johnnyh
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by johnnyh on Oct 24, 2013 15:27:33 GMT 1, Really like the positioning and location of this piece
Brings a whole new meaning to the show title
"Better out than in"
Really like the positioning and location of this piece
Brings a whole new meaning to the show title
"Better out than in"
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:27:53 GMT 1, Perfect placement. Fantastic. Won't last long though...roll that door up and it's gone. Yep - guessing it's very easy to get it up in that place.
Perfect placement. Fantastic. Won't last long though...roll that door up and it's gone. Yep - guessing it's very easy to get it up in that place.
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doniturb
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by doniturb on Oct 24, 2013 15:27:59 GMT 1, What's interesting to me about this one is that there has to be security cameras pointed at the front door of this place....
What's interesting to me about this one is that there has to be security cameras pointed at the front door of this place....
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:28:34 GMT 1, Looking for love in all the wrong places.
Looking for love in all the wrong places.
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mubbs695
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by mubbs695 on Oct 24, 2013 15:29:17 GMT 1, i would guess those wind doors lock at night...so he picked the lock? or had the owners permission?
i would guess those wind doors lock at night...so he picked the lock? or had the owners permission?
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DameHoracia
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by DameHoracia on Oct 24, 2013 15:30:00 GMT 1, I'm not sure of my tomato syndrome either... Ok, so I'm sure someone already mentioned something along these lines on here at the earlier part of this thread. How realistic would it be for any street artist to do what he did, get that level of publicity (because would anyone other than fans of that artist really care?) for this amount of time. Do you see what I mean?so if Delbert from Harlesden upped his game, travelled to NY and in the month of January did the same thing, it wouldn't have this kind of impact. Upping your game as an artist still takes talent but also high level PR to start the ball rolling. Even if Delbert upped his game and painted on the belly of a BA plane, he'd just get arrested. Do you see what I mean.... I bet loads of street artists are stroking their chins thinking hmmmmmm how can I create the same media attention. You see everyone knows the Joker, few people know Delbert from Harlesden... ('cept his gran.) But I can guarantee on pulling out his first can he'd be nicked... Right...but Banksy's arc has been roughly 20 years and he's pushed into film and the like. KAWS pushing in a different direction, his show that just opened in Philadelphia at PAFA is great. FAILE has pushed into museums and the NYC Ballet, JR's worldwide Inside/Out project is innovative and exciting. What will D*Face do, Eine and whoever else is considered at a high level. More importantly, as stats I saw yesterday show teens pulling away from Facebook and embracing Twitter and Instagram what young new talent will be inspired by this campaign. Exciting times. Thank you Hairbland, I appreciate your responses.
I'm not sure of my tomato syndrome either... Ok, so I'm sure someone already mentioned something along these lines on here at the earlier part of this thread. How realistic would it be for any street artist to do what he did, get that level of publicity (because would anyone other than fans of that artist really care?) for this amount of time. Do you see what I mean?so if Delbert from Harlesden upped his game, travelled to NY and in the month of January did the same thing, it wouldn't have this kind of impact. Upping your game as an artist still takes talent but also high level PR to start the ball rolling. Even if Delbert upped his game and painted on the belly of a BA plane, he'd just get arrested. Do you see what I mean.... I bet loads of street artists are stroking their chins thinking hmmmmmm how can I create the same media attention. You see everyone knows the Joker, few people know Delbert from Harlesden... ('cept his gran.) But I can guarantee on pulling out his first can he'd be nicked... Right...but Banksy's arc has been roughly 20 years and he's pushed into film and the like. KAWS pushing in a different direction, his show that just opened in Philadelphia at PAFA is great. FAILE has pushed into museums and the NYC Ballet, JR's worldwide Inside/Out project is innovative and exciting. What will D*Face do, Eine and whoever else is considered at a high level. More importantly, as stats I saw yesterday show teens pulling away from Facebook and embracing Twitter and Instagram what young new talent will be inspired by this campaign. Exciting times. Thank you Hairbland, I appreciate your responses.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by frithar on Oct 24, 2013 15:30:10 GMT 1, Question for you guys: Why is it that almost any time B includes a color in his pieces, it's red? Is there a specific reason for that? Coincidence? Eye-grabbing and hard to ignore?
Question for you guys: Why is it that almost any time B includes a color in his pieces, it's red? Is there a specific reason for that? Coincidence? Eye-grabbing and hard to ignore?
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Cornish Crayon
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Cornish Crayon on Oct 24, 2013 15:30:56 GMT 1, That's Larry flynts place ain't it ?
Yes
He must have had permission,
Brilliant, the amount of people on the side walk with cameras outside a strip club......... It gets better lol
That's Larry flynts place ain't it ? Yes He must have had permission, Brilliant, the amount of people on the side walk with cameras outside a strip club......... It gets better lol
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:31:02 GMT 1, Hustler club? Perfect piece, perfect location!
