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For all those out there who regard graffiti as a SIN think again. The world's GRAFFITIpope, Banksy, no longer has to lurk surreptitiously around in dark allies with his spray cans and stencils if he has something contentious to say. All he has to do now it seems is dial up a gallery and they'll welcome him in – and especially so if he wants to challenge an idea like Christmas at Christmas.
Banksy has just unveiled a new GRAFFITIsculpture, a bust of a priest with a pixeled-out face in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England. He, Banksy, is "responding to the child abuse scandals in the Catholic church, he had this to say “I’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one.” ... Click HERE and HERE for sources
Banksy just keeps on giving and now he has gone 3D, one could even say multidimensional, with his placement of his Cardinal Sin, in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery in the UK. The Gallery and Bansk, or is it the other way round, collude to respond at Christmas to the "child abuse scandals that the church seems to be known for these days, features a face taken off and replaced by blank bathroom tiles. Banksy noted in a statement ... I'm never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one." Banksy's Cardinal Sin sits in the gallery next to religious works dated from the 17th Century.
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The BBC has quoted Banksy as saying, "I love everything about the Walker Gallery—the Old Masters, the contemporary art, the rude girl in the cafe. And when I found out Mr Walker built it with beer money it became my favourite gallery. The statue? I guess you could call it a Christmas present. At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity—the lies, the corruption, the abuse."
CLICK HERE TO READ THE WALKER MUSEUM'S TAKE ON IT ALL
A VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS THE MUSEUM'S POSITION
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When museums, artists and 'patrons' muse together all kinds of unexpected things become a possibility!
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From Yoko Ono, 'What is the relationship between the world and the artist?', May 1971:
The job of an artist is...to change the value of things...in order to change the value of things, you've got to know about life and the situation of the world...Artist is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist. It doesn't involve having a talent. It involves only having a certain frame of mind, an attitude, determination, and imagination that springs naturally out of the necessity of the situation.
AMAZINGbloke this BANKSY!!!
GO HERE TO SEE MORE OF HIM!
http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/28/banksy-graffiti-art/
Well there is quite a lot to Banksy. Have a look at these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkUbYBo5xgs
Okay since we are talking about BANKSY in museums here is a YOUTUBE to watch!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=XL5Ou5WcGeE&NR=1
I really like BANKSY and I am saving my pennies to go and see his work in the flesh
Here is a BANKSY DOCO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lGVDenUsOs&feature=related
Thanks for appreciating BANKSY!!
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