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Trolley Hunters, by Deleted on May 19, 2017 14:39:31 GMT 1, hmmmm
literal
so there are some guys with spears that look like they are hunting a shopping trolley out somewhere where the grass isn't really very green, but the sky is blue
wazzit all about hmmm?
Guys holding a banana like a gun, why a banana and not a cucumber? is there a reason?
why is the copper flying?
Why is she holding a bomb? does she love it? does she love what it represents?
hmmmm
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so there are some guys with spears that look like they are hunting a shopping trolley out somewhere where the grass isn't really very green, but the sky is blue
wazzit all about hmmm?
Guys holding a banana like a gun, why a banana and not a cucumber? is there a reason?
why is the copper flying?
Why is she holding a bomb? does she love it? does she love what it represents?
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Trolley Hunters, by Dr Plip on May 19, 2017 15:04:11 GMT 1, hmmm. ....well...........seeing as how I've just had a mind-expanding cup of coffee.
I think that trolleys represents mankind's consumeristic tendencies. In the image, mankind is portrayed as primitive. And the target of their hunt, the trollies, are actually empty and will ultimately provide no real fulfilment. It's also saying that the grass isn't greener anywhere. And the sky will always be blue.
Bananas always, always make a better gun than a cucumber. Unless it's sawn-off. And bananas have the old added comedy value.
The flying copper might be a reference to the flying squad. Or, Banksy has killed a number of coppers in his time, and his repeated use of this image is symbolic of his guilt towards sending so many police officers to heaven. The smiley face says it's alright, it's alright, it's alright. And it's better than seeing the skulls. Or it could be a sarcastic reference to the police not actually being angels.
I think bomb hugger could represent mankind's periodical love of war and destruction. Or it could be saying that every loving relationship will ultimately blow up and leave you broken hearted and possibly missing a limb, possibly willy.
*sips coffee*
hmmm. ....well...........seeing as how I've just had a mind-expanding cup of coffee.
I think that trolleys represents mankind's consumeristic tendencies. In the image, mankind is portrayed as primitive. And the target of their hunt, the trollies, are actually empty and will ultimately provide no real fulfilment. It's also saying that the grass isn't greener anywhere. And the sky will always be blue.
Bananas always, always make a better gun than a cucumber. Unless it's sawn-off. And bananas have the old added comedy value.
The flying copper might be a reference to the flying squad. Or, Banksy has killed a number of coppers in his time, and his repeated use of this image is symbolic of his guilt towards sending so many police officers to heaven. The smiley face says it's alright, it's alright, it's alright. And it's better than seeing the skulls. Or it could be a sarcastic reference to the police not actually being angels.
I think bomb hugger could represent mankind's periodical love of war and destruction. Or it could be saying that every loving relationship will ultimately blow up and leave you broken hearted and possibly missing a limb, possibly willy.
*sips coffee*
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Trolley Hunters, by Deleted on May 19, 2017 15:17:38 GMT 1, hmmm. ....well...........seeing as how I've just had a mind-expanding cup of coffee. I think that trolleys represents mankind's consumeristic tendencies. In the image, mankind is portrayed as primitive. And the target of their hunt, the trollies, are actually empty and will ultimately provide no real fulfilment. It's also saying that the grass isn't greener anywhere. And the sky will always be blue. Bananas always, always make a better gun than a cucumber. Unless it's sawn-off. And bananas have the old added comedy value. The flying copper might be a reference to the flying squad. Or, Banksy has killed a number of coppers in his time, and his repeated use of this image is symbolic of his guilt towards sending so many police officers to heaven. The smiley face says it's alright, it's alright, it's alright. And it's better than seeing the skulls. I think bomb hugger could represent mankind's periodical love of war and destruction. Or it could be saying that every loving relationship will ultimately blow up and leave you broken hearted and possibly missing a limb, possibly willy. *sips coffee* Thanks for taking the time to respond, I believe all your answers to be incorrect ones, but not to worry, it's Friday! No more coffee for you. Onwards and upwards with stuff that has ABV
hmmm. ....well...........seeing as how I've just had a mind-expanding cup of coffee. I think that trolleys represents mankind's consumeristic tendencies. In the image, mankind is portrayed as primitive. And the target of their hunt, the trollies, are actually empty and will ultimately provide no real fulfilment. It's also saying that the grass isn't greener anywhere. And the sky will always be blue. Bananas always, always make a better gun than a cucumber. Unless it's sawn-off. And bananas have the old added comedy value. The flying copper might be a reference to the flying squad. Or, Banksy has killed a number of coppers in his time, and his repeated use of this image is symbolic of his guilt towards sending so many police officers to heaven. The smiley face says it's alright, it's alright, it's alright. And it's better than seeing the skulls. I think bomb hugger could represent mankind's periodical love of war and destruction. Or it could be saying that every loving relationship will ultimately blow up and leave you broken hearted and possibly missing a limb, possibly willy. *sips coffee* Thanks for taking the time to respond, I believe all your answers to be incorrect ones, but not to worry, it's Friday! No more coffee for you. Onwards and upwards with stuff that has ABV
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Trolley Hunters, by eskay on May 19, 2017 15:30:48 GMT 1, I see it as a the third world's version of shopping. We take trollies and fill them from the shelves whereas they have to hunt. It's a reminder of one of our many global injustices and differentiators.
