The shredding was a scam. Look at the pictures they are holding. There is no frame on either and supposedly Banksy is the one who made the built in shredder. I knew there was something fishy about that story and never believed it.
For these people its worth 200k, for us artist its priceless... pathetic these lucky people got it for money... was never being sold if my hands were on it 😭😭
So in other words she didn’t even like the art either, she just knew she saw that before so she knew it was valuable. Further proving the social experiment.
That's bullshit because everybody, even that couple, would assume it would have been a replica. The street seller saying it is original would be something every street seller would say. They bought it because they liked it and when it turned out to be real they sold it and kept replicas. which is basicly what they expected to have bought in the first place (and is just as good as the real thing, even according to banksy.) If they didn't like it in the first place, why even keep replica's.
@@cryptonote1147 I'm not convinced about their motives, but they did a reasonable choice due to the high risk of keeping them (the other one was to lend it to a museum for a few years). Without security or transportation issues i don't want to imagine what could possibly make you sell what you really like... call it slavery.
It's a funny quality of human opinion that I would 100% disagree with you. A mind as visionary as Banksy might certainly have hoped that they would do exactly as they have. Her lack of poisonous cynicism in in an ugly world full of it has afforded her and her husband a better life than they would have had. It's very likely that he would have desired that for the right people. You should remember that Banksy has demonstrated time and time again that he doesn't believe that the inherent value is "in" his art but rather in the human experience.
Can't blame them because people knew who owned it. So though it might be nice to keep it if you can deal with it but hey it let them pay for their property so might as well sell it
E P Ramos They used it to buy a home for their family. Do they look like they love lavishly? Th h didn’t own a home, had they spent it on cars and vacations I would agree it’s greed, buying a modest home and some land isn’t greed, how daft are you?
If they kept the painting that'd been Greedy. They'd have to constantly worry about security and keeping them safe. Unless you have an extremely secure home, having such article in your house is a pure vanity.
They are happy. He did that for them. Don't see any greed at all. Hey, at least she was one of the people that day that actually bought em. All the people that passed em n didn't buy are the real assholes.
This reminds me of TH-cam community... there are lots of very talented youtubers that take their time and skills to make an ordinary video and make it special and unique, yet they are not heard of. Then I see video that have no skills no personal touch and yet make money off or them. Why? Cause of their Instagram or followers . Name or no name... famous or not, appreciate the art and effort of creativity !!!!
I love how Banksy is basically making fun of the art industry. His art is funny and "so edgy", but basically, he's just mocking how ridiculous some people are. The shredding was amazing.
Yeah this art looks like it's made with a template, and spray paint on a canvas. And it looks ugly, I wouldn't hang them in my house, but I would liked to have one to sell them. These photos looks like they are made with no effort
My dad has always been fascinated by his work and it sort of passed on to me, we had two prints hanging in our lounge for almost 14 years, one was signed. One cost £600 and the other was £1200. last year, the pair sold for £18000 all together. such a shame he sold them but after divorce and house going up for sale, it had to be done. INVEST IN ART.
I just love how Banksy messes with the art world. It messes with their ever loving snobby minds. It’s about time someone has positioned themselves to take them on. Continue on Banksy!
Mellow? That’s not a word I’d expect anyone to describe Bansky, even the other two sound kinda weird... it kinda sounds like you’re just pulling words out of your ass to be frank lol
He just sold a piece of art for more than a million quid which got shredded as part of one of banksys clever stunts so that will be worth double now so whoever bought these for 200,000 will be laughing, keep hold I say .
They did what banksy also wanted when he posted this quote up. “Art should make us feel more clearly and more intelligently. It should give us coherent sensations that we otherwise would not have had. But the price of a work of art is now part of its function, its new job is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. Instead of being the common property of human kind the way a book is, art becomes the particular property of somebody who can afford it. Suppose that every worthwhile book in the world cost $1 million - imagine what a catastrophic effect on culture that would have.” - Robert Hughes
@@gameswoodmore5950 That is opinion, not fact. What is art? Your comment can be interpreted as a subversive piece, it is art. And it has no value. Nothing has value. Human consciousness is what assigns value. And human consciousness is of no value to anything or one. Yet human consciousness is the exception to that, consciousness values consciousness.
