{"id":9393,"date":"2021-06-19T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/?p=9393"},"modified":"2021-06-19T11:00:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T09:00:42","slug":"girl-with-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2021\/06\/19\/girl-with-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl with Balloon in Arcueil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone knows “Girl with Balloon”, the archetypal Banksy stencil mural<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The famous Banksy stencil mural now in a new version at number 18…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Girl with Balloon or Love is where the bins are<\/h2>\n

This version of “Girl with Balloon” is not set for self-destruction and cannot be shredded. When the household in Arcueil, a wee suburban town not far from where we live, is taking out the bins it can however be renamed “Love is near the bins”.<\/p>\n

Banksy should not be able to sue the authors of this meme for I doubt that the artist himself \u2014 or herself for no one knows who Banksy really is even though he is described as a Bristol-based 28 year-old while male but there is no obligation to believe this \u2014 has come to this little suburban place in the South of Paris.<\/p>\n

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Girl with Ballon stencil<\/a>. All sizes available from Amazon and delivered to your door (not just if you live at number 18)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’ s a bit ironic that an artist who is supposedly taking the Mickey out of people who spend millions on works of art should be at the centre of a thriving business. He (or She) isn’t making money from this though, at least one believes so, but somebody surely is.<\/p>\n

Oh yes! Please shred my \u00a31,042,000 “Girl with Ballon” picture<\/h3>\n
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Buy Banksy Art at … undisclosed price, please call us – Myartbroker.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are a few random thoughts about Banksy and art<\/p>\n

As I stated, no one really knows who Banksy really is. He is said to be<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[a] political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.[2]<\/a> Active since the 1990s […]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Banksy is also depicted as a political activist with a sense of “underclass “revenge”<\/p>\n

Banksy’s work has also shown a desire to mock centralised power, hoping that their work will show the public that although power does exist and works against you, that power is not terribly efficient and it can and should be deceived.[53]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Similarly, “his” [I will use the masculine pronoun from now on for the sake of simplification] work is deemed to be mocking the art market and its buyers. The Sotheby’s 2018 shredding incident was even punctuated by a “We’ve been Banksy-ed<\/a>” statement even though there has been rumours of connivance between the artist and the auctioneer.<\/p>\n

In October 2019, Banksy posted the following statement on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n

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