Incredible. Banksy, the world's most famous Street Artist, has apparently pulled a prank on his own painting.
Source: Instagram
The famous painting Girl With a Balloon was sold in auction for over a million €. As soon as it was sold, an imbeded shredder on the frame started destroying the piece.
I can't imagine the face of the guy who bought it when it happened. He probably got a stroke. I know I would.
Here's the link to the story on Time:
'It Appears We Just Got Banksy-ed.' Art Piece Self Destructs After Being Sold for Over $1 Million
Love it I wonder if the purchaser learns anything from this,? Got to give it to Bansky genius work haha 💯🐒
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It's almost considered performance art. His team bid on it, so they didn't stop bidding until they were sure they'd won. When they declared a winner he shredded it. So NOW you can probably buy the piece that was shredded for twice as much as the original. I'm still digesting it.
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Almost like a magic trick. Ah ah!
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Everyone just pretended like they understood ;)
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I read earlier today.
What I cannot understand why someone would do that?
The price was so high.
I guess material thing has no intrinsic value. It is in our mind.
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Art for arts sake ...
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The best art is equally open to all of our interpretations
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Bansky is always provoking people. This is typical of him.
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What does he think this is going to do to the market value of his art?
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He's probably more focused on increasing his Street Rep than the price of his works. 😂
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Because fuck you, that's why.
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That's right.
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There's more to it than that
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So the contraption was supposedly made in 2006? Meaning that the frame has been listening to some remote control signals for 12 years, it has had built-in razor blades and a battery bank to drive it (and the radio signal receiver), must have been rather heavy - and nobody has noticed it until now? It does sound rather unlikely to me.
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I find that very hard to believe. If someone finds how they did it, let me know. I love illusion tricks! 😊
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Ahahah. Bansky did it again! A mix of lunatic and genius, he is. 😂😂😂
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