The British street artist Banksy is a notorious prankster. He recently executed the (partial) destruction of his own work, framing a print in a hidden shredder that sliced it to ribbons upon sale at auction. So, Banksy might not mind too much that American artist Ron English just bought one of his iconic pieces at […]
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I was wondering how one can take a street art off, but i guess they take photos and then go from there.
I would presume that street artists are aware of the transience of their work and accept it.
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I know some are of the opinion that,”all art is theft” and ,”there’s no such thing as an original idea – just the latest expression…”, but removal of the fabric of a building just to profit from the auctioning of it afterwards is simply theft (IMHO), and as for English, all good art is ambiguous!
I think most Street Artists use a prepared visual image (drawing or photographic) then scale up on the surface they’re using (therein lies the skill, and it’s wonderful to watch), or as one of my friends, an overhead projector.
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They went that far, did they? That’s incredible. An overhead projector? Clever! (No, intelligent!)
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The “all art is theft” I haven’t heard before.
As far as originality is concerned, we all give our version of the same things, the things that are there and what is in our minds that are influenced by what we have seen and heard and read. I wonder how one would paint something that doesn’t yet exist with the existing paints? That is a bit like describing the divine with earthly words.
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Very true!
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