Banksy graffiti: Cash machine

As works by guerilla artist Banksy fetch tens of thousands under the hammer at a Shoreditch gallery, we look at some of his famous daubings and ask: is it art?

Cash machine abducting young girl – Exmouth Market, London. May 2007.

Source: virginmedia.com

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Art just IS…the act of creation creates the art. We can’t define art any better now than we could when paleolithic man first daubed on the walls of Lascaux.

Be happy, be safe, and be blessed! Kersten

Comment by Kersten — June 18, 2010 @ 8:04 pm
I think it’s ridiculous the question even gets posed! Regardless of your view on his work, it’s only those trying to protect art like the diamond dealers stash their diamonds that would think like this through fear. The true soldier artists of the next generation are out there working hard, as another art evolution is upon us and scary to the old skool I know. But embrace it all. Russell Scott-Skinner

Comment by Russell Scott-Skinner — November 19, 2011 @ 9:30 am
If it’s a question of whether something is art then you are not looking. To me the word art means “humans expressing feelings, emotions, thoughts, ideas and many more adjectives with emotional reference. Whether you like it emotional references is the individual’s moment with a specific piece. I find art is like a mirror what comes out of the particular viewer’s comments is a reflection of their self, their experiences in life and with art.

Comment by Martin Bush — July 31, 2012 @ 12:05 pm