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- ageeksgirl08, on 09/23/2008, -1/+128He's posted his New Orleans work on his site.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm - Torx, on 09/23/2008, -5/+33I wish all graffiti had more meaning like this, not stupid tagging of names. Banksy is setting the bar and evolving the art of graffiti.
- n0t0kayipr0mis3, on 09/23/2008, -4/+25He's truly amazing, he's also done some great work in Palestine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZK7D6WqzR0
- presidentjapan, on 09/23/2008, -3/+23Long live the rat, long live Banksy.
- davesss, on 09/23/2008, -0/+18wow, he gets around
- flashpointbob, on 09/23/2008, -11/+28Banksy is one of the most influential/powerful artists of our time. More people need to pay attention to what he is saying.
- basye, on 09/23/2008, -1/+16What does the first picture say? "I must not copy what I see on the Simpsons"???
- badwithcomputer, on 09/23/2008, -0/+14i love the horizontal scroll. sounds like a dance move from the 80s.
- presidentjapan, on 09/23/2008, -1/+15Go to his site for better resolutions, and more images: http://banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm
- btschul, on 09/23/2008, -2/+15Because (some of) it ***** ROCKS.
- ianbirtwistle, on 09/23/2008, -2/+14"Three years after Katrina I wanted to highlight the state of the clean-up operation. Only later did it dawn on me that if you chose to do this by drawing all over their stuff, you're actually only slowing down that clean-up operation."
- richIsBored, on 09/23/2008, -2/+14I think he's saying that the government bears a large amount of responsibility for what transpired after Katrina.
- Nikx, on 09/23/2008, -1/+13Banksy_in_New_Orleans_6
Six? Really? - iamichi, on 11/12/2008, -1/+13I must not copy what I see on the Simpsons.
But the kite-fridge is my favourite. I wonder how long before the grey ghost copies over it all... :-( - WickedEdge, on 09/23/2008, -5/+16100 diggs in and page is already dead O.o
- Joe857, on 09/23/2008, -3/+13Because nobody actually enjoys art anymore. Sure, some people may have paintings in their homes, and some people may go to museums, but paintings are still too impersonal, and not public enough. Graffiti (real art, mind you, not tags) goes past this boundary by being beautiful, being controversial, and being in view of everyone.
- jeremyduffy, on 09/23/2008, -0/+9A few pictures in is this comment (paraphrased):
"I looked out the window and said, "I can't believe how much devastation is still left. Why haven't they cleaned it up?" and the driver looked at me and said, "This street has always looked this way""
Oops. - kelmaster1, on 09/23/2008, -1/+8Here's a set of Banksy pics from New Orleans that doesn't suck:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnodotcom/sets/7215 ...
A quote from him about the Palestine wall: "“How illegal is it to vandalize a wall if the wall itself has been deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice?"
Also a hilarious account with Israel's fine military: (while Banksy was working on the Palestine wall)
Soldier: "What the ***** are you doing"
Banksy: "You'll have to wait until I'm finished"
Soldier: "Safety's off" (to other soldiers) - kelmaster1, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7lol, this one is my favorite, the text Banksy wrote makes it.
http://banksy.co.uk/outdoors/images/landscapes/nol ... - cawpin, on 09/23/2008, -0/+6I saw your girlfriend go down with 1.
- ExoBit, on 09/23/2008, -0/+6Somehow this still surprises people.
- BlaqReaper, on 09/23/2008, -4/+10Because Banksy elevates it into an artistic form and not just random scribbles on a wall. And meaningful art should be celebrated.
- btschul, on 09/23/2008, -4/+10Mirror please.
- shenfrancisco, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7Mirror:
http://www.linkinn.com/_Banksy_in_New_Orleans - d1sturbdapeace, on 09/23/2008, -0/+6I heart Banksy
- JammoBlammo, on 09/23/2008, -2/+8Because he makes it out of the UK once a year? Impossible!
- Pandalemon, on 09/23/2008, -3/+9Sir, you're going to get dugg down, but don't worry; you deserve it.
- darny, on 09/23/2008, -3/+9soldiers looting the houses? what is he trying to say?
- Terrk, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6http://banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm
- nevetssav, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5The fact of the matter is that a soldier is a depiction of government. Men with white hair in business suits could be anyone. Soldiers are symbols of the will of a government, like it or not, and a face of a particular individual would give someone a [good] reason to take it down.
- urbandistrict, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5You = Retarded
(and for you that means you are not a smart guy) - NoozeHound, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5thanks.
- Tr33fiddy, on 09/23/2008, -17/+22From Banksy's site;
"I came to New Orleans to do battle with the Gray Ghost, a nototious vigilante who's been systematically painting over any graffiti he can find with the same shade of grey paint since 1997.
Consequently he's done more damamge to the culture of the city than any section five hurricane could ever hope to achieve."
Now I like Banksy's stuff. I REALLY like some of it but he went there to battle this Gray Ghost? Not thoughts of giving the city come of his art work as his way of helping them recover from Katrina?
And more damage than a cat 5 hurricane could ever do?
Talk about over stating the value of your own trade... - btschul, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5I saw an article go down with 2 diggs.
- calderon0311, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5Amazing work and choice of pieces for every location.
- DigxDug, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4The Grey Ghost is a buffer in NO.
Not someone that follows Bansky around. - 032483, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4@phoenixshard
For the second time this week I'm saying this. Just because it's vandalism doesn't make it not art. - Tr33fiddy, on 09/23/2008, -2/+6Or perhaps that during a true disaster, even the most responsible and regimented of people regress toward base activities provoking the question of how a city actually recovers from such a disaster when even the most responsible resort to denegrating their community?
- sammydeath, on 09/23/2008, -1/+5totally agree, 12oz shows how much talent there is and what a thriving graffiti community there is.
- ayeroxor, on 09/23/2008, -1/+5What is it about the word "common" that you people find so difficult to understand?
- gils126, on 09/23/2008, -1/+4If you'd read further along, you'd surely see the hurricane was the real point. Not to mention if you'd really focused on the actual artwork. The intention's pretty clear if you ask me.
On the second picture after the one that dawned you're quoted caption:
"Three years after Katrina I wanted to highlight the state of the clean-up operation." - holdie, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3I'm not sure about all of them, although the girl with the umbrella, the fridge kite, and the soldiers coming out of the window are all around the area from Esplanade to the quarter roughly (one's on rampart, one on the street before Chartres as you're going lakeside, and I think another may be on rampart although I'm not positive.)
- meanswing, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Does anyone know the street addresses to these Banksy tags in New Orleans?
- zombies187, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3People here in New Orleans are well aware that the National Guard did some looting during Katrina. It is hardly mocking the locals to portray our reality to the world.
- Wawin, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3funny how in every field, be it art, science, literature...people criticize other's work and become "experts" when in reality they couldn't even come close to doing something as special or get as recognized for doing it. In other words, trolls on parade.
- Cenobite, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3That more people need to pay attention to what he is saying. Duh.
- gilbot53, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3What is it that he is saying?
- zombies187, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3The National Guard looted during Katrina. He is communicating to you that it happened. Judging from the responses here, it seems that people are not aware of the basic facts of what went on during that period. But there is no shortage of people who wrongly believe that they DO know what happened.
- DigxDug, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3@phoenixshard
"Just because its a well done painting doesn't make it art"
In other words
"Just because it's art doesn't mean it's art"
/Facepalm
Something can be art and vandalism....
There's been instances of people stealing side panels and large metal pieces with work from some of the more sought after artists for sale in galleries and ebay and such. - and303, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Looks like the server got washed away and/or looted.
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