To be fair, he did made it clear he never intended on his art being sold and they disregarded that entirely, although he knew that would happen and was prepared
@@Le_Wild_Cohen he's the one who put it in a frame with a shredder installed in the bottom... Banksy is the best of the Post-Modern Artists (definitely not a compliment... like being the best pile of dogshit) but even if it was intended as an artistic statement then the failure to completely shred the paintings before the shredder broke, failed. It became worth even more as result of doing that
Especially when he's NEVER been okay with his art being sold. This is just them finding out what happens when someone famously anonymous wants to mess with you right back.
He’s NOT a vandal. The vandals are the people that took HIS work and put it on auction to fill their pockets despite his wishes and explicit instructions that his art is for the masses, not for some rich collector in some island. This is the epitome of “fuck around and find out” and I’m glad he did this.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
He gave clear instructions that his art was not to be sold. They didn't listen so he demonstrated what happened. Every kid learns growing up that not following orders has consequences. These older men just learned that today.
People calling @Misein an idiot when, in fact his just educating people on what Banksy said. Yes, it became more valuable but that wasn't the intention. Your the ones who don't understand why Banksy paints in the first place because maybe you'll understand that he doesn't value the money like everyone else. Him destroying it, was him disowning that painting. Most painters were poor and died poor. Their paintings became valuable and Banksy is true to that art. Not wanting to stay poor but to understand that it's for the passion and simple beauty. Why are people insulting someone just for pointing out something. Fucking hell, life's to short to be miserable.
@Your mom when you own something, you can sell it. Also yo not, contracts are only enforceable if both parties are known. Otherwise its just some sht some dude said.
It was a genius move and made this piece of art unforgettable. Banksi made someone even more Bank based on half destroying… but ultimately creating a piece. ❤
Fact of that the shredding was stopped halfway through makes that piece a thousand times more awesome looking! He could have easily ran it through faster, but he did not. It was a warning and a good one at that..
He released a video stating the shredder malfunctioned and was actually supposed to completely shred that piece. He had planned to destroy his work because he had always said he never wanted it sold. This was his way of trying to stick it to them
Wouldn’t that make the art piece heavier, bulkier, and somewhat larger than your average framed art piece? I had a fish tank that was in a picture frame that hung on the wall as art, and it stuck out like four or five inches from the wall, I suspect that this art would have done the same, there is no way that whoever hung it did not notice a built in shredder. Unless it was a blind person who hung it.
@@rockland2 you do realise that you can buy tiny shredders that literally are the size of a 3 hole punch and you can place them on top of a garbage bin. They weigh next to nothing... also the frame was built with lighting around the edges so any extra weight would have been attributed to that and the bulkiness of the fancy framework.
I suggest you look up the whole story. The artwork has been resold for multiple times more than that day. It made those rich snobs even more filthy rich.
Yeah, totally true, that's why he sent an empty message and raised the value of its painting. Instead of totally destroying it, coincidentally ends up still readable. You people are blind as hell.
@@FleshBrainyep, also thinking that painting wouldn't go through a ton of security and authentication (i.e. getting removed from the frame and check over) unless of course the whole is a set up and planned by the guys selling and the artist
It is NOT his art. Did he paint it, sure. But once you exchange hands with it, whether it be by means of selling, or giving away. It's no longer yours. That is like saying that every picture of you is owned by you because it is your likeness. It is not. He could have told the person he gave it to, that he wishes for it to remain on display for the masses. However once ownership has exchanged hands he has no claim over the piece. Unless there was some sort of clause that his work would be leased out to XYZ person. Because of COVID-19 how much money did museums make? Am sure that they took a massive hit in revenue. So maybe this was a way to try to regain some of that net loss. maybe this Rich Collector was going to have it be leased to a museum, or maybe it would be enjoyed by who would be willing to pay £1,000,000 to own it. Either way he is very selfish. He is a Sith, he only deals in absolutely! It's everyone or it's no one.
Yeah because that's lovely to hear no wonder we're going down the shiter because we don't believe that there is anything in the future I'm not saying we should hold on to the Past but it should be there to guide us towards the future weather be good or bad this is such a defeatist attitude and honestly it shouldn't be praised it should be called out for someone like this to be called an a****** rightfully so
Guys. Do you REALLY think it was unknown to the auction house that that frame housed a shredder? Banksey isn't some "fight the rich" artist. He pulls stunts that make his art worth MORE than it would be otherwise. He and the auction house are clearly in on this.
You're so lazy and incurious. You don't understand something and can't be bothered looking it up so you just invent an answer and claim it's true. If you spent three seconds actually looking it up you'd know that the auction house had no idea there was a shredder inside it because they were expressly forbidden from opening the frame to inspect it, the condition of the sale was that it would be sold as-is. The way it works is Banksy has a company that provides authentication of his art, if you think you have a Banksy you send it to his company and they will validate whether it's real or not and supply the appropriate paperwork of provenance. Sotheby's sent this print to Banksy's company to be authenticated, which is standard practice in the art world when you need an artist to provide provenance, and Banksy's company removed the original frame, added this new frame with the shredder built in, and told Sotheby's that the new frame was an integral part of the art piece and could not be separated from it. If you believe that Sotheby's, one of the oldest and most respected auction houses on the planet, would ignore the direct instructions of an artist and vandalise a million-dollar artwork by prising it open to check whether or not it has a shredder built into it, then you're even thicker than you already seem.
To be fair he doesn't sell his freaking art work because it has meaning its painted on walls and public places and should be bigger that money for someone's living room! I have real Respect for him
He’s a genius and deserves the highest of praise. He most certainly is NOT a vandal. They are just pissed they couldn’t have their precious painting anymore.
Pretty sure they aren't pissed. They bought that for 1.4 million, and then Banksy immediately increased the value by making it tied to a unique event from the artist. It sold a couple years ago for 25.4 million...
