Banksy

[Champagne]

Art or vandalism?

[China Doll]

I've no strong feelings but what I've seen isn't my cup of tea.

Hello to you though pumpkin!!

[4getmenot]

whats banksy?

[theonlyone]

I think he's great ....definately art ...graffitti is
vandalism...got to be better than a blank wall...

[meglet]

Both.

[fine,thanks]

depends what age you are,

[aka pixi]

I had to google (as usual lol) I liked some of the stuff he had done on walls and didnt think it was vandalism but thought some of his other stuff was crap lol

[4GS]

Art, defiantly,

[4getmenot]

I dont know but someone help me in motoring

[tyrepill]

Banksys biggest piece "the rat" is on the Whitehorse Pub in Liverpool,and when the Capital of culture committee tried to cover it up,there was a public outcry.It is regularly photographed by tourists

[Beetledewz]

Art, but done in away to incite a rection by 'vandalising' property.

[jojojojoanne]

art through retrospection interacting with the immediate environment

[sandrajo]

ART....have you seen his work, he's definitely no vandal!!

[The Builder]

Art...............definitely............should make the Turner Prize

[andrea81]

It's art in the fact that is really is well done and has a lot to say. I suppose if it was rubbish it would be vandalism.

I think he's becoming quite iconic now and I think any city/town that gets his art will probably profit in some way!

[funnygirl]

Ditto Meglet.

There is no getting away from the fact he is talented, but why the hell cannot he use paper like every other artist!

[MiniN]

Total ART! so so cool!

[Champagne]

I think it's art.

There is a fine line between grafitti as vandalism and art. I've always admired the skills of graffiti artists in and around London from a very young age. It goes beyond �name tagging� in a lot of cases and some of them have been talent spotted and made successful careers out of it. We already know that people consider a lot of graffiti as art, as exemplified in the case of Basquiat.

I think it�s just the medium they use that categorizes it as vandalism. E.g., if Van Gogh had painted his Sunflowers on a wall in East London, would it still be considered art? Of course it would!

What makes Banksy even more of an artist is his anonymity. His art stands out not just for his artistic ability (after all, he�s working with stencilling which is not the most challenging in creative ability!!), but a lot of it packs a powerful punch with hidden messages or blatant politic statements. But he also uses the mystery surrounding his identity as a strong artistic and political message.

I think the man is very talented.

p.s. Hi China!! x :o)

[theonlyone]

All the piles of bricks ..dead sheep ..a bedroom
..Banksey is a people person ..he can paint
a mural on my house wall any time ..no prob ..

[Lucy Thomas]

There is no doubt that he is a talented artist but if he painted on my garden wall I would paint his nose red.