No. In this case it was exactly what he wanted. Normally you would be correct, but the point of this experiment was to allow for something like this. If anything the only part of this he would have hated was Coldplay playing over the top of the piece.
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No he wouldn't----they bought his art fair and square by having a keen and appreciative eye, not like the people who take his art from public spaces.
Explain Later People are temporary, not everyone has a deep respect for art and that’s okay. As for the “scam”, he’s referring to the fact that in the world pf art your name and connections have more to do with the value of your pieces than the actual quality of them.
No. the power in art is not just in the art itself, but also the creator of that art. Something which is fake and a "rip off" (i.e., not the authentic/real thing") will be given less value.
not only did he demonstrate the fact that value is in the eyes of the beholder, but he also helped a couple set up thier future and dream home and land, well done in true bansky fashion.
everyone's throwing shade at them for selling the pieces, which is the smartest thing you could do when you have 2 authentic REAL pieces of bansky's art, and the ENTIRE world knows it. i dont know how she didnt get robbed.
The guy shred his own painting, I doubt he cares that this nice couple sold his paintings to buy themselves a house. That's not greed, that's living within your means and making smart decisions.
don't know the couples story but if they sold the art to buy a homestead and live the dream then good on them. some goon would have probably tried to steal it, well maybe not they are in New Zealand. Banksy would be happy
I think so. It's decision between having an object on your wall and setting up a life with your family. I'm from NZ and had been robbed 4x while I lived there so chances are it would get stolen by someone who knew nothing about it. And really in order for it to be authenticated as being "real" you needed the woman who originally bought it to prove it.
Everyone is upset because they proved Bansky’s experiment but come on, we would all do the same thing. No one is gonna turn down $200k. In a perfect world, maybe. If you can afford to turn down 200 grand then good for you. I understand that art is MEANT to be enjoyed as art and not just an object to be sold, but it is for the most part just an object. Some holding lots of value and others worthless. Banksy work happened to be widely acclaimed, he’s mad about it and doesn’t want to make money from it. I don’t see why but good for him.
You know what I don't like about this, it's always about value. Nobody reports on art because it took effort or because it is good or because it's a particularly clever piece. Let the news dumb it down until people think it's just empty bullshit that gets sold for unbelievable amounts of money. This whole money laundering thing has really hurt the representation of art in the 20th and 21st century.
I live outside nyc and I remember banksy painting stuff around the city. I heard about these paintings being sold for thirty or sixty bucks on the street. I could kick myself for not going with my gut and traveling down and buying one. There were much more than those two in fact being sold.
I think yes...it proved Banksy's point but unlike other people that just buy art pieces to collect or to say I sold the pieces for the hell of it. They recognized the opportunity to bring themselves a peace of mind. I don't think they regret selling the pieces. They loved the pieces but they loved their relationship more. Which is worth more? Art to hang in your house or your relationship? They chose the peace it would bring to buy a new home for themselves. In that case Banksy might be happy...because of his work, a couple don't need to worry about saving up for a house anymore. Of course I don't speak for Banksy but if my art brought a person happiness that would mean the world.
I’m not a musician of any sort, but I am a visual artist and what I can say is that this kind of thing is happening in the art world too. “Modern art” is a literal disgrace to true art. Standards don’t exist anymore. “Anything and everything is art.” This does an extreme disservice to those who actually have artistic talent as it puts everyone at the same level. “No art is better or worse than the other.” This is simply not true, yet if you say this, you are denounced as narrow minded and intolerant. It’s so disappointing. We absolutely do need another renaissance.
A lot of people judging someone for selling valuable art for money. Keep in mind, not everyone can afford to keep 200k+ dollars art in their house. 1. Thief and Safety reason since everyone knows her face after the encounter. 2. Especially if you are poor or middle class, 200k can help your entire family. I am an artist, but I'm also poor, as much as I like to create art and appreciate art, I also want a better life for my family and myself first. 3. The things that she bought are house, car, and clothing, those are basic human needs, not unnecessary things.
