His "Girl With Balloon" was originally stenciled on a wall in east London and has been endlessly reproduced, becoming one of Banksy's best-known images. Recently he delivered perhaps his most famous artwork, protesting against the commodification of art by very publicly having his own work shredded at auction. His mischievous and often satirical images include two policemen kissing, armed riot police with yellow smiley faces and a chimpanzee with a sign bearing the words, "Laugh now, but one day I'll be in charge." Banksy claimed in video he fitted shredder in case the painting was auctioned Footage captured the moment shocked bidders gasped at the tattered painting The auction house admitted they had been. He began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world's best-known artists.
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The auction and partial shredding are shown, as is the work being taken off the wall at Sotheby's and carried out of the room.īanksy has never disclosed his full identity. People milling about sipping Champagne and nibbling hors d'oeuvres are next up, including some standing in front of the painting. Or perhaps, another change agent will be hidden in the frame.The nearly 3-minute long video is titled, "Shred the Love, the Director's cut." It shows hands and a hooded figure (Banksy is fond of hoodies) constructing the mechanism in a studio space, then it rolls on to the outside of Sotheby's before the auction. One has to wonder if the next Banksy work sold at auction will also include a shredder that is activated by a remote control that actually works. While the original, un-shredded version was expected to sell at auction for between £200,000 ($260,000) to £300,000 ($390,000), Joey Syer of told the media that the piece is now worth about 50 percent more than its final auction price, potentially placing it as high as £2 million ($2.6 million). “Following his surprise intervention on the night, we are pleased to confirm the sale of the artist’s newly-titled Love is in the Bin, the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction.”
“Banksy didn’t destroy an artwork in the auction, he created one,” Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s head of contemporary art in Europe, said in a statement at the time. The new work was displayed at the New Bond Street galleries in London days after its creation, on October 13 and 14. She described her reaction as “at first shocked, but gradually I began to realize that I would end up with my own piece of art history.” The piece is now entitled “Love is in the Bin,” and it’s been granted a certificate of authenticity by Banksy’s official body Pest Control. The work was purchased by a European art collector and a client of the auction house. (Video: Reuters) On Thursday, three years after Banksy’s act of. Moments before, the artwork sold for 1.4 million. See also: Banksy Video Shows How He Rigged Frame With Hidden Shredder Art prankster Banksy shredded a framed canvas at a London auction on Oct. The video displays a message that “in rehearsals it worked every time.”
In a previous video detailing the plan, Banksy explained that he “secretly” built the shredder into the frame “in case it was ever put up for auction.” With the second video, Banksy revealed that he used a handheld remote to activate the mechanism during the Sotheby’s auction on October 5, but it stopped halfway through. It was this friend who put it up for auction.) The video showed images of the shredder being implanted into the picture frame.
The work first appeared in 2002 as a graffiti in the United Kingdom, with the piece in the frame produced in 2006. In a new video uploaded on this week called “Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director’s Cut” (as seen above), the anonymous artist is seen constructing the picture frame and placing a shredding mechanism inside. When the artist pressed the button to move the picture through the shredder, moments after it sold for just over £1 million ($1.4 million) at a London auction, the painting unexpectedly stopped moving halfway through. In the video 'Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director's half cut' posted to Banksy's YouTube channel on Wednesday, it is revealed that the shredding mechanism worked perfectly during other. A new video from Banksy shows his “Girl With Balloon” picture frame outfitted with a secret paper shredder didn’t work exactly as planned.
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