IMO obvs.....
I see it as a the third world's version of shopping. We take trollies and fill them from the shelves whereas they have to hunt. It's a reminder of one of our many global injustices and differentiators.
IMO obvs.....
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Trolley Hunters, by Deleted on May 19, 2017 15:34:23 GMT 1, Or we could just enjoy the art and let the image mean something different to everyone . That's the point of art no?
Or we could just enjoy the art and let the image mean something different to everyone . That's the point of art no?
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Trolley Hunters, by chy1 on May 19, 2017 15:39:19 GMT 1, Or we could just enjoy the art and let the image mean something different to everyone . That's the point of art no?
Booooohhhh!!!!!!!! You partypooper!!!
Or we could just enjoy the art and let the image mean something different to everyone . That's the point of art no? Booooohhhh!!!!!!!! You partypooper!!!
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Trolley Hunters, by Deleted on May 19, 2017 15:42:15 GMT 1, Or we could just enjoy the art and let the image mean something different to everyone . That's the point of art no?
Boooo hissssss
You don't know do you?
Or we could just enjoy the art and let the image mean something different to everyone . That's the point of art no? Boooo hissssss You don't know do you?
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Trolley Hunters, by Deleted on May 19, 2017 15:57:45 GMT 1, Ok ok i don't know and I can't handle! I'm sure trolley hunters is a reference to my youth. I steal the trolley and the police try to catch me with spears... it was rough lol
Ok ok i don't know and I can't handle! I'm sure trolley hunters is a reference to my youth. I steal the trolley and the police try to catch me with spears... it was rough lol
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Trolley Hunters, by Peter Bengtsen on May 19, 2017 16:01:05 GMT 1,
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Trolley Hunters, by Dr Plip on May 19, 2017 16:11:20 GMT 1, Ok ok i don't know and I can't handle! I'm sure trolley hunters is a reference to my youth. I steal the trolley and the police try to catch me with spears... it was rough lol I was not expecting that. I thought you were going to say that you met your husband/wife in your local supermarket, so the image hung in your bedroom as a constant reminder of how you two met or something.
Something about love. Something about Asda. Something about life being an empty wilderness until cupid threw his spear at you.
But your meaning is just as correct as any other. It's not like Banksy is going to appear on here and correct us.
Art means whatever you want it to mean. At least that's the very saleable philosophy my local gallery owner likes to use.
I think it's healthy to look for meaning in art. Good practice so we can look for meaning in all other aspects of our lives.
Ok ok i don't know and I can't handle! I'm sure trolley hunters is a reference to my youth. I steal the trolley and the police try to catch me with spears... it was rough lol I was not expecting that. I thought you were going to say that you met your husband/wife in your local supermarket, so the image hung in your bedroom as a constant reminder of how you two met or something.
Something about love. Something about Asda. Something about life being an empty wilderness until cupid threw his spear at you.
But your meaning is just as correct as any other. It's not like Banksy is going to appear on here and correct us.
Art means whatever you want it to mean. At least that's the very saleable philosophy my local gallery owner likes to use.
I think it's healthy to look for meaning in art. Good practice so we can look for meaning in all other aspects of our lives.
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Trolley Hunters, by Deleted on May 19, 2017 16:24:47 GMT 1, Ok ok i don't know and I can't handle! I'm sure trolley hunters is a reference to my youth. I steal the trolley and the police try to catch me with spears... it was rough lol I was not expecting that. I thought you were going to say that you met your husband/wife in your local supermarket, so the image hung in your bedroom as a constant reminder of how you two met or something.
Something about love. Something about Asda. Something about life being an empty wilderness until cupid threw his spear at you.