@@nezzee pretty sure at the time that happened they were considering they thought the bought the painting as is. He did the shredding without anyone’s knowledge, hence him not allowing anyone to inspect it before hand. Regardless of how rich someone is or isn’t, they’d be pretty angry if they dropped that amount of money on a one of a kind piece only for it to end up shredded shortly after purchase.
it was only half shredded. I don't blame him for trying to make a few extra bucks out of this stunt though. I'm sure the auction house was freaking out though
@@mombiethezombie7536 Rich people don't buy things like regular people do. Buying a piece of "art" for 1.4 million is not because of the art to be displayed, but more so because of who the artist is and status of owning one of their limited works (and tax evasion). They now had possession of a piece that was VERY unique to the artist and publicly known, and thus the piece was significantly more unique and rare, and thus a higher status symbol of being the owner.
Banksy's work is meant to be seen and enjoyed by many, not to be hidden away in some millionaire's trophy room. They were told that but they still insisted on buying and selling it, so I think this is pretty awesome. Banksy is definitely one of my favourite artists.
If Banksy sold an item to a 3rd organization, or to someone. He no longer holds any claim to the work. Because it is now in the public domain. So if he bought it back, to then destroy it that's fine. He is the new physical owner. However if he destroyed it and didn't pay for it then he destroyed someone else's property and should be fined/jailed as the courts see fit.
@@vinicius_nunes oh it’s definitely worth more because it malfunctioned and didn’t destroy it all, if it was all torn up then maybe still if the pieces were framed
The funny thing is that this stunt actually made the art more valuable. Since the painting wasn’t fully destroyed it was considered another aspect of the art increasing the ultimate financial value of the piece
Even if it was fully destroyed it still would have increased in value. It makes it more distinct. It adds more to it. Instead of just a banksy painting it becomes THE banksy painting. Even if it was fully shredded, the value would have increased. It would never be repaired and it would have been displayed in pieces. Like a modern day Venus de Milo. Bottom line is, whatever message Banksy was trying to send is ultimately irrelevant because of the means he went about to “destroy” his art piece. His art will still ended up being commodified. He can critique it all he wants, someone still got richer off of it.
@@Cherryblossoms110 for stuff like this, it’s all about being “unique.” They don’t care about the art, they care about being able to say “remember when Banksy shredded a painting? Well I OWN that painting!”
Tbh, I was really happy when I saw it on TV. This art piece was meant for everyone, it has a meaning. It isn't meant to be hung up in some mansion, to not be even noticed. Banksy set sign. And I support that sign.
@6079 Smith W From what I've seen on the internet there's really not that much info on how much Banksy's team sold it for. But let's say they really got half of this million dollars that the painting sold for on the auction. Banksy is a fucking artist. All and I mean all of their work is meant to be something a little ground breaking. If they wanted to make a quick buck they would have just sold the painting. They destroyed it because that was an important part of the piece. Yes, they did troll all of us, and it is this troll that people say is "real art". If they had just sold a boring painting it i would've lowkey sucked ass, but instead they commited one of the biggest trollings in the painting marker that I've seen. And they even made it so the painting wouldn't get shredded all the way down, as means of not scaming the woman that bought the painting, and she made 24 million of off that so claims of "emotional damage" don't really stand.
@@zerin5510 Or maybe we should stop adhering to this false notion that art is meant to be provocative, and go back to the truth: Art is simply meant to be beautiful. Beauty is an objective thing, we can objective see whether something is beautiful or ugly, and a stupid stunt is not beauty. Banksy’s art itself isn’t special or even pretty. He’s just a provocateur, and that’s it. He’s no artist. He’s done nothing beautiful.
He's not a vandal, he's an artist. That's simply his finished work now and it was intentional to fuck with people. Edit: imma be fully honest with yall i am way too lazy to reply to any of yall.
You're right, but he's been a vandal the whole time lol. Not dissing graffiti artists I know it's real art, but it is vandalism & that's the point of a lot of it
Let’s not forget that people took down banksy portraits then realized they were banksy and attempted to retrieve the art they had thrown away. I love this artist because they humiliate and humble the art community with every piece they do
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
@@Morris_Minor you can still put a shredded painting behind closed doors. I dont think that was his point. Even if he burned it the buyer could hide the ashes
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
@@GardenDude1 The most influential artist of our time. Someone took off part of the wall of a building that he painted on just to save the painting. His art speaks about the issues of living in modern times and the hypocrisies and all sorts of stuff that makes you think. I learned about Banksy in like 2010 at a party on a beach in Southeast Asia and they had this huge hardcover book of high quality resolution images of all his artwork in the places he did it and its truly something to look into.
@@jozah absolutely, the fact that this stunt became world news everyone knew about it, you knew who made it just by looking at it, it was some of the greatest performance art of all time, made its value soar. I would have killed to be in that room to see the faces, I can feel the butt hurt through videos and pictures and I cannot imagine the feeling of sheer ass clenchery going on there. That was one of the times humans almost made their very own black hole.
@@The.Frumious.Bandersnatchif i bought that i would sue them🤷 im not buying a painting to sell it im buying it to hang it up and he just shredded it, so either im finna get a refund or they getting sued for destroying my property
@@kodagerler7125 the transaction wasn’t completed the paper work not signed and the money not exchanged. Winning an auction doesn’t grant immediate ownership. The shredding was always intended, from the start. It shredded half of it. It’s still a piece of art. Shredder included.
or someone on he has paid to do so. the thing is. As long as no one really knows who Banksy really is. it's hard to tell. Of course there will be people who actually know who Banksy is besides the actual person but they clearly have no intend to let others know.
Very true… And the balloon itself was untouched. I wonder if that was out of practicality (keeping the picture connected to the frame) or if that was also a statement
@@gromplin it could be tropes on innocence and how even if our innocence dies over time the concept remains to be remembered. Also it could be a play on our own naivety as people that drives us to lose ourselves. It could mean that in not giving up the one thing(objective of our lives) we sacrifice ourselves as people... our dream doesn't die but we die. Maybe it could mean liberation too. Only the balloon remains bur our feeble selves are cast away to shreds.
Banksy is literally trolling the ludicrous "high" art industry, he came from a place where his art were removed from galleries, to people auctioning shredded pieces of his art for millions 😭 P.S get a life peter
@@jdkhaos4983 Ok, it doesn't matter to me if you want to sound like a fourteen year old girl, that's how they talk, but it should matter to you. Literally.
He is not a vandal. He is an art hero. He proved that art should not be an economy, but an idea. An idea that art is to express, not to sell. To call him a vandal is simply disrespectful.
Art hero? This dude is the perfect representation of how to inflate art prices with scummy tactics like these. Shredding your mediocre piece says nothing nor expresses nothing, it's just a sad attempt to raise the value.
As the story goes, the winner of the art piece chose to keep it and pay the $1,000,000+ price tag because, after that stunt it was worth than it was before
You can’t “vandalise” your own art. Van Gogh and many other artists painted over the top of some of their old art, you would call them vandals. He said he didn’t want any of his art sold and they disregarded that so he taught them a lesson
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
@no one maybe it has something to do with him not revealing his identity? If his identity is hidden, how could they know who to convince to sell in the first place? Let alone _whose_ house to break into going by your narrative
Still destroyed his own work. Was he the bidder who won, or was he just there and damaged it after someone else won the bid? Because if someone else won the bidding, the moment the hammer went down, the artwork morally and ethically became their property. Then it would be an act of vandalism. Having said that, I also don't agree with the auction house selling the artwork when the artist was against it being sold.
@@milkshakemuncher he didn't want his art sold like that. They were never the rightful owners because he never sold it to them or wanted them to own it. This was his response to the disrespect and disregard of his wishes almost. So we agree overall but I don't agree with it being vandalism because I don't believe that art ever belonged to them.
You guys are totally missing that even if it would have been completely shredded, those guys would merely arrange the pieces next to another and it also would have gone up in value. In the end Banksy still managed his goal to show how ridiculous modern art trading has become.
At that level of sale Art is rarely bought because someone loves it. It’s all about investment and gains. It’s really sad tbh. But that is the shitty culture of capitalism, nothing is sacred except for the dollar.
They aren’t buying the art in most cases. It’s money laundering. If I wanted to buy a million dollars worth of drugs, humans or other contraband from you, we’d have to say I bought something with implied value like a piece of art so we aren’t investigated.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
What is it's worth? Like everything else: only what someone is willing to pay for it. The making of objects and images is not immune to markets just because people call it art.
Now the product is worth more than double its original value and Banksy knows this. He’s not a vandal, he’s a genius. He’s not a rebel, he’s an artist.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
he was not a vandal. he wanted art to be accessible and not ridiculously priced. he wanted to show his art to the public without people having to pay to see it in muesuems.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious. Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits. This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house. Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt. The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original. The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster. This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold. These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect. There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece. It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art. After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
@@aubreyshelton3217 calm down bro, its not like im sitting all day retyping the same comment. I copied it once and went trough the comments pasting it on the ones from people who were essentially saying the same thing. It only took me a few seconds. And if you dont believe doesnt mean its not true
You know that this was staged. The mechanism was there and the people of the art gallery obviusly knew it as they had to inspect the piece, the machine was connected to power by the art gallery , and it stopped half way so the half way shredded piece of art is even more valuable. Just to claim that Banksy sent a message of moral and values is naive.
To be fair, he did made it clear he never intended on his art being sold and they disregarded that entirely, although he knew that would happen and was prepared
They fucked around, and they most certainly found out
The same with van Gogh, he was a traditional socialist yet the largest collection in the 20th century was a fraudster millionaire.
Really? Isn't he profiting from the sale of his art?
@@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320no because no one knows who he is
@@Le_Wild_Cohen he's the one who put it in a frame with a shredder installed in the bottom... Banksy is the best of the Post-Modern Artists (definitely not a compliment... like being the best pile of dogshit) but even if it was intended as an artistic statement then the failure to completely shred the paintings before the shredder broke, failed. It became worth even more as result of doing that
You can't vandalize your own art. That was part of the art itself
Especially when he's NEVER been okay with his art being sold. This is just them finding out what happens when someone famously anonymous wants to mess with you right back.
@@kempolar9768 I agree.
@@kempolar9768 the dude had an ad campaign selling his art for someone who doesn't like selling art he sure does it alot
He does spray paint on people's property 🤨
@@anomunususer6986 it's technically illegal but the town encourages it eitherway
The auctioneer was trying not to laugh..he got it straight away and he obviously loved Banksy's sentiment.
@@neuropsychologistshe never said that he knew. She said “he got it” incredibly large difference between the two.
@@neuropsychologistas a neuropsychologist I would think you coulda figured that out 🤔
@@EarlyBirdArmsplease explain the difference.... Because they mean the same damn thing to me.
To know (in advance)
VS
To have a moment of realization
after the fact and "get it" or understand.
Theres no “obvious” to point towards the essence of his reaction. Dont be silly.
It wasn't static art. It was performance art, and it was fantastic.
Yeah. The cleverest piece of work for decades.
Sure, honey 😂
@@y4nsp4cem4nya because destruction of something that is not yours anymore is awesome
@johnjordan3527 Not always, but that shredder sure was!
Cringe
He’s NOT a vandal. The vandals are the people that took HIS work and put it on auction to fill their pockets despite his wishes and explicit instructions that his art is for the masses, not for some rich collector in some island.
This is the epitome of “fuck around and find out” and I’m glad he did this.
Yeah, it doubled the monetary value of the art though lol
@@cheesypeas5230 doubled? Increased the value almost 25x
Exactly!
