Urban Art is Dead

I stepped out the freezer to dip my toe in the warm blood of the innocents, who've lost their lives for Mrs Funky's slip-on shoe fetish.

Fuck it let's start again

rejoice

urban art is dead

http://urbanartisdead.wordpress.com/

For Now the Time is Near

the abuse, the bollocks, the crash, the final veil is drawing close, so let us remember some brighter times

Still some hope and an opinion

http://streetartdead.blogspot.com/2010/07/banksy-machine-where-it-came-from-and.html

truly disappointed

http://streetartdead.blogspot.com/2010/09/hmv-pieces-are-legitimate-banksys.html

a light from the past

http://streetartdead.blogspot.com/2011/02/banksy-interview-from-2001.html

the documentary

http://streetartdead.blogspot.com/2011/08/graffiti-wars-what-happened-next.html

Banksy Update and Robbo 'comment'

A mixture of the weak, the great, the awful and the damn right Mobstr witty.

 

But most disappointingly this:

'Did you paint over Robbo’s piece and have him beaten up?His piece in Camden had been dogged for more than five years by the time I painted that spot. It’s a real shame about his accident and I hope he fully recovers. I would never deliberately cuss Robbo – he’s a graffiti legend. And he’s bigger than me.'

And the point being what? To be provocative for the sake of a lame joke? I wonder the message this is sending? Other than the obvious, conceited one?

New Banksy in Liverpool and Wapping And?

And indeed, it's a Christmas card for the easily pleased, disappointing emptiness to bring this dour year to a close.

Walkers Back and this time he's exactly the Same

calm yourselves nothing's changed

a Kite for Thai boys

Christmas time, traditionally the time pictures on walls dump all the stock on the streets, little children build tents out of it, tell war stories of the the great fights they were involved in and money they've made selling Ripper prints. How they laughed.

That is.

Until it became apparent the party was over and the quality automated print selector machine got broke.

Mau Mau Go Bow Wow

I mean intellectually that's about the size of it,isn't it? Value is in the eye of the beholder, so crumpled up hidden under a copy of Razzle should cover it.

Statement of Intent

Dr Funky is tired of the narrative being sold. If something is shit, it's fucking shit, not an investment, not good because some stranger on the Internet told you to buy it.

No fucking adverts here, ever, fuck off if you want to sell anything.

I don't hate street art, I just want it to be better than what it aspires to.

Street art is dead is open to those who have something of value to say.

This is no longer the place where you can just call anyone names, give me fucking reasons.
To all those who don't understand this place - good - its not meant for you - fuck off.

Note to Mr Banksy Note to Mr Banksy

this is enough to give your kids nightmares for years

Banksy's Next Print

Coming soon, a three year old street piece to the salivating awaiting man boy hordes, urgently checking their balls have dropped and not their guts from standing in the cold for the opening of the latest Pow show.

So what does it tell us? That Banksy is relying on old pieces? That the inspiration is running dry? That since the promotional tour for Exit it's just not the same? That the Bristol piece was pretty witty and won't for the most part be understood by many? That we're almost at 300,000 hits and it means fuck all?

yeah all that and less

Invaded Banally

Invader brings to you a couple of prints with his logo incorporated. Interested? There appears little to this both in terms of core creative idea or appealing imagery - but when has that ever stopped a print selling.

Hey now, don't dream, it's over

more utter emptiness from the master of the black hole of boredom and tired imagery. merry christmas mr magoo

There's a show coming up, time to do a "Banksy"

On the one hand I want to like it, it's simple throwaway on a high street and sets out to do what it should.




On the other, the pieces appear as pow have shows, sell, sell, sigh.

New Banksy or Insect or Eelus or?

that's a bit of an issue, so it's well, it's a stencil anyway