Bansky in Bournemouth? More like a bored art student (From Thisisdorset)
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Bansky in Bournemouth? More like a bored art student
9:08am Friday 10th August 2012 in News
Bansky in Bournemouth? More like a bored art student
A GRAFFITI picture ‘signed’ by legendary artist Banksy has been dismissed as a fake.
The image of a Zebra morphing into a barcode was painted on the wall of a block of flats in Bournemouth’s lower gardens.
The effort created an online stir and national coverage thanks to the anonymous artist’s worldwide reputation.
A Banksy stencil with a similar theme called ‘Leopard and Barcode’ recently sold for £75,650 at auction.
Several councils have protected his satirical images from their graffiti removal teams.
However expert Richard Howard-Griffin, from Street Art London, told the Echo there was “not a chance” it was real.
He said: “The context is weak, the subject is old, the stencilling poor. It has been probably been executed by a bored GCSE art student.”
Wayne Anthony, co-editor of London Street-Art Design, said more than 7,000 people had viewed the image in a few hours on the magazine’s Facebook page.
But he said: “We see no reason to endorse this stencil as Banksy.
“It’s quite messy whereas Banksy paints much clearer lines especially when it comes to detail.”
The Echo emailed the camera shy artist’s website but received no reply on Tuesday. The work does not feature on the site’s recent updates.
It has been done on the rear wall on a block of flats called Capella Court, which runs along the footpath behind the mini-golf course.
Staff working at a nearby hotel said they first noticed the image around the time of the torch relay. The owners of Capella Court asked the council to paint over it without realising what it allegedly was, although the work has not yet been carried out.
Tina Stewart, from managing agents Rebbeck Brothers, said she would examine the image for herself and speak to the owners.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday the painting was genuine but hours later added an online update that it was a fake, citing unnamed “sources”.
A more reliable Banksy cropped up in Bournemouth in 2004, when his ‘Buried Treasure’ stencil appeared on the Pier pointing to a patch of sand.
Comments(15)
gosub47
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9:35am Fri 10 Aug 12
HRH of Boscombe
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10:19am Fri 10 Aug 12
scrumpyjack
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10:36am Fri 10 Aug 12
mark1987
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11:16am Fri 10 Aug 12
proper graffiti artists do not need stencils to produce amazing work.
also to add he stole his style of street art from a french artist called BLEK LE RAT.
The fact that councils protect this art and not the other amazing real graffiti is a joke!
Old before my time
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1:13pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Pablo23
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1:16pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Old before my time wrote:Its because of people like you that he has to stay anonymous and hide his light under a bushel
This is criminal whether it's banksy or not and should be dealt with as such. I'd give banksy public lashing and making him clean up his "art".
whataboutthat
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1:19pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Old before my time wrote:Obvious troll.
This is criminal whether it's banksy or not and should be dealt with as such. I'd give banksy public lashing and making him clean up his "art".
lonelysurf
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1:39pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Old before my time
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1:41pm Fri 10 Aug 12
O'Reilly
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1:59pm Fri 10 Aug 12
mark1987
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3:02pm Fri 10 Aug 12
lonelysurf wrote:It cant be art ??? really
Do we know who did it? No !..then it cant be art.
Art comes in many forms, i suppose that the ancient hieroglyphic art that is found in Egypt is not art because it hasnt got a signature or certificate of authentisity in your mind.
Sorry but i have to laugh at your ignorance.
mark1987
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3:05pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Pablo23 wrote:and for your information he is not anonymous his name is Robin banks.
Old before my time wrote: This is criminal whether it's banksy or not and should be dealt with as such. I'd give banksy public lashing and making him clean up his "art".Its because of people like you that he has to stay anonymous and hide his light under a bushel
he would be un able to make a fortune of his work if he was anonymous.
addntox
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12:17pm Sat 11 Aug 12
http://www.artofthes
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dvdr
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10:32pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Sloppy Journalism?
PooleParky says...
9:30am Fri 10 Aug 12