I'm with you on that. I would have gotten up and applauded his actions!!! Then laughed my ass off!!! 🤣
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
Now it's worth $25.4 million... and sold. Well done.
Yea thats true😊
Ironically, it made it worth so much more.
He gave clear instructions that his art was not to be sold. They didn't listen so he demonstrated what happened. Every kid learns growing up that not following orders has consequences. These older men just learned that today.
They didn't learn anything considering it was then sold for $25.4M. That did nothing but add value for the buyer.
Due to the action, the value has really shot through the roof, you obviously have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
There are clearly women there too
@@oicrusader2143 no one cares
People calling @Misein an idiot when, in fact his just educating people on what Banksy said. Yes, it became more valuable but that wasn't the intention. Your the ones who don't understand why Banksy paints in the first place because maybe you'll understand that he doesn't value the money like everyone else. Him destroying it, was him disowning that painting. Most painters were poor and died poor. Their paintings became valuable and Banksy is true to that art. Not wanting to stay poor but to understand that it's for the passion and simple beauty. Why are people insulting someone just for pointing out something. Fucking hell, life's to short to be miserable.
can you really call the artist of the work a vandal? the work just wasn't complete yet until it was shredded
probably worth more now that it’s shredded
It was already sold, meaning it no longer was his to do anything with. So ye, he would be a vandal.
@Tiddlesworth it was never meant to be sold. The contract* was broken the moment they sold his art.
@Your mom when you own something, you can sell it. Also yo not, contracts are only enforceable if both parties are known. Otherwise its just some sht some dude said.
You sir, get it
It was a genius move and made this piece of art unforgettable. Banksi made someone even more Bank based on half destroying… but ultimately creating a piece. ❤
Fact of that the shredding was stopped halfway through makes that piece a thousand times more awesome looking! He could have easily ran it through faster, but he did not. It was a warning and a good one at that..
It wasn't stopped, you could still hear the beeping, it was just removed. It was also more like 3/4 done by that time.
He released a video stating the shredder malfunctioned and was actually supposed to completely shred that piece. He had planned to destroy his work because he had always said he never wanted it sold. This was his way of trying to stick it to them
He built a fucking fail-safe shredder into his own picture frame. That’s dope af
Wouldn’t that make the art piece heavier, bulkier, and somewhat larger than your average framed art piece? I had a fish tank that was in a picture frame that hung on the wall as art, and it stuck out like four or five inches from the wall, I suspect that this art would have done the same, there is no way that whoever hung it did not notice a built in shredder. Unless it was a blind person who hung it.
Which makes me wonder if the whole thing wasn't just a publicity stunt
@@rockland2 you do realise that you can buy tiny shredders that literally are the size of a 3 hole punch and you can place them on top of a garbage bin. They weigh next to nothing... also the frame was built with lighting around the edges so any extra weight would have been attributed to that and the bulkiness of the fancy framework.
No just housed a shredder, 🤣 Jesus fanboys go over the top,tell me how was it fail safe?
@@noassociation85 in the case of his art being sold despite his wishes, he would shred the art, that’s sort of what fail safe means
Dude literally rigged the painting with a shredder to prevent it from being owned by a rich snob I applaud him
I suggest you look up the whole story. The artwork has been resold for multiple times more than that day. It made those rich snobs even more filthy rich.
@@latinsizer exactly. It’s so disappointing so many people like this comment.
and in his act of rebellion he increased the value of the work. he took two steps forward and 30 steps back.
This makes it more valuable. Imagine a millionaire framing the whole half shredded frame and painting. Completely unique.
Dude underestimated that big art buyers don’t give af and just wanna wash their money💀
Let’s be honest.. everyone in that room needs to be investigated for money laundering lol
Money laundering investigation is only applicable in the working class
Real shit
Why investigate? Just bring in the guillotine.
They have too much money for that to happen lol
It's the one's on the phones I would worry about.
The shredding is a northern level of art making this piece far more interesting, coveted and valuable. It instantly went up in value exponentially
And just like that, he doubled the value of that painting.
Yeah if I'd just bought it and then saw it do this, I'd be over the moon.
Actually 25x the amount
this is one of the most "i just hate rich people" moment. He's not a vandal, its his art and this man is a hero
Yeah, totally true, that's why he sent an empty message and raised the value of its painting. Instead of totally destroying it, coincidentally ends up still readable. You people are blind as hell.
Bro said it cost me 10 dollars to make and itll cost you a million to sell
The funny part is that thei piece more than doubled in value after this and sold much much higher after the incidint🤣
@@FleshBrainyep, also thinking that painting wouldn't go through a ton of security and authentication (i.e. getting removed from the frame and check over) unless of course the whole is a set up and planned by the guys selling and the artist
It is NOT his art. Did he paint it, sure. But once you exchange hands with it, whether it be by means of selling, or giving away. It's no longer yours. That is like saying that every picture of you is owned by you because it is your likeness. It is not. He could have told the person he gave it to, that he wishes for it to remain on display for the masses. However once ownership has exchanged hands he has no claim over the piece. Unless there was some sort of clause that his work would be leased out to XYZ person.
Because of COVID-19 how much money did museums make? Am sure that they took a massive hit in revenue. So maybe this was a way to try to regain some of that net loss. maybe this Rich Collector was going to have it be leased to a museum, or maybe it would be enjoyed by who would be willing to pay £1,000,000 to own it. Either way he is very selfish. He is a Sith, he only deals in absolutely! It's everyone or it's no one.
"Its not about the money, its about sending a message... everything burns"
Its about an idiot who is a bit smarter than the rest of the idiots so he decided to make fun of them and scam them with this garbage "art" 🤣🤣
Yeah because that's lovely to hear no wonder we're going down the shiter because we don't believe that there is anything in the future I'm not saying we should hold on to the Past but it should be there to guide us towards the future weather be good or bad this is such a defeatist attitude and honestly it shouldn't be praised it should be called out for someone like this to be called an a****** rightfully so
@@lilyrose1581 you okay?
