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It is a rare occasion that most of you missed this news from last week.
The issue which created a mass public focus was one of outstanding works of Banksy,
famous and genuine artist who creates amazement
in the art world with each step he takes by adressing millions of people
throughout the World and who and leaves impressive traces of good artistic
impression in the name of activism and art. One edition of the artist's
masterpieces, Balloon Girl created in 2006, was self-destructed during the
auction sales session after when a conclusive bid of 1 million pound was
received and adopted.
Amazingly, artitic work began to be shredded and after a while it was
noted that a shreedder installed inside the frame had been trigerred. This conclusion
was also acknowledged by a comprehensive video shooting uploaded to artist’s
Instagram account which was removed shortly. In his video; ıt was explained how
the frame had been designed and how whole of this display was organised.
Banksy is well known for his activisim and large scale art-works.
One might think that there is a million pound loss and be shocked. But it
is obvious that art market operates in different manner. This event –or better to say “the Show”
became most popular topic throughout world of art and it is preasumable that
the value of this artistic work was
incremented by the promotion asirising from this incident.
So, let us think that
this strange situation shall serve as an excuse to inner balances,
rules and absurdities of art World which Banksy continously criticized
but is also critized as being a part of it.
This incident shall
not serve as conclusion for attempts by Bansky deceive the whole world. Yet; as
soon I was informed on this issue; for me this incident became one of top five
incidents by Bansky. So; let me share other remaining four with you:
2004:
Banknotes without the Queen
The artist dispered bundles of money during the London Carnival in 2004.
If you ask me what it weird with that; I would say there was a portrait of Lady
Diana and it was written “Banksy of England” instead of “Bank of England”. Even after months, counterfeit banknotes had emerged from different
corners of the UK, and there were even those who had actually succeeded in spending
it.
2013: Cheap Banksy in Central Park
Those who have visited New York may already know that there are many
artists especially drawing on benches benches around Central Park and MoMA and
try to sell their prints, drawings and paintings on reasonable price. So, Banksy
also sold (or rather, did not show himself and let someone else to sell) some of his works to some $ 60 for one day in
order to state the hypocrisy of the art market in which works by some of
artists were exhibited in museums for a million dollars and acquired by buyers
on outstanding price level. So few people bought Banskky’s artistic works
(original value in thousands of dollars) yet no one was aware that it was
original masterpiece.