan on October 16th.



    Sell out?

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Who REALLY does it for the ART?

    What fantasy land is the audience in? "he's not more REAL than this dude......."

    Dudes who rocked trains wanted other artists and the public to SEE their shit.

    Joe Schmo makes T-shirts....whoopdeedamndoo in 2010. That's like "get my brand out there" 101.

    Let Banksky live and go get some Gap jeans.

  • to a your qs bruce,

    1)lots of people, though not saying they are more authentic than people who create art for money.

    2)when your art is based on notions of authenticity / "realness" and filled with harsh critiques of capitalism (though not exclusively, his art seems largely critical of any social system) it kinda goes with the territory that you should be critiqued if you support / operate within those systems right? To criticize and then cooperate is to be politically hollow / unauthentic right? specially within graffiti which is a pretty militant artform.

    3)yes they did, but when it moved from trains to galleries there was an ideological split right? and banksy prides himself on the guerilla aspect of exhibition, not conformist notions of how art should be packaged, presented and sold.

    4)lol at the gap jeans remark.

  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    He's still white.

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    If Banksy sold out, he did it when he moved to London nearly a decade ago. Move on.

    The whole Banksy vs Robbo thing is fucking lame.

    If his 'art' becomes any more self referential I think I might just throw up.


    also


    The Simpsons fell off years ago.

  • Herm said:
    On that note...

    Graffiti artist Cost teams-up with Supreme to create this latest collaborative effort. Featured on four t-shirts, the shirts embody Cost???s personal aesthetic of combining graphical work together in advertisement style context. The previous campaigns that were created by Cost and his partner Revs became highly visible parts of the urban landscape to which Supreme pay. The collection will be available October 14th online and in-store in North America, and in Japan on October 16th.



    Sell out?

    Not a sell out, just mad lazy. Taking stickers he was putting up in like '93 and putting them on t-shirts in 2010, lame.

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    Dudes -
    I can appreciate banksy for what he is. but still, with the fawning?

    batmon said:


    Dudes who rocked trains wanted other artists and the public to SEE their shit.


    They did it for other writers and the public - not to become the toast of A list hollywood and a hot collectors/investors commodity; although some graffiti writers did move on to gain mainstream and gallery acceptance. with ensuing and legitimate debate. Most graffiti writers make piss-poor 'modern artists', who can never gain the stature they had in the graff world in the art world. Nor should they have to - unless the motive is to earn money. In which case, all you can say is: fair enough, too bad.

    If banksy had started out where he belongs - (in trendy galleries across the street from wine bars) there never would have been this real/sell-out /fake-graff debate. It would have just taken him a hell of a lot longer to gain any attention, if he would have achieved any attention at all.

    Even in the simpsons intro he references himself as being graff or street by having banksy tags. & this is what annoys some people to some extent about banksy - especially graff people who suddenly can no longer disassociate themselves from, or get lumped in with, the 'street art' monicker. Banksy has a 'street' rep, and to a large extent this has legitimised him in the eyes of the mainstream - when in retrospect, the 'street' aspect of banksy all seems to have been a gimmick to gain mainstream acceptance and/or publicity. Most writers only seek recognition from other writers.

    Bombing trains is something alltogether different from wheat-pasting faux warhol posters all over the financial district with a writer from ID magazine in tow. Or is it?

    All this talk of 'street art' makes me itch.

    'street art' = 'urban'


    oh, you're an urban musician? yeah totally. Im also a street artist.
    Awesome. Did you vote for Obama?
    Like, Totally - didnt you see my poster?

    Still, it doesnt mean YOU cant be a fan of 'street art'. This is after all, a forum to debate personal taste.

    That will be all.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:
    to a your qs bruce,

    1)lots of people, though not saying they are more authentic than people who create art for money.

    2)when your art is based on notions of authenticity / "realness" and filled with harsh critiques of capitalism (though not exclusively, his art seems largely critical of any social system) it kinda goes with the territory that you should be critiqued if you support / operate within those systems right? To criticize and then cooperate is to be politically hollow / unauthentic right? specially within graffiti which is a pretty militant artform.

    3)yes they did, but when it moved from trains to galleries there was an ideological split right? and banksy prides himself on the guerilla aspect of exhibition, not conformist notions of how art should be packaged, presented and sold.

    4)lol at the gap jeans remark.

    I cant name one "political" artist that isnt part of some system/industry, even if theyre critiquing it.

    Off the grid = no audience.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    staxwax said:
    Dudes -
    I can appreciate banksy for what he is. but still, with the fawning?

    batmon said:


    Dudes who rocked trains wanted other artists and the public to SEE their shit.


    They did it for other writers and the public - not to become the toast of A list hollywood and a hot collectors/investors commodity; although some graffiti writers did move on to gain mainstream and gallery acceptance. with ensuing and legitimate debate. Most graffiti writers make piss-poor 'modern artists', who can never gain the stature they had in the graff world in the art world. Nor should they have to - unless the motive is to earn money. In which case, all you can say is: fair enough, too bad.

    If banksy had started out where he belongs - (in trendy galleries across the street from wine bars) there never would have been this real/sell-out /fake-graff debate. It would have just taken him a hell of a lot longer to gain any attention, if he would have achieved any attention at all.

    Even in the simpsons intro he references himself as being graff or street by having banksy tags. & this is what annoys some people to some extent about banksy - especially graff people who suddenly can no longer disassociate themselves from, or get lumped in with, the 'street art' monicker. Banksy has a 'street' rep, and to a large extent this has legitimised him in the eyes of the mainstream - when in retrospect, the 'street' aspect of banksy all seems to have been a gimmick to gain mainstream acceptance and/or publicity. Most writers only seek recognition from other writers.

    Bombing trains is something alltogether different from wheat-pasting faux warhol posters all over the financial district with a writer from ID magazine in tow. Or is it?

    All this talk of 'street art' makes me itch.

    'street art' = 'urban'


    oh, you're an urban musician? yeah totally. Im also a street artist.
    Awesome. Did you vote for Obama?
    Like, Totally - didnt you see my poster?

    Still, it doesnt mean YOU cant be a fan of 'street art'. This is after all, a forum to debate personal taste.

    That will be all.

    I never heard of folks lumping Graf writers w/ Street Art cats.

    Sidewalk Chalk Drawings = Steffi Graf???

    In the Getting Up video game(Marc Ecko hatt?) that came out a minute ago, the hero had to go to various Graf heroes to get "skills". One of the "tasks" was to learn how to "Wheat Paste" posters of your logo. I didnt see that as some encroachment on Graf's "purity". That was just a game, but whateves.

    Was Basquiat really tryin to go All-City? Was the SAMO collabo some legit shit or some bourgie kid from Brooklyn co-opting Graf?
    In the context of Graf he maybe wasnt killin shit, but in the context of the Art World here was someone that successfully fused the graf line quality w/ established historical Art world styles.

    Does that hurt Graf? Can real Graf cats pull off what he did?
    Does Banksy(dont care about) diminsh Graf/writers contributions?

    Anyone using a spraycan need an realness check? Can The Duke Rapp?

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    staxwax said:
    Dudes -
    I can appreciate banksy for what he is. but still, with the fawning?

    Who the fuck in this thread is "fawning"?

    b/w

    You're whole rant was pretty much a straw man argument, as you obviously have a bee in your bonnet about Banksy and 'street art' vs 'real graf', in general.
    Such discussions belong in the 'forum to debate personal taste' of your mind / subsection: YAWN. or 2001.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    "I can appreciate banksy for what he is."

  • WoimsahWoimsah 1,734 Posts
    staxwax said:
    I dont mind banksy specifically but he is a poor mans Warhol.


    I don't find nearly as much of a connection between Banksy and Warhol's work as I do Warhol and Paolozzi's.

    see fer yerself...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Paolozzi

  • There is a lot of hate right now for "street/Urban art", but I think a lot of that is do to all the main stream attention and money it generates today. I mean, there's hundreds of books and dvd's on it.There's no mystery left which is what once made it so attractive.As someone who grew up writing/bombing, if someone's putting in mad work in the streets or yards you gotta recognize and give respect even if you don't feel the method.Actions speak louder than words.I'd rather see a classic throwup/tag or burner then a wheatpaste or stencil or some shit, but whatever. What I always loved about graffiti was the mystery and anonymity. There was nothing better then getting recognition from your peers, or seeing your stuff running.The internet changed all that as well as graffiti becoming a major commodity. All the hipster street art/graff has ruined it. Its funny because now the mainstream is firmly latched on to this subculture in part do to its edginess and rebellious nature right? This always happens with subcultures though. Once the mainstream takes hold it loses everything that once mad it fun and interesting. Everyone one is on the jock now claiming to be a writer or "street artist" trying to get fame and $..Its so tepid and watered down now..Rarely do I see alleged "urban art" that has any unique style or substance.Regardless of how I feel if cats are making money off it fuck it, do what you gotta do to pay the bills.Who am i to judge. Writers like Cost paid mad due's and put in years of hardcore bombing so how can you really hate on them for selling some shirts?I seriously doubt he will ever sell enough shirts to make up for all the $ he had to pay to the city of NY. Unless you put in that much work you can't say shit. His old partner REVs is one of the best examples of a true bomber/street artist that I never see recognized in the street art discussion and he's like the godfather of it! He could give 2 shits about the $ and he bombed in ways that no one else ever did. Doing mad work in the tunnels where only other writers and workers see. As for Banksy, I think he is clever and productive and he's good at conveying a message. Having said that i don't think he should be considered a graff writer 'cause i doubt the guy ever did a throwup.But hey,strike while the iron is hot.If you can get paid to do what you love that's success right? I'll stop my rant now..

  • Maybe the Simpsons staff finally realized that they haven't made a great season in like a decade-and-a-half and now they're trying their hardest to get canned?
    Either that or they're trying to generate some tempest in a teacup "controversy" in the hope that people will actually start watching the show again.

  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    Ayrotollah77 said:
    His old partner REVs is one of the best examples of a true bomber/street artist that I never see recognized in the street art discussion and he's like the godfather of it! He could give 2 shits about the $ and he bombed in ways that no one else ever did. Doing mad work in the tunnels where only other writers and workers see.

    WORD.

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