|
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by aginghippie on Mar 8, 2010 5:37:55 GMT 1, Look at the contemporary art auctions in New York the prices for his edition canvas work is consistently lower in the US than in the UK. Most of the Banksy enthusiasts I know here are Brits.
Look at the contemporary art auctions in New York the prices for his edition canvas work is consistently lower in the US than in the UK. Most of the Banksy enthusiasts I know here are Brits.
|
|
|
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by manchestermike on Mar 8, 2010 10:48:56 GMT 1, Pretty decent post to kick start this thread. Maths has a 's' though, but appart from that 9/10
Pretty decent post to kick start this thread. Maths has a 's' though, but appart from that 9/10
|
|
Deleted
🗨️ 0
👍🏻
January 1970
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by Deleted on Mar 8, 2010 13:06:50 GMT 1, Pretty decent post to kick start this thread. Maths has a 's' though, but appart from that 9/10
math ;D
Pretty decent post to kick start this thread. Maths has a 's' though, but appart from that 9/10 math ;D |
|
bullet
Blank Rank
🗨️ 0
👍🏻 16
January 2013
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by bullet on Mar 8, 2010 16:40:54 GMT 1, 
|
|
|
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by curiousgeorge on Mar 8, 2010 21:32:25 GMT 1, 1.Banksy business card
2.Banksy tyre cover
3.Banksy vanity plate
Yip he is without a doubt bigger in the states
p.s got a spare card?
1.Banksy business card
2.Banksy tyre cover
3.Banksy vanity plate
Yip he is without a doubt bigger in the states
p.s got a spare card?
|
|
Damien
Junior Member
🗨️ 3,324
👍🏻 284
July 2008
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by Damien on Mar 8, 2010 23:50:37 GMT 1, whats a banksy vanity plate?
whats a banksy vanity plate?
|
|
|
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by curiousgeorge on Mar 9, 2010 0:30:19 GMT 1, Vanity plate/Number plate
Vanity plate/Number plate
|
|
|
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by mrcolumbo on Mar 31, 2010 18:15:28 GMT 1, exit through the gift shop is only being released in NYC and LA to start its US showings, then if that works out, itll expand. so this might give a good measure of this. here on long island mostly college kids know of him, and if they dont, theyre almost immediately interested after seeing one of his pieces.
exit through the gift shop is only being released in NYC and LA to start its US showings, then if that works out, itll expand. so this might give a good measure of this. here on long island mostly college kids know of him, and if they dont, theyre almost immediately interested after seeing one of his pieces.
|
|
thejoker
New Member
🗨️ 24
👍🏻 0
February 2010
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by thejoker on Apr 6, 2010 18:30:51 GMT 1, I'm from Philadelphia, and I could probably walk down the street and ask 20 people if they knew about Banksy and maybe 2 or 3 would.
I'm from Philadelphia, and I could probably walk down the street and ask 20 people if they knew about Banksy and maybe 2 or 3 would.
|
|
|
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by tonysantos2001 on Apr 7, 2010 16:16:10 GMT 1, I have to air this one gripe.... Particularly for the Brits on this board.... If you don't regularly visit the United States, stop saying absurd comments like "Banksy isn't well known in the United States." In NY and LA, and in large swaths of the country, Banksy is VERY well known. He's actually may be the most well known living artist at the moment in terms of popular recognition - particularly among 18 - 25 year olds. Here's a comparison, type the following into Google and you get this many page results: Banksy: 2,550,000 Koons: 1,420,000 (though clearly thats ambiguous as Koon automotive is the first result) Fairey: 1,460,000 (though his brand "Obey" is often cited as opposed to him) Basquiat: 951,000 Rauschenberg: 918,000 Jasper Johns: 410,000 (in quotes) Ruscha: 397,000 Mr. Brainwash: 352,000 (in quotes) Only beat by: Lichtenstein: 5,090,000 Hirst: 3,930,000 (though "Damien Hirst" in quotes yields a paltry 811,000) Picasso: 23,500,000 Warhol: 6,760,000 Pollock: 9,970,000 (Jackson Pollock without quotes yields 1,550,000) Banksy has had full length articles in every major US publication - multiple articles in many of them: NY Times, LA Times, USA Today, Time, New Yorker (7 page feature) etc. If you type Banksy into the NY Times Archives, 353 articles come up. "Wall and Piece" was the top selling art book in the United States. Ranking among the top sellers in its category at diverse retails such as various record stores, Urban Outfitters, the MOMA store and online through Walmart - eventually getting released as a paperback as well. Estimates place attendance at Barely Legal alone at 10,000 a day over three days. His NY Pet Store show is hard to pin a figure, but I estimate well over 70,000 visitors in the weeks it was open - and I wouldn't be surprised if official numbers were in the 100,000s -- not to mention the press coverage practically ensured that the entire island of Manhattan heard about it. He sold out all his movie screenings of his film at Sundance. I mean, its to the point that I know two dogs named Banksy. Sure, large portions of rural America / middle America don't know who Banksy is - but large portions of America couldn't identify England on a map and the percentage of Americans who are functionally illiterate is more than half the entire population of the UK. (42 million) Now here's something that will drive the board crazy.... Great Britain is a smaller island and its easier to market oneself through street art in a nation with a population density of 246/km2 (ranked 51st in the world) versus 32 / km2 (ranked 179th in the world) - So PROPORTIONATELY yes a larger percent of the UK population knows who Banksy is. But there is the distinct possibility that more Americans know who Banksy is than Brits, when you figure in total population. Here's my math: 61M Brits. 304M Yankees. (Just shy 5 times the population) If Banksy's name recognition is 90% in Britain, that would be 54.9 M people. (that's pretty high - but I won't speak for Brits) If Banksy's name recognition is 18% in the United States, that would be 54.7M. From there, its just a matter of demographics to determine if the assessment if fair... Considering that LA has 9.8M and NY city has a population of 8.4M, and that Banksy has both done shows, street works, and major spectacles in both cities with substantial media coverage - already his name recognition total (not in percentage terms) in both cities would be more than in Bristol and all of South West England. Point is, stop the completely idiotic statement that "Banksy isn't big in America" or that any other living artist anywhere in the Urban art scene is remotely as big as Banksy is in America. Its not even a close by practically any metric.
