Oh the horror, graffiti is defaced with more graffiti.
Residents in the Suffolk town of Lowestoft have discovered that a new Banksy artwork has already been defaced.
The mysterious graffiti artist recently confirmed he was behind new street art that appeared around England’s east coast.
However, East Suffolk Council has now been forced to issue a statement after locals discovered the Lowestoft artwork, which shows a rat sitting on a deckchair, had been daubed with white paint overnight.
“We are naturally appalled that someone has chosen to behave in such a selfish and mindless way, given how excited we all are by the appearance of these works here on the east coast,” the statement said.“We are, however, hopeful that this particular work can be restored, and are engaging with specialists.”
The irony is clearly lost on these cretins. Wanksy is not a “street artist” he is a vandal, daubing his sanctimonious messages wherever he pleases, regardless of the will of the property owner. In other words, he is defacing it. That his daubs are themselves defaced is in the spirit of graffiti.
I actually think that some of his stuff is very good. The fact that he does this stuff on other people’s property is the problem. The thing is, he is now well known enough to be able to get permission and charge people for his work. If he did that I wouldn’t have a problem with him.
He did a canvas of chimpanzees in parliament. I don’t dispute he has talent. I deplore his doing it on other people’s property and I despise his sanctimonious virtue-signalling and supposed subversiveness. He is pure establishment, not some counter-culture rebel.
‘Good’? If graffiti is art, shouldn’t it cheer the soul, rather than push a relentless political agenda?
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Wanksy is the right description of this graffiti vandal.
Could they not find even one up-his-own-arse art commentator to give a analysis of the super-grafiti. (One graffiti on top of another)
Oops. the “his” should “his/hers/theys/insert a gender.
Also I missed out an f.
So insert “f in” where ever you deem appropriate.
My money’s on Banksy having done it himself; another mural won’t necessarily make the headlines but a vandalised one seems to be irresistible headline fodder.
Oh yes very good. He did something he wasn’t quite happy with, then turned it into a publicity boon by defacing it. Bravo!
Talentless stencilling of utterly superficial left wing tropes delivered by a vandal who the authorities refuse to prosecute because they fear their kindergarten politics might be popular with the under-educated and those with Oxford PPE degrees.
Seen as wonderful only by the simpleminded, presumably because they always carry a transparent message, devoid of subtlety.
This exactly. It’s not just that they are political statements, it’s that they are unsubtle and puerile as if presented by someone incapable of nuanced thought.
It’s one of those irregular verbs, isn’t it? I make “street art”; you do graffiti; he is a vandal.
No, Sam. It isn’t (though I understand your point).
Anyone stencilling, or otherwise daubing paint on the property of others without permission is a vandal and a criminal. It is art only to the superficial and the simpleminded.
I get Sam’s point too. However, the use of other people’s property overrides all other considerations. Its vandalism, pure and simple. It’s also an eyesore.
Oh, yes. I meant in the minds of those who do it, that’s how it is.
Recently, having had a little too much time on my hands, I have been browsing some of the archives at the LR blog. It appears that I have been a regular visitor now for just under ten years. It appears that my first comment, on the subject of compulsory PE in school, appeared in November 2011.
That long? Time flies.
Some years ago, I bought some garages in a dingy east london town. One of the walls was covered in graffiti. I promptly painted white paint over it and all the neighbours were out thanking me.
The cvnts who pretend to like graffiti probably don’t have to look at it all the time.