@@iwams1 it's a Joker reference from The Dark Knight
He's an agent of chaos
Guys. Do you REALLY think it was unknown to the auction house that that frame housed a shredder? Banksey isn't some "fight the rich" artist. He pulls stunts that make his art worth MORE than it would be otherwise. He and the auction house are clearly in on this.
Hey stop saying sensible things, do you know how mad they’d get if they could read?
Exactly..the worl is all "work" to draw MORE money ..this world is like wwe.
Known him long have you? ;)
You're so lazy and incurious. You don't understand something and can't be bothered looking it up so you just invent an answer and claim it's true. If you spent three seconds actually looking it up you'd know that the auction house had no idea there was a shredder inside it because they were expressly forbidden from opening the frame to inspect it, the condition of the sale was that it would be sold as-is.
The way it works is Banksy has a company that provides authentication of his art, if you think you have a Banksy you send it to his company and they will validate whether it's real or not and supply the appropriate paperwork of provenance. Sotheby's sent this print to Banksy's company to be authenticated, which is standard practice in the art world when you need an artist to provide provenance, and Banksy's company removed the original frame, added this new frame with the shredder built in, and told Sotheby's that the new frame was an integral part of the art piece and could not be separated from it.
If you believe that Sotheby's, one of the oldest and most respected auction houses on the planet, would ignore the direct instructions of an artist and vandalise a million-dollar artwork by prising it open to check whether or not it has a shredder built into it, then you're even thicker than you already seem.
To be fair he doesn't sell his freaking art work because it has meaning its painted on walls and public places and should be bigger that money for someone's living room! I have real Respect for him
Nonsense, he does sell his art. You just have to be in the know. My brother has an AP in his downstairs loo.
The story tells that after getting shredded like that, its value increased even more lol
as the shredding act was ether done by or on behalves of Banksy. the act itself made it also a Banksy art in total.
@@sirBrouwer yepppp.. banksy allll the way !!!
I guess a piece of art can't get rarer than no longer existing.
Art is ment to be experienced by all
Or enjoyed by none
Fuck the global elites. Spending stolen money like it theirs
It only half shredded didn’t it so I wouldn’t be surprised
He’s a genius and deserves the highest of praise. He most certainly is NOT a vandal. They are just pissed they couldn’t have their precious painting anymore.
Pretty sure they aren't pissed. They bought that for 1.4 million, and then Banksy immediately increased the value by making it tied to a unique event from the artist. It sold a couple years ago for 25.4 million...
God deserves the highest of praise. Not a man
@@nezzee pretty sure at the time that happened they were considering they thought the bought the painting as is. He did the shredding without anyone’s knowledge, hence him not allowing anyone to inspect it before hand. Regardless of how rich someone is or isn’t, they’d be pretty angry if they dropped that amount of money on a one of a kind piece only for it to end up shredded shortly after purchase.
it was only half shredded. I don't blame him for trying to make a few extra bucks out of this stunt though. I'm sure the auction house was freaking out though
@@mombiethezombie7536 Rich people don't buy things like regular people do. Buying a piece of "art" for 1.4 million is not because of the art to be displayed, but more so because of who the artist is and status of owning one of their limited works (and tax evasion). They now had possession of a piece that was VERY unique to the artist and publicly known, and thus the piece was significantly more unique and rare, and thus a higher status symbol of being the owner.
He made it worth even more now. It’s a famous piece that doubled in price.
This is a demonstration of "Seek & Destroy" in a literal physical sense for ya unequivically.. Now give this artist a standing ovation!!
Banksy's work is meant to be seen and enjoyed by many, not to be hidden away in some millionaire's trophy room. They were told that but they still insisted on buying and selling it, so I think this is pretty awesome. Banksy is definitely one of my favourite artists.
Overrated
If Banksy sold an item to a 3rd organization, or to someone. He no longer holds any claim to the work. Because it is now in the public domain. So if he bought it back, to then destroy it that's fine. He is the new physical owner. However if he destroyed it and didn't pay for it then he destroyed someone else's property and should be fined/jailed as the courts see fit.
@@danielpaoli1093 that's a good point
@@danielpaoli1093 destroying the piece itself was part of the art. It's not vandalism it's performative
@@danielpaoli1093 “I like licking the ball sacks of sweaty millionaires who hate me.”
You can't call the person who created the art a vandal if this feature was *part of the fucking art*
You could say actually worth more now because it was supposed to make a point, and it's in the creator's history now.
@@vinicius_nunes yeah, 100%
@@vinicius_nunes oh it’s definitely worth more because it malfunctioned and didn’t destroy it all, if it was all torn up then maybe still if the pieces were framed
see normal people dont only want money
@@vinicius_nunes the one time you have an excuse to cut up a piece of art and sell the pieces for more than the whole
This was absolutely awesome! Best thing that has ever happened to the art world
The funny thing is that this stunt actually made the art more valuable. Since the painting wasn’t fully destroyed it was considered another aspect of the art increasing the ultimate financial value of the piece
Even if it was fully destroyed it still would have increased in value. It makes it more distinct. It adds more to it. Instead of just a banksy painting it becomes THE banksy painting. Even if it was fully shredded, the value would have increased. It would never be repaired and it would have been displayed in pieces. Like a modern day Venus de Milo.
Bottom line is, whatever message Banksy was trying to send is ultimately irrelevant because of the means he went about to “destroy” his art piece. His art will still ended up being commodified. He can critique it all he wants, someone still got richer off of it.
Even the frame itself is a work of art
...i will never understand rich people
@@Cherryblossoms110 Same
@@Cherryblossoms110 for stuff like this, it’s all about being “unique.” They don’t care about the art, they care about being able to say “remember when Banksy shredded a painting? Well I OWN that painting!”
