Urban Art Association

keeping a live elephant in a museum would not be my choice

what about the girl on the sofa?

Changes daily, but at the moment I am feeling his sculptured work




I'll change my mind tomorrow and post again ;D

the bombing middle england in the dreweattes auction.

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my favourite. ohhh this thread is depressing.

iloveartonwalls that looks amazing how much did it go for?

still the think tank went for more didnt it? and its not even as good as the self portrait

There have been a few Think Tanks that have sold at auction and all of them were larger than the self portrait. As to which is the better composition, that is up to the viewer to decide. I myslef LOVE them both and would adore either in my collection. My wife and I are both avid scuba divers which is why Think Tank has always had a special place in our hearts. It is maddening to think just how many of his works I would add to my collection if I only had more money than time.

Banksy
Title Drip dinner
Medium spraypaint and household emulsion on cardboard
Size Height 78.7 in.; Width 78.7 in. / Height 199.9 cm.; Width 199.9 cm.
Misc. Signed
Sale of Sotheby's Olympia: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 [Lot 510]
Contemporary Art
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 BP (18,867 - 28,301 US$)
Sold For 16,800 BP (31,111 US$) PREMIUM Currency Converter

Banksy
Title Tank - Embracing couple
Medium spray paint on steel
Size Height 61 in.; Width 53.1 in. / Height 154.9 cm.; Width 134.9 cm.
Sale of Bonhams London: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 [Lot 161]
Vision 21
Estimate 5,000 - 8,000 BP (9,259 - 14,814 US$)
Sold For 62,400 BP (115,555 US$) Currency Converter

Banksy
Title Think tank
Medium spray paint on steel
Size Height 71.7 in.; Width 61.8 in. / Height 182.1 cm.; Width 157 cm.
Sale of Bonhams London: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 [Lot 298]
Vision 21
Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 BP (40,192 - 60,289 US$)
Sold For 90,000 BP (180,144 US$) Currency Converter

Banksy
Title Think tank
Medium stencil and spray paint on steel
Year of Work 2003
Size Height 75.6 in.; Width 70.5 in. / Height 192 cm.; Width 179.1 cm.
Sale of Bonhams Knightsbridge: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 [Lot 359]
Vision 21
Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 BP (50,000 - 70,000 US$)
Sold For 156,000 BP (307,631 US$) PREMIUM Currency Converter

This one.

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Would die and be 'ressurrected' for this.

Would

Not any more!

Yes and yes.

No its not cashman. You not that lucky swine living on the Island out there for 6 months are you?

Stop and search

If you worked at the Tate and you had millions available to buy two or three Banksy's for their collection, what would you go for?

Post photos if you can ;D

What a lovely post Silky - you're certainly right that the Tate would only be interested in 'original' pieces and not one of many prints or canvasses.

I'd choose - Compostion Wall as my favourite because of it's subversive qualities, total wit and irony and it totally belongs in the Tate (Modern)
Here goes at uploading the pic ;D


If no picture appears can someone help me - i'm just a little kitten and not that savvy at mouse control yet.

Thanks Chrisps - How do you do that ?? - I tried and tried. I went to photobucket and copied the address and did everything everyone else does - and I get a blank space