Even if the things she bought weren't "necessary", I don't understand how that would somehow be greedy. Why does she have any moral obligation to keep the paintings? After she bought them fair and square, they were hers to do with as she wished. Merriam-Webster defines greed as "selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed". But aren't we all greedy then? Mere subsistence is certainly far cheaper than most of our lifestyles, yet none of us consider it greedy, in the negative sense, to want internet, music streaming, air conditioning, etc. Why should she be condemned for preferring her dream home to two worthless pieces of fabric, especially since she has exact replicas in her home anyway? Comment-section art connoisseurs speak damningly of "materialism", yet they cling on to a specific painting because it's "original", despite the fact that this woman can enjoy the replicas just the same. If anything, this story shows that without his name on everything, Banksy is just like any other schmuck with stencils. I'm sorry for ranting. I'm just tired of people attacking a woman's moral integrity for a completely harmless act that only brought tangible wellbeing to herself and her family. Most of these people are just pretending they wouldn't do the same thing, anyway. They were too preoccupied with being woke to remember to not be hateful assholes.
They didn’t care about the art they thought of it as just a ‘painting’ but when that 1,000 to 100,000 dollar sign pulled up they sold it the exact minute.
I don't think any of us can honestly say that we would either keep the work, donate them, or return them knowing they were original Banksys...I think ultimately, our own rationalization would lead us to selling them at a massive profit, so we could use the money for other things. With that being said: I would like to think that if I, lets say, bought 4 paintings to hang in my apartment, had them for days all hung up, then learned about them being original Banksys. I'd personally make a spectacle about it, then burn the pieces and post it online. I guess it would be in the spirit of what Banksy claims art is for, and as someone who admires what he is doing, I think that would speak more to him (or he wouldn't care at all). It would be interesting if I were to request a full original-priced refund and return them to him (or his art organization), and leave it at that. What do y'all think? What would be the most "appropriate" action to take with the pieces, and why?
That shows you how we will buy stuff just because it’s a name brand. Nobody would pay thousands from just a normal painting if it isn’t from a famous artist
It could be that Art that recognisable is often forged and copied so I don’t blame people for thinking it wasn’t really Banksy’s work and to just keep walking I’ve seen lots of imitations of his stuff before its value doesn’t depend on art gallery its value depends upon being able to prove that it’s really a Banksy. It gained its value when Banksy confirmed they where his pieces. Hope this makes sense I’m dyslexic.
Wait... she asked the old men if they were real and he said yes? That ruins the experiment for me, also if she really believed they were real why would she only buy 2?
Years ago they put a Picasso on the railings at Green Park in London and the asking price was £25,000 just to see if anybody would be interested in buying it with the result a man came up and asked how much the painting was ? when told he said O.K i will buy it. Peter Ustinov was the man fronting the sale on the railings.
So the whole stall has Banksy's or just the two pieces that the New Zealanders picked were Banksy? where are the other people who bought from the same stall.
Everyone acting like they’re better than this couple cause they sold the art. Fuck off. Any sane lower to middle class person would obviously sell the artwork for 200k, you’d be stupid not to.
I personally prefer a free-hand stencil by Robbo!!! His work is priceless and far more suspense given that the content of his work is done free-hand as suppose to a Banksy piece which is predetermined and stenciled.
All of you acting all high and mighty. The fact is, most of you would have sold it at far less than 200k. It’s not really greed with that sort of profit. You don’t NEED a couple of paintings, especially if you bought them for just 60 bucks each. I choose upgrading my property over a couple of paintings any day. As the lady says, you keep the experience. Found it super cute they had replicas made.
1200% profit - how many people on the production team did that have to go through without anyone picking it up lol (shakes head) 333,233% just in case u were wondering. almost NZ almost :P
Cutting edge satire since the early 90s...from Bristol to the stars....always at the right moment cheers. Best joke for me is showing time and time again legality has a price, those controlling the Art are not there for Art at all.....scam of the century, beautiful.