But your meaning is just as correct as any other. It's not like Banksy is going to appear on here and correct us.
Art means whatever you want it to mean. At least that's the very saleable philosophy my local gallery owner likes to use.
I think it's healthy to look for meaning in art. Good practice so we can look for meaning in all other aspects of our lives.
Ha ha I was being a little cheeky
Ok ok i don't know and I can't handle! I'm sure trolley hunters is a reference to my youth. I steal the trolley and the police try to catch me with spears... it was rough lol I was not expecting that. I thought you were going to say that you met your husband/wife in your local supermarket, so the image hung in your bedroom as a constant reminder of how you two met or something.
Something about love. Something about Asda. Something about life being an empty wilderness until cupid threw his spear at you.
But your meaning is just as correct as any other. It's not like Banksy is going to appear on here and correct us.
Art means whatever you want it to mean. At least that's the very saleable philosophy my local gallery owner likes to use.
I think it's healthy to look for meaning in art. Good practice so we can look for meaning in all other aspects of our lives.
Ha ha I was being a little cheeky
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Trolley Hunters, by kaos on May 19, 2017 16:28:33 GMT 1, You sound like you're getting ready to propose, are you sure that's coffee you're drinking?!
I can't seem to quote Dr here.
You sound like you're getting ready to propose, are you sure that's coffee you're drinking?!
I can't seem to quote Dr here.
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Trolley Hunters, by Schrödinger's Chat on May 19, 2017 16:30:52 GMT 1, Trolley Hunters reminds me of the 1997 documentary Mangetout. If you haven't seen it I well recommend tracking it down.
I think there is a statement about developing countries and their relationship/reliance with/on supermarket and vice versa.
A summary for anyone interested: "Modern Times: Mange Tout (BBC2, Wednesday). The three intercut corners of this documentary were the labourers that grow the mangetout pea in Zimbabwe, the consumers in Britain, and the man from Tesco, whose mission is to give the consumers what they want, whether they know they want it or not.
Centre-stage was Tescoman's visit to the mangetout farm, where - in our name - he capriciously bullied and chivvied the farmers into producing standard-size mangetout for as little as possible. But, instead of waking up next morning to discover a pike where his body once was, this jargon- spouting specimen of modern management was feted by the children of an area dependent on Tesco's contract with the local producers, singing "up the valley, down the mountain, Tesco is our dear friend".
The Zimbabweans, who were all called names like Blessing and Memory, spoke of their hopes and hardships in beautiful, lyrical English. But cut into their testimony was a Home Counties dinner party that could have been scripted by a playwright. Here the touts mangeurs - middle class, middle-aged, articulate men - pontificated about the third world, with an effortless arrogance matched only by their incapacity to allow the women (generally more thoughtful) to intervene. The point was not that these men were particularly dreadful in their facile adumbration of the general laws of nature (the "naturalness" of exploitation, survival of the fittest, the blessed state of having few possessions, etc), but that they were so like us - only a tiny bit more so.
Nor were they entirely wrong in their tongue pictures of how the world works. Should we stop eating the mangetout pea because we disapprove of Tesco's bullying - in which case Blessing and Memory suffer? Or should we go on buying, thus vindicating Tescoman's trading philosophy?
And these are real macro questions. As a non-didactic exploration of the relationships between the developed and developing worlds - told through real people - this documentary was a classic."
Trolley Hunters reminds me of the 1997 documentary Mangetout. If you haven't seen it I well recommend tracking it down.
I think there is a statement about developing countries and their relationship/reliance with/on supermarket and vice versa.
A summary for anyone interested: "Modern Times: Mange Tout (BBC2, Wednesday). The three intercut corners of this documentary were the labourers that grow the mangetout pea in Zimbabwe, the consumers in Britain, and the man from Tesco, whose mission is to give the consumers what they want, whether they know they want it or not.
Centre-stage was Tescoman's visit to the mangetout farm, where - in our name - he capriciously bullied and chivvied the farmers into producing standard-size mangetout for as little as possible. But, instead of waking up next morning to discover a pike where his body once was, this jargon- spouting specimen of modern management was feted by the children of an area dependent on Tesco's contract with the local producers, singing "up the valley, down the mountain, Tesco is our dear friend".
