GraffotoLeake St, 3 May – 5 May 2008 words/pictures: nolionsinengland. LA got its elephant in the room (has anyone else noticed the “Elephant In The Room” drawing added to Banksy.co.uk, curious since everything else on his site is publicly seen work), Notting Hill had the rats, Waterloo’s tunnel hosted possibly the finest selection of global […]
Between us we have managed to get a few of them, certainly turning out to be a Banksy heavy 2008 🙂
(all photos Bonhams) Originating from the streets of Bristol, Brighton and London, growing up via galleries in the East End (TLSG and BRP well represented tonight), the street print and canvas fetish they call urban art arrived in the plush west end auction rooms of Bonhams tonight . Standing room only as Banksy stole the […]
After lunch, to Bonhams in the charabanc to view some arty items previewing for the so-called first ever Urban Art auction. No Sol or San Mig. so had to endure the daubings sober. The star piece imo is the ultra pink Sid/spikey punk canvas by Banksy. Most spectacular is the multiple Laugh Now from that […]
The Boy done good!
Have been waiting ages for this, and thankfully I won’t have to wait too much longer. 10 August – 1 September 2007 A face to face show of classic drawings and paintings by Andy Warhol set against the infamous graffiti work of Banksy. Campbell’s or Tesco? Grace Kelly, Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, Mick Jagger, Queen […]
And it had been preserved for ages, was quite well hidden. Now destined to be within the walls of the new Olympic stadium, so I think that sealed its fate more than anything….although I think someone also objected to the recent Sweet Toof and Cyclops addition judging by the scrawl across the skull head