It’s funny to watch this after watching the shredding at the auction
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The shredding was a scam. Look at the pictures they are holding. There is no frame on either and supposedly Banksy is the one who made the built in shredder. I knew there was something fishy about that story and never believed it.
Holy shit that may be the worst music choice I’ve ever heard
That's "Daft Punk is Playing at My House" LCD Soundsystem rules
Should have played a shredding guitar song
For these people its worth 200k, for us artist its priceless... pathetic these lucky people got it for money... was never being sold if my hands were on it 😭😭
@@thecustardguys he's probably talking about the fact that they just randomly edited songs together without good transitioning, like at 2:50
COLD PLAY SUCKS
So in other words she didn’t even like the art either, she just knew she saw that before so she knew it was valuable.
Further proving the social experiment.
That's bullshit because everybody, even that couple, would assume it would have been a replica. The street seller saying it is original would be something every street seller would say. They bought it because they liked it and when it turned out to be real they sold it and kept replicas. which is basicly what they expected to have bought in the first place (and is just as good as the real thing, even according to banksy.)
If they didn't like it in the first place, why even keep replica's.
@@cryptonote1147 I'm not convinced about their motives, but they did a reasonable choice due to the high risk of keeping them (the other one was to lend it to a museum for a few years). Without security or transportation issues i don't want to imagine what could possibly make you sell what you really like... call it slavery.
Yes, but sadly, nobody can be blamed for wanting to make some easy money.
Wouldn't you too?
@@gargantuk "easy money" can be blamed for a multitude of tragedies.
So they bought them for $120 and sold them for over $200K which just goes to prove Banksy's point. And pretty much spit in his face too.
Brad Torville fuckkk
if you can get that coin, you get that coin.
yeah, it kind of seemed like they knew that they shouldn't have done that and were trying to justify it.
It's a funny quality of human opinion that I would 100% disagree with you. A mind as visionary as Banksy might certainly have hoped that they would do exactly as they have. Her lack of poisonous cynicism in in an ugly world full of it has afforded her and her husband a better life than they would have had. It's very likely that he would have desired that for the right people. You should remember that Banksy has demonstrated time and time again that he doesn't believe that the inherent value is "in" his art but rather in the human experience.
Can't blame them because people knew who owned it. So though it might be nice to keep it if you can deal with it but hey it let them pay for their property so might as well sell it
Forget that banks art, y’all see that giant pear on the counter?
yup thats fucking large than my tummy
Needs googly eyes
2 pieces at 60 bucks a piece netting 200K is a 1200% profit? Lmao.. This commentator can't do math.
yeah lmao it’s like 166,666% if i did my math right
Bought for American Dollars and sold for NZ
Kevin Snyder blame the writer.
Kevin Snyder she’s American (20iq)
Perhaps they didn't get the whole 200k, and the story just told us the selling price, or something along those lines
Banksy proving that greed always wins..
E P Ramos They used it to buy a home for their family. Do they look like they love lavishly? Th h didn’t own a home, had they spent it on cars and vacations I would agree it’s greed, buying a modest home and some land isn’t greed, how daft are you?
If they kept the painting that'd been Greedy. They'd have to constantly worry about security and keeping them safe. Unless you have an extremely secure home, having such article in your house is a pure vanity.
k byeee
They are happy. He did that for them. Don't see any greed at all. Hey, at least she was one of the people that day that actually bought em. All the people that passed em n didn't buy are the real assholes.
Greed is owning luxury items you can’t afford and suffering because of your unwillingness to part with it.
This reminds me of TH-cam community... there are lots of very talented youtubers that take their time and skills to make an ordinary video and make it special and unique, yet they are not heard of. Then I see video that have no skills no personal touch and yet make money off or them. Why? Cause of their Instagram or followers . Name or no name... famous or not, appreciate the art and effort of creativity !!!!
Art lover but sold Banksy art for 200k lol
Thats just what they got, the actual selling price would be more.
You can get a print and still enjoy looking at it.. and have 200k in your pocket.
You can love art but still end up as she said, being a slave to it, having to worry about it, making sure noone steals it, and so on.
