banksy paints the israel/palestine wall

The previous post before this about the banksy record got me fired up on his efforts in painting the Israel/Palestine wall. I think these are all of the paintings from his effort there. The post before this one has some video footage of this whole ordeal....check it!

banksy on wax yall !

The more popular an artist or band gets, it becomes more uncool to like them... say what you want about banksy, but when was the last time you braved bullets in the West Bank to put up art on the Israel/Palestine Border? That's what I thought....
Anyways...the company I am working for at the moment is selling some limited edition Banksy Records. Not sure if he made the tunes (which is a breakbeat record that also includes a mental laughing track lock groove) . It comes in a few different color sleeves (pictured above)... if you feel so inclined you can pick up this sure to be collectors edition vinyl here!

Here is some footage of Banksy in the West Bank

If you are not familiar with Banksy... He is a famous British Graffiti Artist who primarily works with stencil art. Here are a few glimpses into his work:

United Visual Artists : Yan Shu Commission

UVA was commissioned to create an instillation in a new terminal at london's heathrow airport. The commission is designed to bring attention to china design now.

The idea of the instillation is to promote the sharing of experiences in different cultures.
Browse the UVA site for on this, some cool videos and slide show photos of the instillation as well as a lot of other work they have done. Just about all of it is amazing. Here is some of the work they did in 2004 for Massive Attack.

UVA and MASSIVE ATTACK

Bill Viola @ MULTIPLEX, Museum of Modern Art, NY

I found an interesting Art Exhibit in NY that I will be checking out next week. I was browsing the Bill Viola site and stumbled across MULTIPLEX

Granted I'm excited to see the Bill Viola work, but there seems to be plenty of other interesting things to see.

In summary the exhibit intends to show the advance in possibility in artistic mediums since the 1970's.

If you are un-aware of Bill Viola check out his site... he currently has exhibits all over the world and his work really needs to be seen in person to be appreciated. His site has an excellent section called SFMOMA which archives some of his work. Check it !

this is not art, this is fucking wrong

If you are unaware of what's going on with so called artist Guillermo Vargas Habacuc then I'll sum it up. He tied up a puppy and starved him until the dog died as a live performance art piece entitled eres lo que lees. It's highly documented and this guy should be stopped. Read and act if you feel inspired...which you should... because someone wants to commission him to do this bullshit again.

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