The Zimbabweans, who were all called names like Blessing and Memory, spoke of their hopes and hardships in beautiful, lyrical English. But cut into their testimony was a Home Counties dinner party that could have been scripted by a playwright. Here the touts mangeurs - middle class, middle-aged, articulate men - pontificated about the third world, with an effortless arrogance matched only by their incapacity to allow the women (generally more thoughtful) to intervene. The point was not that these men were particularly dreadful in their facile adumbration of the general laws of nature (the "naturalness" of exploitation, survival of the fittest, the blessed state of having few possessions, etc), but that they were so like us - only a tiny bit more so.
Nor were they entirely wrong in their tongue pictures of how the world works. Should we stop eating the mangetout pea because we disapprove of Tesco's bullying - in which case Blessing and Memory suffer? Or should we go on buying, thus vindicating Tescoman's trading philosophy?
And these are real macro questions. As a non-didactic exploration of the relationships between the developed and developing worlds - told through real people - this documentary was a classic."
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Trolley Hunters, by kaos on May 19, 2017 16:34:08 GMT 1, I believe Banksy is holding up mirror to us how we over load our trolleys every week and there are those who have empty trollies.
IMO
I believe Banksy is holding up mirror to us how we over load our trolleys every week and there are those who have empty trollies.
IMO
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Trolley Hunters, by Schrödinger's Chat on May 19, 2017 16:37:03 GMT 1, Perhaps it had no particular meaning.
To quote Charlie Brooker on Banksy:
Take his political stuff. One featured that Vietnamese girl who had her clothes napalmed off. Ho-hum, a familiar image, you think. I'll just be on my way to my 9 to 5 desk job, mindless drone that I am. Then, with an astonished lurch, you notice sly, subversive genius Banksy has stencilled Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald either side of her.
Wham! The message hits you like a lead bus: America ... um ... war ... er ... Disney ... and stuff. Wow. In an instant, your worldview changes forever. Your eyes are opened. Staggering away, mind blown, you flick v-signs at a Burger King on the way home. Nice one Banksy! You've shown us the truth, yeah?
Perhaps it had no particular meaning.
To quote Charlie Brooker on Banksy:
Take his political stuff. One featured that Vietnamese girl who had her clothes napalmed off. Ho-hum, a familiar image, you think. I'll just be on my way to my 9 to 5 desk job, mindless drone that I am. Then, with an astonished lurch, you notice sly, subversive genius Banksy has stencilled Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald either side of her.
Wham! The message hits you like a lead bus: America ... um ... war ... er ... Disney ... and stuff. Wow. In an instant, your worldview changes forever. Your eyes are opened. Staggering away, mind blown, you flick v-signs at a Burger King on the way home. Nice one Banksy! You've shown us the truth, yeah?
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Trolley Hunters, by Dr Plip on May 19, 2017 16:51:10 GMT 1, You sound like you're getting ready to propose, are you sure that's coffee you're drinking?! I can't seem to quote Dr here. I deleted my post where I told everyone that I loved them.
Coffee wore off.
You sound like you're getting ready to propose, are you sure that's coffee you're drinking?! I can't seem to quote Dr here. I deleted my post where I told everyone that I loved them.
Coffee wore off.
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Trolley Hunters, by Sliding on the Walls on May 19, 2017 17:03:54 GMT 1, I see trolley hunters as a statement about us as modern day humans losing our 'hunter gatherer' traits from our ancestors, instead we've become reliant on supermarkets for our food
I see trolley hunters as a statement about us as modern day humans losing our 'hunter gatherer' traits from our ancestors, instead we've become reliant on supermarkets for our food
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Trolley Hunters, by silvermyn on May 19, 2017 17:15:56 GMT 1, Trolley Hunters, I believe, is social commentary on how people in the developped world take it for granted that food is readily available from the nearest store.
The colour version is portraying the same message but replicates the original colours from the canvas at the LA show.
Trolley Hunters, I believe, is social commentary on how people in the developped world take it for granted that food is readily available from the nearest store.
The colour version is portraying the same message but replicates the original colours from the canvas at the LA show.
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Trolley Hunters, by kaos on May 19, 2017 17:24:25 GMT 1, You sound like you're getting ready to propose, are you sure that's coffee you're drinking?! I can't seem to quote Dr here. I deleted my post where I told everyone that I loved them.
Coffee wore off.
That's ok Dr we know you love us and we love you. This stuff is infectious.
You sound like you're getting ready to propose, are you sure that's coffee you're drinking?! I can't seem to quote Dr here. I deleted my post where I told everyone that I loved them.
Coffee wore off.
That's ok Dr we know you love us and we love you. This stuff is infectious.
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