@@Frostiedkdk well thats true but in this case they just sold it for money
Their safety and security was worth a lot more. Was the video again, and this time LISTEN.
banksy with two small canvases and minimal ‘paint’ - completely transformed a couple whole life
I love how Banksy is basically making fun of the art industry. His art is funny and "so edgy", but basically, he's just mocking how ridiculous some people are. The shredding was amazing.
shows you how much people dont like his work. but once you put a name on it... people love it.
for real. just like the beats brand.
Yeah this art looks like it's made with a template, and spray paint on a canvas. And it looks ugly, I wouldn't hang them in my house, but I would liked to have one to sell them.
These photos looks like they are made with no effort
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My dad has always been fascinated by his work and it sort of passed on to me, we had two prints hanging in our lounge for almost 14 years, one was signed. One cost £600 and the other was £1200. last year, the pair sold for £18000 all together. such a shame he sold them but after divorce and house going up for sale, it had to be done.
INVEST IN ART.
I just love how Banksy messes with the art world. It messes with their ever loving snobby minds. It’s about time someone has positioned themselves to take them on. Continue on Banksy!
Although I'm an art lover myself, I just recently became familiar with Banksy. I love his/her artistry. It's so mellow yet, defining and heartfelt.
You are an art lover and became RECENTLY familiar with Banksy...
he’s just one of the most famous artists...how old are you?12?😂
Mellow? That’s not a word I’d expect anyone to describe Bansky, even the other two sound kinda weird... it kinda sounds like you’re just pulling words out of your ass to be frank lol
rollercoaster24 you’re an ass
Latysha L.
I hope you enjoy art. Finding a new artist is always a treasure :)
He just sold a piece of art for more than a million quid which got shredded as part of one of banksys clever stunts so that will be worth double now so whoever bought these for 200,000 will be laughing, keep hold I say
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Yea but just imagine the constant stress it must be having something worth this much on your wall
@@afonsoferreira5171 yea and one thing that increase value is sales...every time its sold it increases in value as well...but keeping would be best
I get why they decided to sell the pieces. Anyone who's read John Steinbeck's The Pearl will understand.
What's that? Is that like the youtube comment section?... Or facebook?
Coz I only read those.
@@DarkPlayerOP Thy who does not know sarcasm.
@@DarkPlayerOP i know
I understand now you opend my eyes its because its 100k worth
if art couldn't be sold, no one would care for it
not true at all
Absolute rubbish.
something tells me you don't know much about art
Wrong, just truly wrong
I can't sell my art, yet I seem to keep caring for it.
The old guy selling the paintings is Banksy
nope
No dude
Then tell mw who real banksy is
Raritetskabinetsbestyrer is the dude from Massive Attack, we’ve already been down this road
You think Banksy is a man!? One person? Think again.
They did what banksy also wanted when he posted this quote up. “Art should make us feel more clearly and more intelligently. It should give us coherent sensations that we otherwise would not have had. But the price of a work of art is now part of its function, its new job is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. Instead of being the common property of human kind the way a book is, art becomes the particular property of somebody who can afford it. Suppose that every worthwhile book in the world cost $1 million - imagine what a catastrophic effect on culture that would have.” - Robert Hughes
1:57 I couldn't be more eloquent. She nailed it.
What's up with the demonic painting on the shed in the backyard
Perhaps the message here should be that his art is really not that great if you take away the hype, name recognition, and mystique...
Perhaps the message here should be that any art is really not that great of you take away the hype, name recognition and mystique!
@@gameswoodmore5950 preach
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That is opinion, not fact.
What is art? Your comment can be interpreted as a subversive piece, it is art. And it has no value. Nothing has value. Human consciousness is what assigns value. And human consciousness is of no value to anything or one. Yet human consciousness is the exception to that, consciousness values consciousness.
@@mindzombie1176
Is it deep? Or are we simply shallow?
@@pseudonymousbeing987 Maybe we have to see the missing fourth dimension du fully understand that...
I think I saw that stand before... the one in the video is one block from my office. I need to pay closer attention
It was there for only one day. Maybe you did. I love NY.