Tbh, I was really happy when I saw it on TV. This art piece was meant for everyone, it has a meaning. It isn't meant to be hung up in some mansion, to not be even noticed. Banksy set sign. And I support that sign.
@6079 Smith W
From what I've seen on the internet there's really not that much info on how much Banksy's team sold it for. But let's say they really got half of this million dollars that the painting sold for on the auction. Banksy is a fucking artist. All and I mean all of their work is meant to be something a little ground breaking. If they wanted to make a quick buck they would have just sold the painting. They destroyed it because that was an important part of the piece. Yes, they did troll all of us, and it is this troll that people say is "real art". If they had just sold a boring painting it i would've lowkey sucked ass, but instead they commited one of the biggest trollings in the painting marker that I've seen. And they even made it so the painting wouldn't get shredded all the way down, as means of not scaming the woman that bought the painting, and she made 24 million of off that so claims of "emotional damage" don't really stand.
@@zerin5510 Or maybe we should stop adhering to this false notion that art is meant to be provocative, and go back to the truth: Art is simply meant to be beautiful. Beauty is an objective thing, we can objective see whether something is beautiful or ugly, and a stupid stunt is not beauty. Banksy’s art itself isn’t special or even pretty. He’s just a provocateur, and that’s it. He’s no artist. He’s done nothing beautiful.
@6079 Smith W we literally don’t even know if the money was even given to them, let alone not just donated to a charity
@6079 Smith W naw, ur a trog tho
@@zerin5510 except it WAS meant to shred all the way and just failed..
He loves his art to pieces
Imagine being THAT famous of an artist and never being able to revel in it. That’s his real masterpiece.
He is a fraud. Team Robbo
He's not a vandal, he's an artist. That's simply his finished work now and it was intentional to fuck with people.
Edit: imma be fully honest with yall i am way too lazy to reply to any of yall.
Looks to me like that wasn't his art when he shredded it. If I was the owner I'd sue if it actually destroyed the painting ngl.
You're right, but he's been a vandal the whole time lol. Not dissing graffiti artists I know it's real art, but it is vandalism & that's the point of a lot of it
@@KleptomaniacJamesthe installed shredder is part of the art piece!
@@KleptomaniacJameswho you going sue? 🤨
It wasn’t meant to fuck with people if people fucked with it then he would get rid of it as he said that it was not to be sold
In that moment, everybody felt like the girl in the painting. What a great artist.
Underrated comment.
Underated comment
That's actually crazy I didn't think of that
thats really cool
So true
I truly love him. His works of art are incredible to me I grew up looking up his work
Let’s not forget that people took down banksy portraits then realized they were banksy and attempted to retrieve the art they had thrown away.
I love this artist because they humiliate and humble the art community with every piece they do
They? You mean him?
@@thomasnickel1278
How are you not embarrassed right now.
Clown.
@@thomasnickel1278I believe they said ‘they’ as banksy is a anonymous, so it could be a female. Doubt it, but possible
He’s not a vandal. He’s an artist who hates millionaire scumbags who make their money off of other people’s suffering, much like most of us.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
He took their money, though
You know this stunt had the opposite result from what he desired right?
💯
This makes it more valuable. Imagine a millionaire framing the whole half shredded frame and painting. Completely unique.
The artists' point is they don't want their art behind private doors.
???
@@neskuikfrenhis art is meant for public view, not to be purchased and hidden.
Correct
@@Morris_Minor you can still put a shredded painting behind closed doors. I dont think that was his point. Even if he burned it the buyer could hide the ashes
@@neskuikfren but it isn’t the same piece.
Love Banksy’s sense of humour.
He told everyone in that room available lesson simultaneously
Most iconic moment in art. They didn’t respect his wishes, so he responded.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
And he made the painting way more valuable in the process. The buyer must be very thankful.
He failed bruh! the artwork has been resold for multiple times more than it did that day.
What's funny is that after the painting was shredded, it became even more valuable than what it was originally.
Yeah it sold for 25mil instead of 1mil
That is the joke right there. The framed shredded art is now probably framed.
I guess he should have lit it on fire.
This just shows you what stupid people will spend all their money on
that's just the way "ART" works
FAF that was😂😂😂
The auctioneer almost made a new artpiece in his pants😂😂😂
We all know who Banksy is.. the fact he's kept the mystery going after so many years is the real artistry.
I didn't know. Never heard of Banksy before.
@@GardenDude1 The most influential artist of our time.
Someone took off part of the wall of a building that he painted on just to save the painting.
His art speaks about the issues of living in modern times and the hypocrisies and all sorts of stuff that makes you think.
I learned about Banksy in like 2010 at a party on a beach in Southeast Asia and they had this huge hardcover book of high quality resolution images of all his artwork in the places he did it and its truly something to look into.
I heard it's the guy from Massive Attack.
The guy that bought that got so lucky. That action doubled its value and he sold it right after
wtf seriously?
@@jozah absolutely, the fact that this stunt became world news everyone knew about it, you knew who made it just by looking at it, it was some of the greatest performance art of all time, made its value soar. I would have killed to be in that room to see the faces, I can feel the butt hurt through videos and pictures and I cannot imagine the feeling of sheer ass clenchery going on there. That was one of the times humans almost made their very own black hole.
@@The.Frumious.Bandersnatchif i bought that i would sue them🤷 im not buying a painting to sell it im buying it to hang it up and he just shredded it, so either im finna get a refund or they getting sued for destroying my property
@@kodagerler7125 the transaction wasn’t completed the paper work not signed and the money not exchanged. Winning an auction doesn’t grant immediate ownership. The shredding was always intended, from the start. It shredded half of it. It’s still a piece of art. Shredder included.
@@The.Frumious.Bandersnatch thats good bc i would been pisseddddd
He made fun of everybody nosy there and was probably sitting in the room to trigger the shredder.
or someone on he has paid to do so.
the thing is. As long as no one really knows who Banksy really is. it's hard to tell.
Of course there will be people who actually know who Banksy is besides the actual person but they clearly have no intend to let others know.
@@sirBrouwerHell, I'd do it for free...
Unless Banksy delivered the painting in that shredder frame, it would have had to been someone who works at the museum/auction house.
@@sirBrouwer well "he" is rather funny and good tea/coffee partner
@@GeekExtremist to my knowledge it was delivered in the shredder frame, yes.
You’d think that would have risen the amount it was worth. That’s one hell of a story to go with a quite imaginative piece of art.
It makes the Art more valuable and Pricey .
He just gave a free prize of an even more expensive work of art to the highest bidder
Yeah they should've bidded each strain
Yep. The shredder *supposedly* malfunctioned, making the artwork even more expensive instead. Really stuck it to those elites there, Banksy...
The little girl trying to get the balloon being shredded actually brings a whole new meaning to the art if you think about it.
Very true… And the balloon itself was untouched. I wonder if that was out of practicality (keeping the picture connected to the frame) or if that was also a statement
@@gromplin it could be tropes on innocence and how even if our innocence dies over time the concept remains to be remembered. Also it could be a play on our own naivety as people that drives us to lose ourselves. It could mean that in not giving up the one thing(objective of our lives) we sacrifice ourselves as people... our dream doesn't die but we die. Maybe it could mean liberation too. Only the balloon remains bur our feeble selves are cast away to shreds.
The photo actually became more valuable.
@atift the shredder just jammed midway 😆
@@gromplin it was unplanned. the shredder jammed lol
Look at how the sheep crumble right before our eyes lmfaoooo😂
Its now worth DOUBLE !!
Banksy is literally trolling the ludicrous "high" art industry, he came from a place where his art were removed from galleries, to people auctioning shredded pieces of his art for millions 😭
P.S get a life peter
it did become worth more, but other people tryed to shred his art and ended up making it worthless lol so good troll there on his half
Using the word literally doesn't make you sound more literate, it does the opposite.
@@peterolbrisch8970 Sounds to me like you just have a really stupid peeve, quit projecting.
@@jdkhaos4983 Ok, it doesn't matter to me if you want to sound like a fourteen year old girl, that's how they talk, but it should matter to you. Literally.
@@peterolbrisch8970 it doesn't, not one bit. Maybe lighten up because saying shit like that does not make you seem intelligent 😂
He is not a vandal. He is an art hero. He proved that art should not be an economy, but an idea. An idea that art is to express, not to sell. To call him a vandal is simply disrespectful.
Art hero? This dude is the perfect representation of how to inflate art prices with scummy tactics like these. Shredding your mediocre piece says nothing nor expresses nothing, it's just a sad attempt to raise the value.
@@FleshBrain your pessimism helps noone
@@MythOverseer Is it pessimistic to have a proper criteria and not workship hypocritical and fraudulent artists?
EXACTLY! You have made a perfect statement, because that is simply the truth. 100% agree.
He’s not a hero. His work is mediocre at best and is also a hypocrite.
That was absolutely genius.
I'm in awe of the custom shredder.
As the story goes, the winner of the art piece chose to keep it and pay the $1,000,000+ price tag because, after that stunt it was worth than it was before
Hell yeah it was. This was the day that even I, living under a rock, found out there is a real live world famous artist named Banksey.
It sold for 18x profit two years later
Well that backfired 🤣🤣
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Can you feel the commission running out of the auctioneers Soul 🤗🤣
That may be the greatest thing I have ever seen. All of those people deserve that and much much more
Lmfao all them where just like “Ofc you did”
This isn't vandalism, it is pure art and i am in love with it
That's why the shredded painting was appraised for more than the previously undamaged painting.
False: The Artist has something against little girls with ballons
@@808hearmannxea2 ok lol
You can’t “vandalise” your own art. Van Gogh and many other artists painted over the top of some of their old art, you would call them vandals. He said he didn’t want any of his art sold and they disregarded that so he taught them a lesson
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
Mr pink besides your only subs are your family members
@@QuackedTV whats your point? i dont produce content i didnt even know i had subs
Too bad he only made it more valuable to the artsy fartsy types
@@kjcorder he made it more valuable to the wall street invester types
Dude said goodbye to his commission in that moments
Best Buy ever! Just like that it went from $1million to $10million in a matter of seconds!
He’s not a vandal. He didn’t want his art sold. So he responded by shredding it
Wonder who wrote the narrative
the shredded version was resold for $25.4 million 😂
I don’t want my painting being sold that I allowed to get sold. Believable.
So like what people broke into his house and put a gun to his head and forced him to sell the painting?
@no one maybe it has something to do with him not revealing his identity? If his identity is hidden, how could they know who to convince to sell in the first place?
Let alone _whose_ house to break into going by your narrative
you don't call an artist that shred his own art a "vandal"
Like it literally doesn't make sense cos he owns it, it's his work 🤣🤣
Still destroyed his own work. Was he the bidder who won, or was he just there and damaged it after someone else won the bid?
Because if someone else won the bidding, the moment the hammer went down, the artwork morally and ethically became their property.
Then it would be an act of vandalism.
Having said that, I also don't agree with the auction house selling the artwork when the artist was against it being sold.
Those who we refer to call they....they call us goyim. A revolution is brewing
@@milkshakemuncher he didn't want his art sold like that. They were never the rightful owners because he never sold it to them or wanted them to own it. This was his response to the disrespect and disregard of his wishes almost. So we agree overall but I don't agree with it being vandalism because I don't believe that art ever belonged to them.
He just made it even more valuable lol
Its insane that people would spend 1M on a painting but can't donate and help people, this is a message
Most of them buy expensive pieces to launder money.
don't be a baby
@@zsealed5740 mostly its skirting taxes not actual laundering.
