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Nick Walker vandalised , by deckstar on Oct 12, 2008 20:17:11 GMT 1, Just been for a print at the Highbury Vaults in Bristol and noticed that the Nick Walker piece that was painted on the side of the building has had white paint thrown over it  I spoke to Brad inside, he said they found a can of exterior paint on the ground on Sunday morning. But he reckons they are going to try and find a firm that maybe able to remove the paint and leave the image intact.
There not sure who did it, but i reckon its someone who hates graffiti and wanted it removed, which wouldn't happen, so if they f**ked it up the pub would have no choice.
www.flickr.com/photos/28733478@N06/2935593906/
Just been for a print at the Highbury Vaults in Bristol and noticed that the Nick Walker piece that was painted on the side of the building has had white paint thrown over it I spoke to Brad inside, he said they found a can of exterior paint on the ground on Sunday morning. But he reckons they are going to try and find a firm that maybe able to remove the paint and leave the image intact. There not sure who did it, but i reckon its someone who hates graffiti and wanted it removed, which wouldn't happen, so if they f**ked it up the pub would have no choice. www.flickr.com/photos/28733478@N06/2935593906/ |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by Francis on Oct 12, 2008 20:19:59 GMT 1, Whomever did it has really, really good aim
Whomever did it has really, really good aim
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Nick Walker vandalised , by onemandown72 on Oct 12, 2008 20:21:31 GMT 1, I think it adds to it.
I think it adds to it.
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Nick Walker vandalised , by graeme501 on Oct 12, 2008 20:21:40 GMT 1, banksys back from new york then 
banksys back from new york then |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by deckstar on Oct 12, 2008 20:22:51 GMT 1, banksys back from new york then
better ring the BBC 
banksys back from new york then better ring the BBC |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by Ged on Oct 12, 2008 20:23:22 GMT 1, banksys back from new york then
Surely he wouldn't vandalise his own work
banksys back from new york then Surely he wouldn't vandalise his own work |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by mammal2 on Oct 12, 2008 20:38:33 GMT 1, Def looks better!
Def looks better!
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Nick Walker vandalised , by Grubster on Oct 12, 2008 21:10:22 GMT 1, banks did it
banks did it
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Nick Walker vandalised , by stickee on Oct 12, 2008 21:30:45 GMT 1, I say leave it
after all it does say vandalism so thats what someone did
I say leave it
after all it does say vandalism so thats what someone did
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Nick Walker vandalised , by chief on Oct 13, 2008 8:45:53 GMT 1, I dont know what the consensus is since I'm new to this board, but everytime I see a Nick Walker I almost can't stomach how bad his work is. Not only is his stuff obviously biting off of Banksy but the fact of a lacking message and the whole "vandal" thing only adds to my distaste for dude.
I dont know what the consensus is since I'm new to this board, but everytime I see a Nick Walker I almost can't stomach how bad his work is. Not only is his stuff obviously biting off of Banksy but the fact of a lacking message and the whole "vandal" thing only adds to my distaste for dude.
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Nick Walker vandalised , by jonpud on Oct 13, 2008 9:01:50 GMT 1, I dont know what the consensus is since I'm new to this board, but everytime I see a Nick Walker I almost can't stomach how bad his work is. Not only is his stuff obviously biting off of Banksy but the fact of a lacking message and the whole "vandal" thing only adds to my distaste for dude.
Are you Banksy?!
I dont know what the consensus is since I'm new to this board, but everytime I see a Nick Walker I almost can't stomach how bad his work is. Not only is his stuff obviously biting off of Banksy but the fact of a lacking message and the whole "vandal" thing only adds to my distaste for dude. Are you Banksy?! |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by 2301 on Oct 13, 2008 11:11:08 GMT 1, So is this Banksy - Walker beef for real then, or is it just one of those hip-hop style feuds created to stir up interest and publicity, such as the one between 50 cent and Kanye West earlier this year?
So is this Banksy - Walker beef for real then, or is it just one of those hip-hop style feuds created to stir up interest and publicity, such as the one between 50 cent and Kanye West earlier this year?