If you saw it and didn't recognize banksy I'd suggest glasses
I love how she acts so whimsical after the sale while walking around her huge green lol proves the artist point even after the initial purchase 😃
Banksy would hate watching this.
pen marks why would he?it was banksy's stall
because they sold it for 200k and thats not what he wants
Who even cares you jealous bunch of knuckle draggers
No. In this case it was exactly what he wanted. Normally you would be correct, but the point of this experiment was to allow for something like this. If anything the only part of this he would have hated was Coldplay playing over the top of the piece.
No he wouldn't----they bought his art fair and square by having a keen and appreciative eye, not like the people who take his art from public spaces.
These two hit the lottery in life on so many levels and what Banksy set out to do, it worked. I’m so happy for all parties involved. God speed.
Social experiment proves.... that art is a scam
Ben Beyer no. It's the only thing that isn't. Money is temporary, but art is forever.
Explain Later People are temporary, not everyone has a deep respect for art and that’s okay. As for the “scam”, he’s referring to the fact that in the world pf art your name and connections have more to do with the value of your pieces than the actual quality of them.
Humanity is a scam. Are you kidding me? Art is art.
Art industry*
No. the power in art is not just in the art itself, but also the creator of that art. Something which is fake and a "rip off" (i.e., not the authentic/real thing") will be given less value.
not only did he demonstrate the fact that value is in the eyes of the beholder, but he also helped a couple set up thier future and dream home and land, well done in true bansky fashion.
everyone's throwing shade at them for selling the pieces, which is the smartest thing you could do when you have 2 authentic REAL pieces of bansky's art, and the ENTIRE world knows it. i dont know how she didnt get robbed.
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change! Thank you for posting!
The guy shred his own painting, I doubt he cares that this nice couple sold his paintings to buy themselves a house. That's not greed, that's living within your means and making smart decisions.
Beautiful story. A simple blessing that was manifested to many beautiful things. I love it. Hello from Arizona.
don't know the couples story but if they sold the art to buy a homestead and live the dream then good on them. some goon would have probably tried to steal it, well maybe not they are in New Zealand. Banksy would be happy
I think so. It's decision between having an object on your wall and setting up a life with your family. I'm from NZ and had been robbed 4x while I lived there so chances are it would get stolen by someone who knew nothing about it.
And really in order for it to be authenticated as being "real" you needed the woman who originally bought it to prove it.
I’d rob for banksy
Them: *puts music in the worst place and time*
I wish I would have brought them But I probably could’ve come up with the 60 bucks
Everyone is upset because they proved Bansky’s experiment but come on, we would all do the same thing. No one is gonna turn down $200k. In a perfect world, maybe. If you can afford to turn down 200 grand then good for you. I understand that art is MEANT to be enjoyed as art and not just an object to be sold, but it is for the most part just an object. Some holding lots of value and others worthless. Banksy work happened to be widely acclaimed, he’s mad about it and doesn’t want to make money from it. I don’t see why but good for him.
What a wonderfully grounded couple. What a blessing from Banksy.
I need to see the video of the person who bought the painting from the couple explaining
why anyone would pay $200,000 for two $60 painting
Good on ya banks for changing a life
2:50 who ever edited this news coverage obviously has never heard of good musical transitions. That song just came out from no where
pause at 3:48, what are they thinking?!
Very happy for the couple, wish them the best.
Search video;
#Original Banksy Canvasses Sell For $60 Each. showing the kiwi lady when buying the two canvas. Can't find the link.
That lady is incredibly intuitive
You know what I don't like about this, it's always about value. Nobody reports on art because it took effort or because it is good or because it's a particularly clever piece. Let the news dumb it down until people think it's just empty bullshit that gets sold for unbelievable amounts of money. This whole money laundering thing has really hurt the representation of art in the 20th and 21st century.
I live outside nyc and I remember banksy painting stuff around the city. I heard about these paintings being sold for thirty or sixty bucks on the street. I could kick myself for not going with my gut and traveling down and buying one. There were much more than those two in fact being sold.
The old man's kiss was a do as you please and God-bless type of kiss
Well done Banksy you're making dreams come true.
I should tell you that Banksy is a friend of a friend of mine and he is a very generous person with his money.
is no one going to comment about the big pair on there counter at 1:55??
A 1200% profit means 12 x original price. They bought for $120 and sold for $200,000 or 1666 x original price, for a 166,666 % profit.
Plot twist: The replicas were actually ORIGINAL BANKSY'S SENT BY BANKSY, SIGNED BY BANKSY, DELIVERED BY BANKSY.
You bloody legend. So cool - Good on you for buying them
I think yes...it proved Banksy's point but unlike other people that just buy art pieces to collect or to say I sold the pieces for the hell of it. They recognized the opportunity to bring themselves a peace of mind. I don't think they regret selling the pieces. They loved the pieces but they loved their relationship more. Which is worth more? Art to hang in your house or your relationship? They chose the peace it would bring to buy a new home for themselves. In that case Banksy might be happy...because of his work, a couple don't need to worry about saving up for a house anymore. Of course I don't speak for Banksy but if my art brought a person happiness that would mean the world.
I’m not a musician of any sort, but I am a visual artist and what I can say is that this kind of thing is happening in the art world too. “Modern art” is a literal disgrace to true art. Standards don’t exist anymore. “Anything and everything is art.” This does an extreme disservice to those who actually have artistic talent as it puts everyone at the same level. “No art is better or worse than the other.” This is simply not true, yet if you say this, you are denounced as narrow minded and intolerant. It’s so disappointing. We absolutely do need another renaissance.
Feeling bad for the old man who thought he is selling the art to a art lover but she sold it..
A lot of people judging someone for selling valuable art for money. Keep in mind, not everyone can afford to keep 200k+ dollars art in their house.
1. Thief and Safety reason since everyone knows her face after the encounter.
2. Especially if you are poor or middle class, 200k can help your entire family.
I am an artist, but I'm also poor, as much as I like to create art and appreciate art, I also want a better life for my family and myself first.
3. The things that she bought are house, car, and clothing, those are basic human needs, not unnecessary things.
Even if the things she bought weren't "necessary", I don't understand how that would somehow be greedy. Why does she have any moral obligation to keep the paintings? After she bought them fair and square, they were hers to do with as she wished.
Merriam-Webster defines greed as "selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed". But aren't we all greedy then? Mere subsistence is certainly far cheaper than most of our lifestyles, yet none of us consider it greedy, in the negative sense, to want internet, music streaming, air conditioning, etc. Why should she be condemned for preferring her dream home to two worthless pieces of fabric, especially since she has exact replicas in her home anyway? Comment-section art connoisseurs speak damningly of "materialism", yet they cling on to a specific painting because it's "original", despite the fact that this woman can enjoy the replicas just the same. If anything, this story shows that without his name on everything, Banksy is just like any other schmuck with stencils.
I'm sorry for ranting. I'm just tired of people attacking a woman's moral integrity for a completely harmless act that only brought tangible wellbeing to herself and her family. Most of these people are just pretending they wouldn't do the same thing, anyway. They were too preoccupied with being woke to remember to not be hateful assholes.
Out of the 200,000 did they give anything to the seller..doubt it.
They didn’t care about the art they thought of it as just a ‘painting’ but when that 1,000 to 100,000 dollar sign pulled up they sold it the exact minute.
What an amazing story =)
I don't think any of us can honestly say that we would either keep the work, donate them, or return them knowing they were original Banksys...I think ultimately, our own rationalization would lead us to selling them at a massive profit, so we could use the money for other things.
With that being said: I would like to think that if I, lets say, bought 4 paintings to hang in my apartment, had them for days all hung up, then learned about them being original Banksys. I'd personally make a spectacle about it, then burn the pieces and post it online. I guess it would be in the spirit of what Banksy claims art is for, and as someone who admires what he is doing, I think that would speak more to him (or he wouldn't care at all).
It would be interesting if I were to request a full original-priced refund and return them to him (or his art organization), and leave it at that.
What do y'all think? What would be the most "appropriate" action to take with the pieces, and why?