If you had as much money as they had, you wouldn't either. Don't lie.
And I'm pretty sure some of these people donate to charity.
@@MiamPachonUy they donate just enough fot tax breaks and pr and no more
You guys are totally missing that even if it would have been completely shredded, those guys would merely arrange the pieces next to another and it also would have gone up in value.
In the end Banksy still managed his goal to show how ridiculous modern art trading has become.
Its no ridculous at all, thats the insane power of art, it shakes your mind the moment it appears.
@@neutralview8788 dude it is ridiculous arts about self expression not making money
Alot of it is money laundering.
He shoulda used a crosscut shredder
A shitty painting of a girl holding a balloon goes for $1 million and you say that’s not ridiculous😂.
I thought it rather poetic that the heart wasn't shredded.
😂 the shredding makes it extra Banksy 😂
Frankly just demonstrates the absurdity of the elite.
Art is used by the elite to commit money laundering. It's all to evade taxes and gain brownie points with the other elite.
At that level of sale Art is rarely bought because someone loves it. It’s all about investment and gains.
It’s really sad tbh. But that is the shitty culture of capitalism, nothing is sacred except for the dollar.
It's a way for the elite to launder money.
They aren’t buying the art in most cases. It’s money laundering. If I wanted to buy a million dollars worth of drugs, humans or other contraband from you, we’d have to say I bought something with implied value like a piece of art so we aren’t investigated.
He's not a vandal, he's a protector of his work and the arts themselves lol
He vandalized someone else’s property, fuck Banksy.
Bitch please
His identity was never known. So there isn't actually any proof that the person who shredded it was the artist.
His identity has been publicly known for 15 years.
@AkumaOtakuSZ it’s his work so he can do whatever he wants with it
This is one of the top 10 moments of human history...
😂❤😂❤😂 he got the last word, they were warned ❤😂❤😂❤
Art that goes by millions is not art. It is tax reduction scams. Simple as that.
Good on him to stay true to his art :)
I mean, I think the value increased even more after if was “destroyed” so yeah
True
The narrator acts like Banksy is some sort of villain, who destroys art. But it's his art, they had no right to sell it.
That just makes the value go way way way up. I bet he didn’t think that would happen lol
The whole thing made it worth even more
Banksy’s a goddamn legend.
What did you accomplish by taking the Lord your Gods name in vain I wonder….
@@horneytoaster4773 Emphasis.
@@horneytoaster4773 accomplished pissing off the snowflakes, thats what
Real
Nope
He increased the value of the art even more.
Yup!
from 1 to 25 million in less than a second of work
That's true! Lucky buyer.
The value of the art increased dramatically after it was run through the shredder. That was amazing!
and just like that it became a 10 million piece
Lol that auctioneer had the most “Oh my god I am so fired…” face I’ve ever seen.
Nah it was much more of a "bloody typical... we probably should have expected something like this."
He's not a fucking vandal! He's an artist and made it clear he never wanted his art to be sold!
Ironically this increased the value to 25 million
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
The painter didn't want it to be sold for more than it's worth and in the end because of that it actually made the price of the painting even higher
What is it's worth? Like everything else: only what someone is willing to pay for it. The making of objects and images is not immune to markets just because people call it art.
Congratulations, you made it worth more.
Now they truly understand how that girl felt when she lost her balloon.
Nice catch
This was absolutely brilliant😂
Now the product is worth more than double its original value and Banksy knows this. He’s not a vandal, he’s a genius. He’s not a rebel, he’s an artist.
Bro really hit the painting with a post launch update
He would do his wall paintings and graffiti as a way to show people that art is a message not something to be bought for millions of dollars
*used for money laundering
@@lavona8204tax evasion
Quite brilliant. It became worth far more than what it sold for that day.
There is no way that auction house did not know that thing had a shredder built into it.
Serves them right. He did warn them not to sell his art.
BANKSY IS RIGHTEOUS
He’s not a vandal. He’s a true artist. And he won’t stand his work being defiled.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
@@heroedeleyenda05 HE DOSENT WANT HIS FUCKING ART SOLD
So epic , I like the one where he disguises himself as a street vendor selling his art for pennies on the dollar.
he was not a vandal. he wanted art to be accessible and not ridiculously priced. he wanted to show his art to the public without people having to pay to see it in muesuems.
Meh, Banksy is just a marketing genious.
Like any good capitalist, he knew how to maximise his profits.
This is most likely a joint venture between him and the auction house.
Both parties were benefited by massive publicity and increased profits from this marketkng stunt.
The Painting being sold, is a reproduction of the original.
The original painting is a street art piece done in a public setting, aerosol on brick/plaster.
This reproduction was obviously meant to be sold.
These auction houses carefully inspect their art before selling it, the fact that there was a whole shredder/speaker inside would have been easy to detect.
There's also the fact that the painting remained as a single piece.
It didnt get shredded all the way trough, so it is still a single piece and it can still be re-sold and displayed as private art.
After this marketkng stunt, the art piece actually went up in price.
@@heroedeleyenda05 why do u continue to leave the same comment. As if not one person thought of this angle except yourself.. and I don't believe you.
@@aubreyshelton3217 calm down bro, its not like im sitting all day retyping the same comment. I copied it once and went trough the comments pasting it on the ones from people who were essentially saying the same thing. It only took me a few seconds. And if you dont believe doesnt mean its not true
he stayed true to his art. Mad respect for the artist.
And made rich assholes richer
It later got sold fo reven more 😂
People somehow think shredded art is more valuable..
King Robbo was the better artist
You know that this was staged. The mechanism was there and the people of the art gallery obviusly knew it as they had to inspect the piece, the machine was connected to power by the art gallery , and it stopped half way so the half way shredded piece of art is even more valuable. Just to claim that Banksy sent a message of moral and values is naive.
Man made his point.
The man is a genius