That's a nice stunt.
I'm trying to imagine the look on the onlookers' faces watching the confetti fluttering out had there been a cross-cut shredder in the frame.
But... Banksy, you disappoint me here
(OK, maybe you didn't want to get sued... but not wanting to get sued is also selling out
)
https://www.theguardian....hreds-girl-with-balloon
Quote:The website MyArtBroker.com, which resells Banksy pieces, said Girl with Balloon had enjoyed annual increases in value of about 20% in recent years. “Prices now are regularly exceeding £115,000 for signed authenticated prints,” said its co-founder Joey Syer.
“The auction result will only propel this further and given the media attention this stunt has received, the lucky buyer would see a great return on the £1.02m they paid last night.
“This is now part of art history in its shredded state and we’d estimate Banksy has added at a minimum 50% to its value, possibly as high as being worth £2m plus.”
Will they never learn?
Next time, use nitrocellulose-impregnated canvas. Let's see if someone will pay £5m for a pile of ashes. If it's good enough for cricket, it's good enough for art.
“There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work."
― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli