(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . On Banksy "people would rather put their money into butterflies than banks” [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-13 Pest Control, the tongue-in-cheek-titled organization set up by the artist to authenticate the real Banksy artwork, also protects him from prying outsiders. Hiding behind a paper bag, or, more commonly, e-mail, Banksy relentlessly controls his own narrative. His last face-to-face interview took place in 2003. Just Another Banksy: Can we study artworks using the term surplus value or the increase in the value of a good for extrinsic causes. From this analysis does it follow a double fiction; an economic one - related to the monetary value of this artist's work within the art market - and an emotional one- based on the interpersonal relationships established by the means of the exchanges of the artwork. Are the latter social relations and are they part of the Mehrwert or “payoff”. Public artwork has the usual problems of speech rights. Does artwork have a “media effect” — this paper offers street art, as an example of a potential Situationist praxis. Specifically this paper looks towards the works of Banksy, and how they may rhetorically function as an effective means of cultural critique that can potentially lead to revolutionizing consciousness, and transforming human nature within a Situationist framework. This thesis examines the concept of the spectacle as developed by the Situationists as its object of critique and the concepts of culture, unitary urbanism, psychogeography, détournement and dérive as the framework in which the spectacle can be successfully critiqued in order to foster a more critical consciousness. In addition to this framework my claim is that the aforementioned elements are accomplished by the work of Banksy and his ability to alter the material conditions of our reality through his rhetorical construction of material enactments by creating appropriate and kairotic works which provide life to the Situationist's projects and affords the potentiality of revolutionizing consciousness. scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/... x London Police Broke Into the Gallery of Banksy’s Former Agent, Mistaking a Sculpture for a Dead Woman—“somebody reported that the woman here has not been moving for the last two hours”—my latest report in Artnet News @artnet. Full story👉https://t.co/QPY7zMCANG pic.twitter.com/hNZ2LxyE8g — Vivienne Chow (@VivienneChow) December 9, 2022 Police barged into a London gallery owned by Banksy’s former agent, mistakenly presuming a hyper-realistic sculpture was a person in a critical condition. The work, Kristina (2022) by American artist Mark Jenkins, depicts a casually-dressed woman collapsed over a table. The incident occurred on November 25 when the London Metropolitan Police received a call at 5.32 p.m. about a person who appeared to be unconscious inside Laz Emporium, the gallery on Soho’s Lexington Street opened by Steve Lazarides in October 2021. The gallery’s doors were locked at the time. About 20 minutes later, “officers forced entry to the address, where they uncovered that the person was in fact a mannequin,” a police spokesperson replied in response to a inquiry from Artnet News. “The Met has a duty of care to respond when there is a welfare concern.” Jenkins’s Kristina was commissioned by Lazarides, who wanted a portrayal of his sister of the same name who passed out and buried her face in a plate of soup. The life-sized work, featuring a woman with messy hair wearing a yellow hoodie and trainers, was made with packing tape and foam filler. The work is not for sale at the moment, but if the gallery was to sell it, it would come with a price tag of £18,000 ($22,065). “[Gallery employee] Hannah [Blakemore], who was working in the gallery that day, had just locked up and gone upstairs to make a cup of tea,” Lazarides said in a statement. “She came down to find the door off its hinges and two confused police officers!” https://t.co/QPY7zMCANG Banksy has reportedly bought a recently renovated village pub close to the Glastonbury Festival and some locals claim he has been seen watching rugby in the local village. www.nytimes.com/… The seagull was one of 10 artworks that appeared overnight in Norfolk and Suffolk as part of Banksy's 2021 Great British Spraycation. The mural was accompanied by a skip containing foam "chips". Credit: ITV News Anglia www.itv.com/… A huge mural painted by the street artist Banksy has been cut out of the wall of a building under cover of darkness. Builders removed the giant painting of a seagull, cutting it from the end wall of a house in Lowestoft in Suffolk and lifting it away with a crane. Its removal comes just weeks after another part of the work was removed, and has sparked disappointment at the potential loss of another piece of public art in the seaside town. The complete piece, left by the elusive artist in the summer of 2021 as part of his Great British Spraycation, originally consisted of a giant painting of a seagull swooping to make a grab for "chips" made of insulation board arranged in a nearby skip. It is not yet known where the work is being moved to. People living in the town said they understood why the mural at the corner of Denmark Road and Katwijk Way had been removed, but they were sad to see it go. "It's about money really at the end of the day isn't it? It's worth a small fortune," said Nick Webb, who lives three doors down from the seagull. "They're not going to leave it on the end of a house, to get vandalised or damaged when it's worth serious money - a small fortune I'm told. "I've been given figures from £1m to £3m." www.itv.com/... ART AND LABOR A podcast focusing on the on-going struggle to survive as an art or cultural worker artandlaborpodcast.com/... artandlaborpodcast.com/... x Banksy, the king of modern art, published an extremely moving video about his trip to Ukraine. "In solidarity with the people of Ukraine," the great contemporary artist captioned his video. Thank you, Legend, and thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine! ✌️🇺🇦🔥💪 pic.twitter.com/ubkRW43UGx — Ukrainian World Congress 🇺🇦 (@UWCongress) November 18, 2022 x Andy Vermaut shares:Banksy shares moving behind-the-scenes video of Ukraine murals: The clip features an interview with a Ukrainian mother and her young child The post Banksy shares moving behind-the-scenes video of Ukraine murals appeared… https://t.co/8tDrTCUzYe Thank you. pic.twitter.com/ZKdjibEofz — Andy Vermaut (@AndyVermaut) November 18, 2022 ​ ​ Banksy bought £1million pub in village near Glastonbury Festival Banksy has reportedly bought a recently renovated village pub close to the Glastonbury Festival and some locals claim he has been seen watching rugby in the local village. The Crown in Pilton, Somerset has recently been on the end of a £1million renovation and it's been strongly rumoured the famous graffiti artist was involved in the works as a way to 'squirrel away' some of his money. The 17th-century pub reopened last year after being closed for extensive works for close to two years. The new design incorporates a host of modern features including a full restaurant and a recreation of the famous Pyramid stage in the garden. The pub itself is full of quirky artwork including a squirrel playing pool, however the Sun reports none are thought to have been made by Banksy. Locals claim they have seen the artist in the pub although none of the new artwork is thought to be a Banksy original. Adding further fuel to the fire that the artist himself is involved is the choice of works featured by Dorcas Casey - who featured in Banksy's Dismaland 2015 exhibition. www.dailymail.co.uk/... x YouTube Video x 51°35'33.0"N 3°46'48.9"W port talbot but too late! 😜 — mbd (@metablackdog) April 13, 2023 x 🚀The launch of the Radar Rat NFT was a milestone for LCD Lab. 🖼Not only was it a beautiful and unique piece of artwork, but it was also backed by a physical piece, a Banksy Box Set, making it a true collector's item. ☄️The launch was a significant moment for LCD Lab pic.twitter.com/u4MMx3sqrT — I__mean__3.0 (@I__mean__) April 13, 2023 Banksy himself is not involved in the project. We own a number of Banksy pieces that we are fractionalising and selling shares in. Any owner of one of the fractions will own a legal share in a physical banksy painting. x Its us. With exclusive debut NFT releases from the biggest names in art, fractionalized shares of seven-figure artwork from Banksy, and emerging artists with great potential, you can diversify your portfolio and hedge against market conditions. Would love to collaborate! — Banksy DAO NFT (@banksynft_) April 10, 2023 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/13/2163780/-On-Banksy-people-would-rather-put-their-money-into-butterflies-than-banks Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/