-
Banksy
-
Watch: Banksy Installs Anti-BP Dolphin Ride On Brighton Pier [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The ride is similar to those you rode as a kid outside the Pick ‘n’ Pay – you know, the space-ship or car that used to move about as your mom patiently waited. Banksy’s version is a little different, it delivers a message. The ride is not a space-ship or a car, it’s a dolphin struggling to swim through fishing nets and BP oil, installed as a reminder to those who have forgotten about BP’s role in poisoning the Gulf Coast of the USA.
-
A Complete History Of Banksy’s Art [INFOGRAPHIC]
03 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The UK-based graffiti artist is synonymous with dark, satirical artworks. Canvas Elite, an online canvas art gallery has developed this amazing infographic that depicts some of the most influential and significant work thus far.
-
Massive “Burn In Hell Maggie” Graffiti Appears In Central London [PIC]
12 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This graffiti was spotted last night in central London’s “Banksy Tunnel”, also known as “Graffiti Tunnel.” The double exclamation point doesn’t seem necessary, given the human-height hate lettering, but artists do as they please, we suppose.
-
First Ever Confirmed Photos Of Artist Banksy Surface [GALLERY]
19 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Before his rise to fame, Banksy was actually an amateur soccer goalie. The below images are the first-ever CONFIRMED pictures taken of him, and were taken during a tour of Mexico in 2001.
-
Banksy’s Latest Olympic Art Pieces May Be Destroyed
26 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
He may not be competing in the Olympics, but based in London, you can be damn sure that street-artist Banksy will have something to say about the Games. His two latest stencils, “Hackney Welcomes the Olympics” and “Going For Mould” are unfortunately struggling to win favour with British authorities, who have not taken his artwork lightly.
-
Download Banksy’s Exclusive Diamond Jubilee Artwork, For Free [PICS]
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This past weekend marked the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, 60 years of politely smiling, waving and occupying an ultimately powerless position. In celebration, renowned street artist, Banksy, created an exclusive piece, which can be yours for free! Click through for cultural enrichment.
-
Australian Building Firm Destroys Another Banksy [VIDEO]
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Residents and art lovers in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia are up in arms this week as a local work of street art by world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy was inadvertently destroyed by a building contractor installing plumbing into a wall of a café. Full story and video after the jump.
-
Banksy’s Latest Piece Spotted In London
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Because nothing happens in Merrie England without Banksy offering some sort of comment on it, a new piece has been spotted near Poundland showing a child laborer at work sewing Union Jacks. Apparently this has something to do with Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. Take a look! It’ll be a postcard soon.
-
Steal Banksy from Art Series Hotels on Vimeo.
There’s A Banksy Art-Stealing Competition Going On
14 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Melbourne-based Art Series Hotel chain is holding an art-stealing competition, starting this Thursday. For the next month, a signed print of Banksy’s “No Ball Games,” worth ZAR 125 500, will be hidden in different locations throughout the chain’s hotels. If people can find and steal it without getting caught, they get to keep it.
-
This Long Island Art Dealer Stole Banksy Art From Palestine
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I know, I know; can you really steal art from somebody as dangerous and transgressive as Banksy? Two of his pieces, put together during his 2007 project on the West Bank, Bethlehem Santa’s Ghetto, have popped up in a show called Banksy: Original Street Works, at the Keszler Gallery. In the Hamptons.
-
Banksy Does Some Rupert Murdoch Art
08 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Banksy’s put up some new art on his site because all the other well-known people were speaking out about the NewsCorp. hacking scandal, and Banksy didn’t want to be left behind. Which is nice! Because honestly I’d almost forgotten about Murdoch. Way to be relevant, Banksy.
-
Banksy Can’t Attend The Oscars In Disguise
22 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Street artist, Banksy, who has been nominated in the best documentary category for Exit Through The Gift Shop, has been told by the Academy award chiefs that he can’t attend the Oscars in disguise. Once again proving that the Academy are really just like a retiree committee, only richer.
-
Banksy’s Gone Hollywood.
17 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
By which I mean, Banksy has been hitting various billboards and street-corners in Los Angeles with culture-bending graffiti. As ever. I mean it’s a little weird that the anti-establishment dude has been promoting his Oscar nomination, but on the up-side, we get some pretty cool art out of it.
-
Solid Gold – Banksy Does The Simpsons
11 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Famed and cultishly-revered British street artist, Banksy, has struck gold. He story-boarded and animated the intro for this Simpsons episode, and it is appropriately entertaining. What a lot of people don’t know, though, is that he used the 2oceansvibe HQ as a real-world inspiration for some of the intro scenes. Guess which ones. [VIDEO]
-
-
-
2oceansvibe Partners
-
-
