Pipes
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OKER / Banksy, by Pipes on Feb 24, 2018 15:11:28 GMT 1, Came across this interview about Oker.
This part was interesting - Oker got sent down (for graffiti I presume) and Banksy gifts him a print to help him financially. Sells to Lionel Gallery I would guess.
โThen Iโm just sitting in my cell one day and I get a letter, and one of BANKSYโs people has rung up and said โWe wanna give OKER a paintingโ. They actually put a cap on the price, because they didnโt want it to become crass. He gave me the painting and the name of the gallery in Amsterdam that wanted to buy it and that was that.โ
waveygarms.com/blogs/news/speaking-to-oker
Came across this interview about Oker. This part was interesting - Oker got sent down (for graffiti I presume) and Banksy gifts him a print to help him financially. Sells to Lionel Gallery I would guess. โThen Iโm just sitting in my cell one day and I get a letter, and one of BANKSYโs people has rung up and said โWe wanna give OKER a paintingโ. They actually put a cap on the price, because they didnโt want it to become crass. He gave me the painting and the name of the gallery in Amsterdam that wanted to buy it and that was that.โwaveygarms.com/blogs/news/speaking-to-oker |
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iamzero
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OKER / Banksy, by iamzero on Feb 24, 2018 15:46:47 GMT 1, Great interview.
Great interview.
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Pipes
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OKER / Banksy, by Pipes on Feb 24, 2018 16:00:37 GMT 1, Yeah itโs good.
Always wondered what prompted his change in style.
โYou have to be able to draw in order to deconstruct. You have to get to a certain level to deconstruct. Once you get to that level you realise how loose and cool these things are; it changes you. I sound like a snob or like I think Iโm better; I donโt. โ
โPeople would come up to me and say โurrr I like your old stuffโ; itโs toy. I hate it all. I just hate it, it ainโt me. That was something I tried to do; what I do now I donโt actually try to do, I just do it. And iโve learned that from them, itโs a whole different approach.
Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction.โ
Yeah itโs good.
Always wondered what prompted his change in style.
โYou have to be able to draw in order to deconstruct. You have to get to a certain level to deconstruct. Once you get to that level you realise how loose and cool these things are; it changes you. I sound like a snob or like I think Iโm better; I donโt. โ
โPeople would come up to me and say โurrr I like your old stuffโ; itโs toy. I hate it all. I just hate it, it ainโt me. That was something I tried to do; what I do now I donโt actually try to do, I just do it. And iโve learned that from them, itโs a whole different approach.
Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction.โ
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