Anyone that pays more for Banksy than this gal is a fool.
That mural on their new property... nope. I would have run the OTHER direction.
That shows you how we will buy stuff just because it’s a name brand. Nobody would pay thousands from just a normal painting if it isn’t from a famous artist
It could be that Art that recognisable is often forged and copied so I don’t blame people for thinking it wasn’t really Banksy’s work and to just keep walking I’ve seen lots of imitations of his stuff before its value doesn’t depend on art gallery its value depends upon being able to prove that it’s really a Banksy. It gained its value when Banksy confirmed they where his pieces.
Hope this makes sense I’m dyslexic.
Wait... she asked the old men if they were real and he said yes? That ruins the experiment for me, also if she really believed they were real why would she only buy 2?
I would keep them, love his art. Not because it has a message or that bs, but because it is eccentric
They could have keep it then pass it on their grandchildren
1:25 Why was it even recorded? Did they even know something's about to happen?
they understood the experiment represented greed and still sold it lmao
And once again, it ends up on the hands of those who will hoard them for their own and hide them from the eyes they're intended for.
I like the are on the building with the skull creature. Is that Banksy too? Do they have him chained up in the barn?
Banksy just showed how stupid the people are !!
How so
How people will way over pay for a "piece of art" when it's in a gallery auction.
They spent 120$ to buy their dream..luck is an understatement
you don't need art for your walls in new Zealand ,just windows
Well done you two , good on you,s well done Banksy he is a people's person or persons,
Years ago they put a Picasso on the railings at Green Park in London and the asking price was £25,000 just to see if anybody would be interested in buying it with the result a man came up and asked how much the painting was ? when told he said O.K i will buy it. Peter Ustinov was the man fronting the sale on the railings.
bruh that house is in the one part of desert
So the whole stall has Banksy's or just the two pieces that the New Zealanders picked were Banksy? where are the other people who bought from the same stall.
Everyone acting like they’re better than this couple cause they sold the art. Fuck off. Any sane lower to middle class person would obviously sell the artwork for 200k, you’d be stupid not to.
I personally prefer a free-hand stencil by Robbo!!! His work is priceless and far more suspense given that the content of his work is done free-hand as suppose to a Banksy piece which is predetermined and stenciled.
Esse Banksy é um verdadeiro Mito.
The couple made a couple copies, auctioned them off, and kept the real Bankys
All it was, was a women who was in the right place at the right time.
It's funny watching this after the very seller in the video uploaded a video of him selling bansky art
My mom was in the park that day... And totally missed it. She is still sad about it...
All of you acting all high and mighty. The fact is, most of you would have sold it at far less than 200k.
It’s not really greed with that sort of profit. You don’t NEED a couple of paintings, especially if you bought them for just 60 bucks each. I choose upgrading my property over a couple of paintings any day. As the lady says, you keep the experience. Found it super cute they had replicas made.
Good on them...I don’t know if I would have been able to part with them.
AucklandBlonde I wouldn’t think twice about Banksy is ass.
Anyone who thinks those paintings are worth more than $16 each has more dollars than sense.
1200% profit - how many people on the production team did that have to go through without anyone picking it up lol (shakes head) 333,233% just in case u were wondering. almost NZ almost :P
That mural on the farm shed looks distinctly like a Bruce Mahalski piece or maybe a ROA.
Cutting edge satire since the early 90s...from Bristol to the stars....always at the right moment cheers. Best joke for me is showing time and time again legality has a price, those controlling the Art are not there for Art at all.....scam of the century, beautiful.
Aha, Banksy does alot of his street art in Vancouver BC, Seen multiple of his art work, So damn nice.
Banksy speaks to people's basic human instincts when life gets complicated... this one? to teach us trust and courage!
Let’s take a Poll....Would you have sold it or kept it after knowing it was a Banksy?
Banksy is a artist of paint as well as of the mind.
Plot twist: she sold the replica & kept the original.
My soul is singing
Like winning a lottery. I’m an art lover so I’d have to keep one. I understand what they did and I wish the couple the best. ❤️
"Do you love money or do you love art?"
what part does the pear come up?
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