Banksy : photo of
an artwork by Banksy which can be seen in the Bronx
Space - street setting: a plain brick
wall, a metal shutter, an old sofa
an underprivileged neighbourhood
on the wall: a stencil: a butler wearing white
gloves, holding a tray with spay cans on it, waiting on a little boy (his
master) from a wealthy/affluent family – the child has spray painted the words
Ghetto4life on the wall,
Exchange: a man who presumably lives in the
area is posing in front of the artwork which is valuable as it was done by a world-famous
street artist: his presence adds to the irony of the piece. He is the one who
will probably be in the ghetto for life. It is like a gift from the artist to a
neighbourhood that could never afford his artwork (it fetches hundreds of
thousands of dollars at auction sales). Thanks to the artist, the world of the
privileged and the world of the underprivileged exist in the same space. In
addition, the piece attracted many people to the neighbourhood, so they
explored a place they would never have visited otherwise, In reality they are
worlds apart. Artists like Banksy promote exchanges by investing public
spaces (the street = a huge canvas, an open air museum.
But,
given his fame, his work is sometimes treated differently from other
works by less famouns graffiti artists. Now, the piece in the Bornx is
protected by plexiglass and by a roll down metal shutter. So the
question is: is it still street art?
Owner of the building: quotation
"This is a public artwork that Banksy has given us, like a present. We have never thought of selling it and we will do our best to preserve it".
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