[url]http://www.supertouchart.com/2008/08/29/newsstreet-lifebanksy-paints-new-orleans-as-katrina-memorial/[/url]

[IMG]http://www.supertouchart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/banksykatrina17.jpg[/IMG]

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awesome awesome.

if i loved in new orleans... would be REAL tempted to go and get some of those originals.

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also this one in Birmingham, Alabama:

[IMG]http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2008/08/banksy-alabama-03.jpg[/IMG]

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cool stuff, lots of pics on that link too

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that's incredible.

a shame i ever doubted him.

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[QUOTE=|Thrax|;643661]that's incredible.

a shame i ever doubted him.[/QUOTE]

his recent tour of the south USA is arguably some of his best work yet... at least in my opinion.

that KKK hanging is just amazing.

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[quote=ddr;643580]also this one in Birmingham, Alabama:

[IMG]http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2008/08/banksy-alabama-03.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

this should be plastered on billboards all over the south. fucking brilliant.

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[url]http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm[/url]

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the stuff he did in nola that you see that is over gray paint, the gray is actually done by a guy known as the gray ghost who goes around painting over graffiti. There's one he did of a stick person being painted over by the gray ghost. It's some pretty amazing stuff.

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[QUOTE=day_for_night;643667]this should be plastered on billboards all over the south. fucking brilliant.[/QUOTE]

just in Mississippi :)

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This isn't from New Orleans, but I love this one...

[IMG]http://www.banksy.co.uk/next/images/deafsociety.jpg[/IMG]

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brilliant!

my personal faves:-

[IMG]http://www.supertouchart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/banksykatrina30.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.supertouchart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/banksykatrina206.jpg[/IMG]

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^^^^^^ that's the one i was talking about.

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I appreciate the stuff Banksy puts out, brilliant guerrilla art

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i love this guys art! At first i wasn't into it because it was a fad of sorts in the graffiti world, a ploy for cheap/quick fame a thought, but now in 08 he's been at it on a world scale level for more than 5 years. Props!

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here is what happened to the one in Alabama:

[IMG]http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2008/09/banksy-alabama-piece-removed-1.jpg[/IMG]

Very sad indeed. :(

thing would have been worth at least $20K++ if it was removed properly... oh well =\

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shame, but u cant expect hillbillies to understand things like this.

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i'm pretty sure it pissed them off quite a bit.

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you cant run from your past!

the little history they've got they need to accept!

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problem is there's still a lot of racism there, so it's not exactly their past.

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I love Banksy, have for years... but this doesn't seem like the right time or place. Much like his Paris Hilton stunt this seems a little low.

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i didnt hear about the paris stunt. what did he do?

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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQYVKSmugc[/YOUTUBE]

Read first: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm[/URL]

Now look: [URL]http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharl/sets/72157594266743665/[/URL]

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[quote=palmer;645712]I love Banksy, have for years... but this doesn't seem like the right time or place. Much like his Paris Hilton stunt this seems a little low.[/quote]

i by no means have my finger of the pulse of what is going on down there right now, but why is this bad timing? wouldn't it be good to call attention to the kind of things he is highlighting at a time where there are huricanes lining up one after another, and a US election eminent.

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[quote=palmer;645769][youtube]IqQYVKSmugc[/youtube]

Read first: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm[/URL]

Now look: [URL]http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharl/sets/72157594266743665/[/URL][/quote]

Those CD's go for thousands of dollars now... Banksy OG.

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[quote=Bender420;645710]problem is there's still a lot of racism there, so it's not exactly their past.[/quote]

well doesnt seem like they are exactly proud of it! :what

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Banksy is a genius.

Sorry Palmer but I dont agree with you about the timing. Whilst racism exists then the statement is warranted. If evil exists then theres no putting off fighting it - whatever form it takes.

I know im new here but hey, dont hold it against me for pulling my pants down and taking a crap in the corner!

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wahoo a new person who commits 13 posts in!! talk about putting your balls on the line!

you'll go far kid.

welcome and enjoy!!

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though i'm worried about them being IN pickle.

does pickle know?

u know he would notice a bus going into a tunnel he so well worn ;)

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Thanks for the welcome Dhar!

Didnt know there was someone called pickle on here when I put in my location - not my intended meaning!:oops:

Guess it will make a bit more sense when I get my avatar loaded up but its currently in BMP format and MS wont accept that - know of any BMP to JGP converters?

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any graphics program

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Yeah except Microsoft Paint:evil:

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that aint a graphics program!!!

thats like the colouring pencils u give to a 3 yo!

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:lol: Good Point

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<---Sorted

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meh.

Banksy's work is profound and sweet, lmao at the wimps who erased his art.

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Glad he finally made it down here.

Truly is a great battle between him and the uber douche Fred Radke (aka The Grey Ghost). That's what the stencils of the guy w/ the paint roller are directed towards.

Most of the works here in New Orleans are in tucked out of the way neighborhoods. Wish he would pull some high profile work like he did in the Shoreditch and other East London areas.

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Isn't there enough to clean up down there without him spraypainting all over the place? While his work is amazing- it would just seem to be "one more thing" to deal with....

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there actually done on card and fixed to the wall from what i understand.

that way they cant do him for defacing property

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[QUOTE=Dhar_2;646554]there actually done on card and fixed to the wall from what i understand.

that way they cant do him for defacing property[/QUOTE]

nope.

it is stencil art... meaning he cuts each stencil from, usually, abunch of cardboard boxes and then lays them on the side of a building or whatever and spray paints them.

it is quite effective graffiti because you do all the work at home and it only takes a minute or two to spray paint over it onto the building. very quick.

there are youtube videos of him making a stencil out there somewhere.