who owned the street that it was on? that's the question we should really be asking. The queen! that's who. banksy's been working with the permission of the queen all along. he can do no wrong! or no right, one of the two.

Not sure I've ever seen a photo of an actual canvas.

... not really ... tbh ... and I kind of agree with what ploppi said, with ref to banksy and the differences with regards to the image about an hour ago ...

PS: not saying that I like the image either ... all four of them

Interesting perspective.

I find the image made in 1979 by Fernandez to be very good. Coming from a Cuban artist, the image has tremendous weight, and humor. The barbed wire nest symbolizing Cuba, the mother bird and her eggs symbolizing it's people. I could go into more detail, but I am sure you see where I am going: What protects us also has the potential to isolate and destroy us. A similar message is present in Banksy's "Love Hurts" balloon piece. JBoy's "Home Sweet Home" also plays on that same message. The big difference being that Fernandez conceived his own idea at a time (and in a place) where the world was not as "open." This fact gives the original Fernandez piece much more importance to me. 

As for "Selfie," it's just plain and simple theft of another's idea for your own gain.

Instagram is online or have i been in an alternate world

It would make it easier for certain people to reach out to you if you were.

If this is made into a print, why not have multiple editions of APs and PPs, each featuring different coloured notes, maybe even have some hand finished by the artist? I'd imagine they'll be lapped up. Perhaps even do some on aluminium too. Everyone likes slightly hackneyed images on aluminium, right?

Back when i did the site

Wonderful read.

Thank you for that bit of entertainment. Sheds some light on what I've been told second hand.

I have it on good authority that the artist known as JBoy stepped on some toes back in the day, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. Problem seems to be that JBoy is too thick to remember or even recognize.

Whose toes?

and what does stepped on toes mean considering?

feathers on walls?

feathers of people who do not practice what they preach?

JPS has upset people? Bluddy hell, not again.
that JPS is one big upsetter.

Well try taking your ear off the ground and get over witch hunting...

Richard Prince style, Koons style, Hirst style?

Or ruffled FFI, Forum Flippers International ?