Hustler club? Perfect piece, perfect location!
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Ruggs
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Ruggs on Oct 24, 2013 15:31:09 GMT 1, Nice piece. Really like that. Great screenprint image too. Who ever owns the Hustler Club will be rubbing his or her hands.
Nice piece. Really like that. Great screenprint image too. Who ever owns the Hustler Club will be rubbing his or her hands.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:33:20 GMT 1, How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right?
How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right?
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:34:56 GMT 1, That's Larry flynts place ain't it ? Yes He must have had permission, Brilliant, the amount of people on the side walk with cameras outside a strip club......... It gets better lol No-one to talk to mate?
That's Larry flynts place ain't it ? Yes He must have had permission, Brilliant, the amount of people on the side walk with cameras outside a strip club......... It gets better lol No-one to talk to mate?
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:36:15 GMT 1, Nice piece. Really like that. Great screenprint image too. Who ever owns the Hustler Club will be rubbing his or her hands. Amongst other things! Fnarr! Fnarr!
Nice piece. Really like that. Great screenprint image too. Who ever owns the Hustler Club will be rubbing his or her hands. Amongst other things! Fnarr! Fnarr!
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doniturb
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by doniturb on Oct 24, 2013 15:39:27 GMT 1, How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right? That club is open until dawn. There is no way it was empty with no staff cleaning, girls leaving, etc at a time where nobody would see him. It would make sense they got the nod from someone. And, as I mentioned, they have security cameras facing the door for liability reasons (all major clubs of any sort do), they most likely have an agreement to not release tapes in return. My thoughts.
How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right? That club is open until dawn. There is no way it was empty with no staff cleaning, girls leaving, etc at a time where nobody would see him. It would make sense they got the nod from someone. And, as I mentioned, they have security cameras facing the door for liability reasons (all major clubs of any sort do), they most likely have an agreement to not release tapes in return. My thoughts.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:39:46 GMT 1, In Central Park:
www.humansofnewyork.com
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mubbs695
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by mubbs695 on Oct 24, 2013 15:40:45 GMT 1, How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right? well the club would close at say 4 am....leaving a small window to do it....plus all the cameras around there....this has to be the piece that is in a high traffic area that caused yesterdays delay
How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right? well the club would close at say 4 am....leaving a small window to do it....plus all the cameras around there....this has to be the piece that is in a high traffic area that caused yesterdays delay
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:42:45 GMT 1, I reckon you've got 10 mins before those shutters are removed.... Is there some red paint on the sidewalk too? (bottom right corner of the picture)
I reckon you've got 10 mins before those shutters are removed.... Is there some red paint on the sidewalk too? (bottom right corner of the picture)
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Happy Shopper on Oct 24, 2013 15:44:57 GMT 1, Is the meaning that the guys going to the club can't get dates... or that this guy's date didn't turn up because he invited her to a strip club? Either way, I like it!
(But I imagine the owners are rolling up those shutters as we speak, and ordering a company to remove them and replace with new ones)
Is the meaning that the guys going to the club can't get dates... or that this guy's date didn't turn up because he invited her to a strip club? Either way, I like it!
(But I imagine the owners are rolling up those shutters as we speak, and ordering a company to remove them and replace with new ones)
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Cornish Crayon
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Cornish Crayon on Oct 24, 2013 15:45:23 GMT 1, Yes He must have had permission, Brilliant, the amount of people on the side walk with cameras outside a strip club......... It gets better lol No-one to talk to mate?
Nah
Lol
How's things dude ......
Yes He must have had permission, Brilliant, the amount of people on the side walk with cameras outside a strip club......... It gets better lol No-one to talk to mate? Nah Lol How's things dude ......
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mubbs695
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by mubbs695 on Oct 24, 2013 15:45:52 GMT 1, so many ways to interpret it...guys fall in love to easy
so many ways to interpret it...guys fall in love to easy
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:46:53 GMT 1, How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right? well the club would close at say 4 am....leaving a small window to do it....plus all the cameras around there....this has to be the piece that is in a high traffic area that caused yesterdays delay If it closes at 4am that would give enough time to put the piece up right? And i still think that yesterdays 'piece' was the text on his website I just don't buy it that Banksy would make a deal with the Hustler club to put this piece up. That would make it all kinda easy right?
How come you guys think he has permission for this piece. Those shutters would be shut when the club was closed right? well the club would close at say 4 am....leaving a small window to do it....plus all the cameras around there....this has to be the piece that is in a high traffic area that caused yesterdays delay If it closes at 4am that would give enough time to put the piece up right? And i still think that yesterdays 'piece' was the text on his website I just don't buy it that Banksy would make a deal with the Hustler club to put this piece up. That would make it all kinda easy right?
