Banksy: 'I painted St Leonards mural' (From The Argus)
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Banksy: 'I painted St Leonards mural'
12:00pm Thursday 26th August 2010 in News By Naomi Loomes
Banksy: 'I painted St Leonards mural'
Cult graffiti artist Banksy has confirmed that a mural on a beach wall is his latest creation.
Speaking to The Argus, the street artist, whose identity is still unknown, said the image of a boy playing in a sandcastle emblazoned with the Tesco logo is the genuine article.
The mural, appeared last weekend on the beach in St Leonards at the same time as Banksy, is rumoured to have attended his friend Ben Eine’s birthday in nearby Hastings.
People are now being urged to go and see the work, on the beach wall outside St Leonards Parish Church in the Marina, in case Hastings Borough Council removes it.
It is the council’s policy to remove any graffiti that has not been granted permission but yesterday they declined to comment on the fate of a genuine Banksy.
Image courtesy of www.eastmagazine.co.uk
Comments(16)
stuhuggett
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12:22pm Thu 26 Aug 10
STFU Seagull Fans
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12:47pm Thu 26 Aug 10
BlackRocker
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1:41pm Thu 26 Aug 10
STFU Seagull Fans
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2:03pm Thu 26 Aug 10
BlackRocker wrote:Wait till I get onto those new Chinese cobbles at the 'American Express Community Football Stadium in Falmer' I will give them 33 characters to look at! Oh Yes! AND quote the Banksy as precedence
People who deface public property with spray paint are a modern-day menace. This self-styled 'art' - what looks here like a shoddy piece of advertising with absolutely no artistic merit - should be removed immediately, the perpetrator fined and made to pay for its removal.
STFU Seagull Fans
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2:04pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Number Six
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2:47pm Thu 26 Aug 10
BlackRocker wrote:Advertising? I thought he was having a dig at Tesco, not giving them free advertising.
People who deface public property with spray paint are a modern-day menace. This self-styled 'art' - what looks here like a shoddy piece of advertising with absolutely no artistic merit - should be removed immediately, the perpetrator fined and made to pay for its removal.
Then again, I know bugger all about art, even graffiti ( but i know what I like)
Lord Tilford
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3:05pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Living in the real world
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8:00pm Thu 26 Aug 10
worthinglogic
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8:03pm Thu 26 Aug 10
BlackRocker wrote:"DEFACE" - That's entirely down to your opinion isn't it.
People who deface public property with spray paint are a modern-day menace. This self-styled 'art' - what looks here like a shoddy piece of advertising with absolutely no artistic merit - should be removed immediately, the perpetrator fined and made to pay for its removal.
Why is "defacing" with spray paint so bad in particular? Would you rather see me smearring my faeces on Hastings bus stops? Maybe you could launch a "Defacing with grace-ings" campaign.
Self styled.. Well funny but to be honest I had noticed most of the greats of the screen, canvas and sound had their own particular style, but just me perhaps.
No artistic merit... Who are you to judge somebody else's freedom of expression? God?? EVERYTHING and NOTHING (at the same time) is art if viewed in the "correct" manner ;) ;) ;)
strange fish
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7:46am Fri 27 Aug 10
You have all been taken in by
a(nother) hoax.
Angryoldman
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9:05am Fri 27 Aug 10
Do you think it's an Emin?
Sweatshop Tachinardi
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9:34am Fri 27 Aug 10
stuhuggett
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10:52am Fri 27 Aug 10
strange fish wrote:Although Ben Eine said on the BBC yesterday that Banksy did create the artwork while visiting him in Hastings at the weekend.
No Banksy did NOT paint this mural. You have all been taken in by a(nother) hoax.
Burgess901
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12:17pm Fri 27 Aug 10
Proper graf artists are way more talented, yet very few earn money from their skills, and those who do don't hide their identity to make them more mysterious.
Apart from very early pieces his work is whack!
Ballroom Blitz
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1:14pm Fri 27 Aug 10
It's not even very well executed. Probably done quickly after a few bevvies is my guess.
I'm not a believer in the 'emperor's new clothes' syndrome.
This is disposable rubbish.
Wiggsy says...
12:15pm Thu 26 Aug 10