Are you Dave Gorman? ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'll get me coat!
I have to air this one gripe.... Particularly for the Brits on this board.... If you don't regularly visit the United States, stop saying absurd comments like "Banksy isn't well known in the United States." In NY and LA, and in large swaths of the country, Banksy is VERY well known. He's actually may be the most well known living artist at the moment in terms of popular recognition - particularly among 18 - 25 year olds. Here's a comparison, type the following into Google and you get this many page results: Banksy: 2,550,000 Koons: 1,420,000 (though clearly thats ambiguous as Koon automotive is the first result) Fairey: 1,460,000 (though his brand "Obey" is often cited as opposed to him) Basquiat: 951,000 Rauschenberg: 918,000 Jasper Johns: 410,000 (in quotes) Ruscha: 397,000 Mr. Brainwash: 352,000 (in quotes) Only beat by: Lichtenstein: 5,090,000 Hirst: 3,930,000 (though "Damien Hirst" in quotes yields a paltry 811,000) Picasso: 23,500,000 Warhol: 6,760,000 Pollock: 9,970,000 (Jackson Pollock without quotes yields 1,550,000) Banksy has had full length articles in every major US publication - multiple articles in many of them: NY Times, LA Times, USA Today, Time, New Yorker (7 page feature) etc. If you type Banksy into the NY Times Archives, 353 articles come up. "Wall and Piece" was the top selling art book in the United States. Ranking among the top sellers in its category at diverse retails such as various record stores, Urban Outfitters, the MOMA store and online through Walmart - eventually getting released as a paperback as well. Estimates place attendance at Barely Legal alone at 10,000 a day over three days. His NY Pet Store show is hard to pin a figure, but I estimate well over 70,000 visitors in the weeks it was open - and I wouldn't be surprised if official numbers were in the 100,000s -- not to mention the press coverage practically ensured that the entire island of Manhattan heard about it. He sold out all his movie screenings of his film at Sundance. I mean, its to the point that I know two dogs named Banksy. Sure, large portions of rural America / middle America don't know who Banksy is - but large portions of America couldn't identify England on a map and the percentage of Americans who are functionally illiterate is more than half the entire population of the UK. (42 million) Now here's something that will drive the board crazy.... Great Britain is a smaller island and its easier to market oneself through street art in a nation with a population density of 246/km2 (ranked 51st in the world) versus 32 / km2 (ranked 179th in the world) - So PROPORTIONATELY yes a larger percent of the UK population knows who Banksy is. But there is the distinct possibility that more Americans know who Banksy is than Brits, when you figure in total population. Here's my math: 61M Brits. 304M Yankees. (Just shy 5 times the population) If Banksy's name recognition is 90% in Britain, that would be 54.9 M people. (that's pretty high - but I won't speak for Brits) If Banksy's name recognition is 18% in the United States, that would be 54.7M. From there, its just a matter of demographics to determine if the assessment if fair... Considering that LA has 9.8M and NY city has a population of 8.4M, and that Banksy has both done shows, street works, and major spectacles in both cities with substantial media coverage - already his name recognition total (not in percentage terms) in both cities would be more than in Bristol and all of South West England. Point is, stop the completely idiotic statement that "Banksy isn't big in America" or that any other living artist anywhere in the Urban art scene is remotely as big as Banksy is in America. Its not even a close by practically any metric. Are you Dave Gorman? ;D ;D ;D ;D I'll get me coat! |
|
findtom
New Member
🗨️ 109
👍🏻 0
April 2007
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by findtom on Apr 12, 2010 23:17:55 GMT 1, In my experience around LA he's well known by hipsters, but if you're asking some random person chances are they're never heard of him. He's definitely nowhere near as well known generally as he is in the UK.
I'll be surprised if his movie does well here.
In my experience around LA he's well known by hipsters, but if you're asking some random person chances are they're never heard of him. He's definitely nowhere near as well known generally as he is in the UK.
I'll be surprised if his movie does well here.
|
|
findtom
New Member
🗨️ 109
👍🏻 0
April 2007
|
Banksy's Popularity in the States, by findtom on Apr 12, 2010 23:22:17 GMT 1, Bit of info about the traffic to this site that might be of interest on this thread - 62.84% = United Kingdom 18.18% = United States 2.84% = Germany 1.75% = Australia 1.25% = France 1.20% = Canada 1.02% = Ireland 0.90& = Denmark 0.84% = Spain 0.76% = Norway
Interesting, surprised the gap is so big between the US and Canada.
A while back when playing with Facebook's self serve ad system I tinkered with seeing how many users have "banksy" listed as an interest in the UK vs. USA. The USA was a much smaller number, although with some recent press over here I wonder if that has changed.
Bit of info about the traffic to this site that might be of interest on this thread - 62.84% = United Kingdom 18.18% = United States 2.84% = Germany 1.75% = Australia 1.25% = France 1.20% = Canada 1.02% = Ireland 0.90& = Denmark 0.84% = Spain 0.76% = Norway Interesting, surprised the gap is so big between the US and Canada. A while back when playing with Facebook's self serve ad system I tinkered with seeing how many users have "banksy" listed as an interest in the UK vs. USA. The USA was a much smaller number, although with some recent press over here I wonder if that has changed. |
|
