Urban Art Association

anyways getting back to Dismaland.

Whats Banksy's obsession with Disney?

"Banksy's Dismaland confiscation threat by French police"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34542782?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_bristol&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=english_regions

Sorry, just amalgamated 1 response to a few posts

......he's just weird.

Totally agree with Coach on this one. Comments made me so annoyed last night by FR that I have decided to turn that round as majority are good people. I will dig around at the weekend and Im sure I have a signed stik book and cannes festival programme and other goodies to not sell but give away to members who donate to Calais Action. Calais action is a grassroots giving movement supporting refugees in Calais that Banksy also used to donate all the unused clothing to and wood. As long as this idea is ok with the mods (apart from FR)

Bit easy to answer this question with about 3 minutes of internet work.

To quote from dazed digital.com, "Banksy's message isn't all that subtle - it's not hard to place Disney and McDonalds as beacons of Western consumerism and - if you're an artist who consistently drives home an on-the-nose anti-capitalist message - places where we forget about the rest of the world and its problems to enjoy theme park rides, cartoons and cheap hamburgers.  Disney is sedate, saccharine and safe, and for some that makes it the perfect enemy.  No wonder then that its films and characters are the subject of conspiracy theories and criticism.  For some artists, the allure of playing with Disney is to subvert its wholesome image and 'show it for what it really is' - a multi-billion pound corporation with sinister secrets tucked away in its locker, a symbol of Western comfort and the 'dumbing down' of its people."

Keith Haring once said "Mickey Mouse is ultimately a symbol of America more than anything else." Haring did a series of paintings of Warhol as Mickey Mouse, titled Andy Mouse.  

Warhol created a 1981 portfolio entitled Myths, featuring amongst others Mickey Mouse, Santa Claus, Superman and Greta Garbo.

Cheers!

The French don't want what? The migrant camp or the Dismaland timber?

 Hello,

I made yesterday, in one shot and with one finger on my phone ( had to choose amongst my hundred of pics and videos ) , as I made by the past my music and drawings, this video with the music that I could ( my phone is broke, and Ii could not charge any of my music ) ...
Well I will post this 3 times, in Royston vidoe and , of course in the Thread that Agent Provocateur made for me, to help me to go to Dismaland.
It was one of the best souvenir I had of all times ! Not so easy at my age, but as you see I am still here.
I know that here, I am not too much alright, or I does not happen as i expect, so I apologize.
I am not here, anyway often now anyway..
Now, For You, Yes I made it for you, for People who helped me, I leave you to listen to this ( I had a version not in HD - I have an old computer too, so on youtube, I put 4 versions of this, some are lights, some are saturated lol ) . This one seems to be the best...  Hope you will enjoy ! What refuge ? In the art.

Did it work?

I know it was previously mentioned in this thread so thought it best to go here:

I wonder what was the best offer accepted, "sold items" item number 291572172923

Definitely above 12k!!!!!!!!!

fingers crossed that was a right piece for the buyers sake

I believe that's back up for sale now. Nightmare avoided for someone.

No Pest Control certificate. If you thought you had the real deal, wouldn't you get in touch with PC before you sold it for a fraction of what a real Banksy would sell for?

The only proof of anything is a receipt for a £70 transaction from the Dismaland Gift Shop and the word of the original buyer, who just happened to be the Barbie doll seller that also sold a load of other vague "Banksy/Dismaland" items.



And that Dismaland logo stamp on the side of the canvas? Shortly after Dismaland started and before they sold this canvas, they were left eBay feedback for a rubber stamp purchased from an office supply store. I wonder what the stamp design was?

Anyway, I don't know if this new owner believes it's genuine or not, but it looks like they paid £580 for it. Which is worse than what I thought earlier. I thought they'd just sprayed it up themselves. Doesn't look that way. Sad times.

I would imagine they could use it to keyword spam the world and attract attention to their eBay store. But no fully-sighted person in full charge of their faculties should pay any kind of real money for that.

Now, I'm going to take the rest of the day off.

told you