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Nick Walker vandalised , by mishco on Oct 13, 2008 12:28:17 GMT 1,
couldn't agree more, it's not even ironic it's so well done. i'd look at it and laugh now raher than look and think oh that's a pretty picture. it'll get more of a response for sure.
the whole vandal thing it getting a bit tired now IMO, can we not now see 'the Gypsy' or 'the happyslapper' i think he's needing a new theme!
couldn't agree more, it's not even ironic it's so well done. i'd look at it and laugh now raher than look and think oh that's a pretty picture. it'll get more of a response for sure. the whole vandal thing it getting a bit tired now IMO, can we not now see 'the Gypsy' or 'the happyslapper' i think he's needing a new theme! |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by daz205 on Oct 13, 2008 12:38:29 GMT 1, nick walker flogging an image to death never!
nick walker flogging an image to death never!
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Nick Walker vandalised , by Art-el on Oct 13, 2008 12:48:15 GMT 1, Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down.
People were organising lynch mobs when some work got dogged at Leake St.
It's all part the game (graffiti) Work gets buffed or dogged and if you're a writer you have to swallow it, move on, improve, evolve, find more choice spots.
BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into!
So are Blek and Banksy 'flogging an image to death' when it comes to rats? There are even elements of Nick's work that are apparent in Banksy's work.
Yeh the Vandals in danger of becoming overused but that's an cheap and easy dig. Check back and look a twenty years of back catalouge. Read some graff books and see what somone like Tris Manco says about his rep
Everyman entitled to an opinion or to dislike that's human nature, Just please come armed with fact
Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down.
People were organising lynch mobs when some work got dogged at Leake St.
It's all part the game (graffiti) Work gets buffed or dogged and if you're a writer you have to swallow it, move on, improve, evolve, find more choice spots.
BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into!
So are Blek and Banksy 'flogging an image to death' when it comes to rats? There are even elements of Nick's work that are apparent in Banksy's work.
Yeh the Vandals in danger of becoming overused but that's an cheap and easy dig. Check back and look a twenty years of back catalouge. Read some graff books and see what somone like Tris Manco says about his rep
Everyman entitled to an opinion or to dislike that's human nature, Just please come armed with fact
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Nick Walker vandalised , by 2301 on Oct 13, 2008 12:56:52 GMT 1, Maybe it's the infamous 'Splasher' at work here, who was doing this kind of thing to a lot of street art in New York a while ago, as a protest against the increasing commercialisation of the scene?
Maybe it's the infamous 'Splasher' at work here, who was doing this kind of thing to a lot of street art in New York a while ago, as a protest against the increasing commercialisation of the scene?
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Nick Walker vandalised , by Art-el on Oct 13, 2008 13:20:03 GMT 1, Then you have to be clever or genius as in the case of Banksy and the 'Grey Ghost' parodies in the US
Then you have to be clever or genius as in the case of Banksy and the 'Grey Ghost' parodies in the US
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Nick Walker vandalised , by mishco on Oct 13, 2008 13:24:06 GMT 1, Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down. People were organising lynch mobs when some work got dogged at Leake St. It's all part the game (graffiti) Work gets buffed or dogged and if you're a writer you have to swallow it, move on, improve, evolve, find more choice spots. BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into! So are Blek and Banksy 'flogging an image to death' when it comes to rats? There are even elements of Nick's work that are apparent in Banksy's work. Yeh the Vandals in danger of becoming overused but that's an cheap and easy dig. Check back and look a twenty years of back catalouge. Read some graff books and see what somone like Tris Manco says about his rep Everyman entitled to an opinion or to dislike that's human nature, Just please come armed with fact
i'm well aware about what the books say about his rep, i have his older pieces on my wall, i am also aware that he's just really picked up this vandal theme in the past year unlike blek and banksy who have and will always use rats in their themes. that's not a valid argument.
i don't like Nicks new stuff, personally i think it's weak and the theme is just boring, some say the same with dface and his wings and skulls etc, but that's just my opinion. same vanadal same paint different backdrop......yawn.
i just like the idea that the vandal or the subject that is spraying loves vandalism has now in fact been vandalised. it wouldn't work with any other piece it's just good composition here if it was intentinally meant to be just that.
Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down. People were organising lynch mobs when some work got dogged at Leake St. It's all part the game (graffiti) Work gets buffed or dogged and if you're a writer you have to swallow it, move on, improve, evolve, find more choice spots. BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into! So are Blek and Banksy 'flogging an image to death' when it comes to rats? There are even elements of Nick's work that are apparent in Banksy's work. Yeh the Vandals in danger of becoming overused but that's an cheap and easy dig. Check back and look a twenty years of back catalouge. Read some graff books and see what somone like Tris Manco says about his rep Everyman entitled to an opinion or to dislike that's human nature, Just please come armed with fact i'm well aware about what the books say about his rep, i have his older pieces on my wall, i am also aware that he's just really picked up this vandal theme in the past year unlike blek and banksy who have and will always use rats in their themes. that's not a valid argument. i don't like Nicks new stuff, personally i think it's weak and the theme is just boring, some say the same with dface and his wings and skulls etc, but that's just my opinion. same vanadal same paint different backdrop......yawn. i just like the idea that the vandal or the subject that is spraying loves vandalism has now in fact been vandalised. it wouldn't work with any other piece it's just good composition here if it was intentinally meant to be just that. |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by 2301 on Oct 13, 2008 13:27:55 GMT 1, Then you have to be clever or genius as in the case of Banksy and the 'Grey Ghost' parodies in the US
Banksy wasn't destroying people's work though, but protesting against that kind of thing, so his grey ghost stuff is the exact opposite of the NY 'Splasher'
Then you have to be clever or genius as in the case of Banksy and the 'Grey Ghost' parodies in the US Banksy wasn't destroying people's work though, but protesting against that kind of thing, so his grey ghost stuff is the exact opposite of the NY 'Splasher' |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by daz205 on Oct 13, 2008 14:02:27 GMT 1, ok i wont just say nick walker has flogged the vandal image to death, over the last 20 years he has also flogged the following images far too much the mona lisa, mona simpson, moona lisa, etc etc, baby molls in god know how many versions, the nickers image, guns, leather style letters amongst others. Is that a fairer statement?
nick walker has always done pretty pictures with imo no real thought behind them in loads of different versions of the same image preferred his freestyle stuff as ego tbh
ok i wont just say nick walker has flogged the vandal image to death, over the last 20 years he has also flogged the following images far too much the mona lisa, mona simpson, moona lisa, etc etc, baby molls in god know how many versions, the nickers image, guns, leather style letters amongst others. Is that a fairer statement?
nick walker has always done pretty pictures with imo no real thought behind them in loads of different versions of the same image preferred his freestyle stuff as ego tbh
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Nick Walker vandalised , by chief on Oct 14, 2008 17:47:46 GMT 1, reason I'm really hating aside from seeing any message in his work is because I had a friend hold a projector for him when he painted at Boundless in BK, he fooled her so much as for her to think he was Banksy, even hinting he might be him. eh.
reason I'm really hating aside from seeing any message in his work is because I had a friend hold a projector for him when he painted at Boundless in BK, he fooled her so much as for her to think he was Banksy, even hinting he might be him. eh.
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Nick Walker vandalised , by snakes on Oct 14, 2008 22:32:56 GMT 1, reason I'm really hating aside from seeing any message in his work is because I had a friend hold a projector for him when he painted at Boundless in BK, he fooled her so much as for her to think he was Banksy, even hinting he might be him. eh.
Boundless in BK (Burger King) - when was that?
reason I'm really hating aside from seeing any message in his work is because I had a friend hold a projector for him when he painted at Boundless in BK, he fooled her so much as for her to think he was Banksy, even hinting he might be him. eh. Boundless in BK (Burger King) - when was that? |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by onemandown72 on Oct 25, 2008 23:44:24 GMT 1, Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down. BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into!
Going over another artist's work is a no-no, however sometimes it works, as I believe it does in this instances
And yes this does apply to Banksy, for a few years there was a rat just off Church St in Stoke Newington that someone had crossed out and written c*nt over - which always saw a wry smile on my face that even the best street artists are open to comment.
Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down. BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into! Going over another artist's work is a no-no, however sometimes it works, as I believe it does in this instances And yes this does apply to Banksy, for a few years there was a rat just off Church St in Stoke Newington that someone had crossed out and written c*nt over - which always saw a wry smile on my face that even the best street artists are open to comment. |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by dinomaa on Oct 25, 2008 23:53:15 GMT 1, Love Nick Walkers work but that now looks awesome.
Love Nick Walkers work but that now looks awesome.
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Nick Walker vandalised , by snakes on Oct 26, 2008 0:29:13 GMT 1, Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down. BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into! , however sometimes it works, as I believe it does in this instances And yes this does apply to Banksy, for a few years there was a rat just off Church St in Stoke Newington that someone had crossed out and written c*nt over - which always saw a wry smile on my face that even the best street artists are open to comment.
Why is it a 'no-no'? Is it OK to vandalise someone's wall but its not OK to vandalise someone's vandalism? Hmmmm - slightly odd!
If that's the case and it's not OK I am half tempted to go out there and over write people just to get a reaction
Some of the comments are laughable. If this was someone elses work you'd be screaming the gaff down. BUT to say going over someones work has improved it it not only disrespectful to the artist but also the scene you claim to be into! , however sometimes it works, as I believe it does in this instances And yes this does apply to Banksy, for a few years there was a rat just off Church St in Stoke Newington that someone had crossed out and written c*nt over - which always saw a wry smile on my face that even the best street artists are open to comment. Why is it a 'no-no'? Is it OK to vandalise someone's wall but its not OK to vandalise someone's vandalism? Hmmmm - slightly odd! If that's the case and it's not OK I am half tempted to go out there and over write people just to get a reaction |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by mustard on Oct 26, 2008 0:31:33 GMT 1, funny how Banksy does some large pieces in Nyc and then all of a sudden NW has to do the same thing, just wondering when is NW going down to New Orleans
funny how Banksy does some large pieces in Nyc and then all of a sudden NW has to do the same thing, just wondering when is NW going down to New Orleans
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Nick Walker vandalised , by dinomaa on Oct 26, 2008 1:43:54 GMT 1, Didn't Nick do that large giraffe in NY before banksy rocked up?
Didn't Nick do that large giraffe in NY before banksy rocked up?
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Nick Walker vandalised , by Heavyconsumer on Oct 26, 2008 3:21:47 GMT 1, Didn't Nick do that large giraffe in NY before banksy rocked up?
Yes and it wasn't very well proportioned either!
I like plenty of Nick's work, and a little of it I think is actually brilliant, but I don't see what that has to do with my looking at the above image and thinking that it's improved by the splash. As some have already pointed out, this probably is not a randomly thrown bucket of paint - the composition is perfect. It works perfectly with the theme and the style of many of Nick Walker's trademark "Vandal" images.
Is it even beyond the realms of possibility that Nick did it? I realise this is unlikely but I'm just throwing an idea out there.
Didn't Nick do that large giraffe in NY before banksy rocked up? Yes and it wasn't very well proportioned either! I like plenty of Nick's work, and a little of it I think is actually brilliant, but I don't see what that has to do with my looking at the above image and thinking that it's improved by the splash. As some have already pointed out, this probably is not a randomly thrown bucket of paint - the composition is perfect. It works perfectly with the theme and the style of many of Nick Walker's trademark "Vandal" images. Is it even beyond the realms of possibility that Nick did it? I realise this is unlikely but I'm just throwing an idea out there. |
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Nick Walker vandalised , by linkd95 on Oct 26, 2008 14:14:04 GMT 1, I THINK IT LOOOKS WIKED LIKE THAT ADDS A LITTLE EXTRA TO IT MAYBE NIK DID IT HIMSELF GOD KNOWS
I THINK IT LOOOKS WIKED LIKE THAT ADDS A LITTLE EXTRA TO IT MAYBE NIK DID IT HIMSELF GOD KNOWS
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I spoke to Brad inside, he said they found a can of exterior paint on the ground on Sunday morning. But he reckons they are going to try and find a firm that maybe able to remove the paint and leave the image intact.
