Do you think that the auction house could have have missed the cutting device? When Sotheby's auctioned "Girl with Balloon" before it was partially destroyed, Banksy later announced that he had already installed the shredder in the frame. Ulrich Blanché has consulted on the exhibition of Banksy's near-destroyed work Image: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften/Susann Henker Anonymity can be seen as a kind of permanent performance, and perhaps his most important work of art. Most artists are pushing themselves in front of the camera and the media.
It is important that it comes from someone to whom you cannot place a face and or biographic detail. It's like a caricature with which he responds to contemporary events.
For example, if there is a vote on Brexit in England, then he will do something shortly before the vote. They are not only site-specific but also time-specific. Ulrich Blanché: He became a star through the works themselves, the way, how and when he presented them. "Banksy didn't destroy an artwork in the auction, he created one," said Sotheby's in a statement.ĭeutsche Welle: Could you explain the Banksy phenomenon? What makes this anonymous street artist's work so powerful, and thus so successful? Read more: Banksy video says 'Balloon Girl' shredding went wrongĪ malfunctioning shredder located inside the frame of the artwork preserved the actual image, and also allowed the anonymous buyer to continue with the purchase of what was essentially a new work created live during the auction. Was the prank still a success? You be the judge.First created by Banksy as a stencil street art piece in 2002, the world renowned image of a young girl with her hand extended toward a heart-shaped red balloon has most famously been a symbol of political protests - including during the building of the Israel-Palestine segregation barrier in 2005 and the Syrian civil war in 2014.īut when the street artist recently attempted to shred his work after it was sold for auction at Sotheby's - hence renamed "Love is in the Bin" - in order to draw attention to the folly of the big money global art world, he ironically only added to its renown, and no doubt its value.
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We then see studio footage in which, rather than stopping halfway down the frame as it did at Sotheby's, the full work passes out of the frame and through the shredder, landing on the floor.
The big takeaway follows, as the next screen reads "In rehearsals it worked every time." Cut to the auction house, where unwitting patrons and auctioneers discuss the work before the great prank unfolds. In the video, we get a glimpse into the making of the work with a sequence of footage from Banksy's studio. Some people think the auction house were in on it, they weren't," Banksy wrote in an Instagram post announcing the new video "Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director's Cut." "Some people think it didn't really shred. It's been the talk of the art world since earlier this month, as "Girl With a Balloon" was shredded at Sotheby's London moments after being auctioned to the highest bidder.īut how did he do it? And did it go off as planned? Still intrigued by the great Banksy prank that saw his "Girl With a Balloon" shredded before auction-goers' eyes? The elusive artist has just released a video offering insight into how he pulled it off (or didn't quite).
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