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:47:50 GMT 1, Is the meaning that the guys going to the club can't get dates... or that this guy's date didn't turn up because he invited her to a strip club? Either way, I like it! (But I imagine the owners are rolling up those shutters as we speak, and ordering a company to remove them and replace with new ones) Think the dude is waiting for his girlfriend who works at the club
Is the meaning that the guys going to the club can't get dates... or that this guy's date didn't turn up because he invited her to a strip club? Either way, I like it! (But I imagine the owners are rolling up those shutters as we speak, and ordering a company to remove them and replace with new ones) Think the dude is waiting for his girlfriend who works at the club
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 15:58:31 GMT 1, Love it, dont care what the deep meaning is, back to what he does!.
Ants?.
Love it, dont care what the deep meaning is, back to what he does!.
Ants?.
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kbfrombk
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by kbfrombk on Oct 24, 2013 16:01:40 GMT 1, Love it, dont care what the deep meaning is, back to what he does!. Ants?.
Probably the best Banksy so far this month. Placement, context, execution, detail, scale, risk/visibility, innuendos/possible meanings... all ranking rather high up on the scales!
Bravo sir
Love it, dont care what the deep meaning is, back to what he does!. Ants?. Probably the best Banksy so far this month. Placement, context, execution, detail, scale, risk/visibility, innuendos/possible meanings... all ranking rather high up on the scales! Bravo sir
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by tonysol on Oct 24, 2013 16:01:45 GMT 1, Banksy gets help from budding Michelangelos with Red Hook Art Project. Collaborative effort was brainchild of project founder Deirdre Swords, who reached out to the tagger by leaving her card. The 'anonymous guestbook' outline appeared on Monday.
Red Hook Art Project founder Deirdre Swords reached out to Banksy, and apparently it worked. The outline appeared on the building on Monday, with the title of the street artist's monthlong New York City residence, 'Better out than in', and the hashtag '#anonymousguestbook'
www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/red-hook-kids-pitch-bansky-article-1.1494689
Banksy gets help from budding Michelangelos with Red Hook Art Project. Collaborative effort was brainchild of project founder Deirdre Swords, who reached out to the tagger by leaving her card. The 'anonymous guestbook' outline appeared on Monday. Red Hook Art Project founder Deirdre Swords reached out to Banksy, and apparently it worked. The outline appeared on the building on Monday, with the title of the street artist's monthlong New York City residence, 'Better out than in', and the hashtag '#anonymousguestbook' www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/red-hook-kids-pitch-bansky-article-1.1494689
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kbfrombk
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by kbfrombk on Oct 24, 2013 16:03:08 GMT 1, Wow that's awesome.
Wow that's awesome.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Happy Shopper on Oct 24, 2013 16:09:28 GMT 1, If it closes at 4am that would give enough time to put the piece up right? And i still think that yesterdays 'piece' was the text on his website I just don't buy it that Banksy would make a deal with the Hustler club to put this piece up. That would make it all kinda easy right? I keep flipping between thinking it's all legal and he's got permission, to thinking he's just been super clever with locations, done a ton of research, and worked out that property owners are unlikely to ever press charges.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but only the 9/11 tribute is in a location that couldn't be cheaply painted back over or door/shutter replaced... and it's small, so could probably be cleaned!
If it closes at 4am that would give enough time to put the piece up right? And i still think that yesterdays 'piece' was the text on his website I just don't buy it that Banksy would make a deal with the Hustler club to put this piece up. That would make it all kinda easy right? I keep flipping between thinking it's all legal and he's got permission, to thinking he's just been super clever with locations, done a ton of research, and worked out that property owners are unlikely to ever press charges. Correct me if I'm wrong, but only the 9/11 tribute is in a location that couldn't be cheaply painted back over or door/shutter replaced... and it's small, so could probably be cleaned!
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kbfrombk
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by kbfrombk on Oct 24, 2013 16:11:27 GMT 1, Hustler club comes with its own crew of monstrous Banksy bodyguards!
Hustler club comes with its own crew of monstrous Banksy bodyguards!
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iamzero
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by iamzero on Oct 24, 2013 16:14:07 GMT 1, Great new piece, the detail is stunning. Don't agree that it would work as a print though, it needs to be seen with its placement to work.
Great new piece, the detail is stunning. Don't agree that it would work as a print though, it needs to be seen with its placement to work.
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johnnyh
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by johnnyh on Oct 24, 2013 16:17:53 GMT 1, Well all I can say if a deal was done on the placement of this I fully understand why there was no piece yesterday.........pretty sure he was busy and had his hands full
Of course make's a fantastic excuse to the Mrs as well "just off out for a while dear to see the Banksy piece in town!!! Don't wait up"
Well all I can say if a deal was done on the placement of this I fully understand why there was no piece yesterday.........pretty sure he was busy and had his hands full
Of course make's a fantastic excuse to the Mrs as well "just off out for a while dear to see the Banksy piece in town!!! Don't wait up"
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