Banksy's Secret Exhibition: Banksy Versus Bristol Museum

1. c0ldfish
   June 12th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

   soo tired of banksy. conceptual artist for the stoner high school douche bags of the world.

   "banksy's stuff is so cool. he is such a great graffiti artist. i love all of his anti-war stuff. have you seen the video of him sneaking a painting into a museum?"

   i mean srsly, either learn to paint well or join the cast of jackass with johnny knoxville. i love johnny knoxville btw and i also used to be a graffiti artist....so i guess what it is i despise about this dude is that he is famous for something he is not the inventor of, the best at, or an inovator in, while lots of other people do it well.

2. Gauldar
   June 12th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

   @cOldfish

   Are you angry at McDonalds for not inventing the hamburger?

3. Carlos
   June 12th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

   I'm not much of a fan of his, but I saw some of the works in the gallery on the news and they look quite good!
   If only I lived anywhere near Bristol... by the way, I think it's on for 3 months, not 3 weeks.

4. Mytake
   June 12th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

   Banksy, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and other frauds are social diseases.

   Pay careful attention to that: chicken nuggets are being heralded as art on your taxpayer money.

5. angstrom
   June 12th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

   wow, incredibly lame criticisms that seem quite ill-supported.
   I suspect that Bristol will see a massive surge in vistor spending across local businesses, hotels and taxis. I bet this exhibition brings in much more than it costs.

   As far as frauds for my taxes, I quite like a bit of juvenile humour for my money thanks, that's exactly what I want it spent on.

6. Mouserz
   June 13th, 2009 at 5:45 am

   Banksy is great because his stuff gets a reaction.
   I mean look at Mytake and c0ldfish, they're all angry and pissy about it, they were oblivious to it and now they will probably deny that.

7. ted
   June 13th, 2009 at 6:29 am

   What I don't care for is trying to make it sound like he sneaked all this stuff in, when it's really an exhibition.

8. Mytake
   June 13th, 2009 at 9:00 am

   Mouserz, I'm not angry, I'm just assertive about Banksy's worthlessness. Feel free to like him, but do not feel free to assign random motivations to people who disagree with you.

9. angstrom
   June 13th, 2009 at 10:17 am

   @ you are assertive that Banksy is worthless, but that opinions doesn't really match how other people feel. A lot of other people. That makes your assertion pretty weak.

   Banksy art has established financial worth.
   Banksy has social worth, otherwise we wouldn't be talking about him. He has social currency.

   all you are saying is you don't like him, but then - I don't like Hannah Montana. My preference there matters not, because I am not the audience for it.

   Hanhah Montana has value to her audience. Just because I am 'ME' does not mean my preferences override everyone esles. Just because I am 'right' for me, does not mean everyone else's appreciation of H. Montana is 'wrong'

10. Kalel
    June 13th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    So basically, he's gone establishment.

11. Mytake
    June 13th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    "He has social currency."

    So does swine flu.

12. wepn
    June 13th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    lol @ this douche bag telling banksy to learn to paint. perhaps you haven't noticed that the man is a brilliant artist.. id like to see you do half the stencil work that man does.. or half the creative mind that man has.. if anyone is a douche bag c0ldfish i do believe you hold top rank..

13. Mouserz
    June 13th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    Oh hey nice comparison mytake, totally. You know who else complain about stuff? Angsty teens, so I guess I can compare you to them too.

14. Elpats
    June 15th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    This show is a real treat and if you can make it to Bristol it's a must see. It is packed full of his artwork, some of which are quite hard to find as they are placed along side the museums usual exhibits. If sadly you can't make it, you can see some pictures and thoughts from my visit on the opening day. http://www.bristol-street-art.co.uk/street-art-blog/banksy-versus-bris tol-museum

15. Wok
    June 16th, 2009 at 3:50 am

    Look you lamers. Feel free to slag on Banksy if you've got a legitimate complaint or theory on why his work has no merit but in pure artistic techicals, he's got it down.

    It's aesthetically pleasing it's socially provocative, and as a rarer point in today's artistic environment, most of the times it doesn't actively repel the viewer. So slag off haters.

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