Any luck finding Steve the snitch on social media?

So someone posts about a poster of a garden center statue with a pot of paint on it's head. Definately not one of Banksys best efforts. Been done before in the teenage vandal realm, sort of look mum ain't i naughty i tipped a tin of paint on an old statue.

Then someone posts they are buying one, then all the little Banksy fishes swim over and the feeding frenzy begins.

Grabbing all they can as all they see is a few quid they can make by flipping anything Banksy.

A Prince from the West Country

Speak for yourself.

 The irony. Banksy goes round sticking his art inside museums without asking permission.
His corporate side came out when he drew up the contract to have his show at Bristol museum. Lawyers and clauses and all that stuff. Keeping tight control of his copyright.

   I don't think Bristol museum have done anything wrong. They probably thought they had permission to create an image of an exhibit they own. When it turns out the small print says they can only reproduce the image as part of a brochure. Personally I think museums should be allowed to reproduce any exhibit they own as a poster etc in order to raise funds for the museum.

      This could be Banksy's prima donna celebrity side coming out or it could be Banksys management contradicting Banksys own phrase that "copyright is for losers"

It could also be that Banksy does not think this image of an angel statue with a pot of red paint tipped on its head is appropriate for his image today.

   An angel is usually a christian or catholic symbol. A statue of an angel in stone is usually found in cemetaries.

 Some vandal tipping a pot of paint on it's head is symbolic of someone who despises religion or statues as in the case of the taliban etc. The angel is feminine and with todays turn towards pro feminism in the media an image of a female angel with a tin can on her head does not come across as supporting women.

 Regarding comparing what Bristol museum have done with what West Country Prince does. Is not logical.

The Bristol museum clearly had good intentions and the money from sales going to the museum. The museum certainly would not pull a stroke like making posters without permission if they knew that they did not have permission. WCP is a copyright thief, selling pirated images of Banksy art to line his own pockets.

 Now it's funny that Banksy does not go after WCP with a desist notice from his management. Is it because of being seen as a hypocrit or is it because he, Banksy management does not want it to end up in court? 

     

 

Think 10 years ahead coach :-) . That'll cheer you up LOL

I reckon the difference between all the tossers like WCP and the others fakers is we all know they are not attributable to banksy or his 'firm'

The museum doing what they did with a piece of art that Banksy Donated, and calling it a print could have construed as Authorised banksy, I think some were already on sale on ebay for I am guessing over a fiver? So if the 'firm' allowed it to happen then Guys called Steve would be asking for COAs, Photocopied  fakes would be flying around everywhere. There would be chaos and the universe would struggle to rebalance itself


And worse than that, ebay and paypal would have made more money off it than the museum

They panicked

I thank you for that observation Bren. Filled me with joy, that has. As if I wasn’t already pissed off tonight. I need to find a new hobby. Is there a kittens forum?

I can put you onto a fake kittens forum... Run by some bloke that used to work in the post room of the Bristol Museum but he was just laid off due to lack of work.

Not cheap getting your bumps felt these days.

I think I'm just grateful for the relatively fragrant existence I have as it is. I've lived long enough to know that there are more years behind me than ahead of me and I'm not going to waste those years left getting carved up over who's copying my work or not. And, to be honest, most of the artists I know of who do get really aggrieved about the superiority and particular originality of their own work - are usually the ones that have very little to shout about. It's not a club I want to be in.

Realizing it was a bad joke I've remove the last sentence from my initial post. I understand your point and you're a better man for it. I wish you a long and prosperous life.

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