Monday, March 08, 2004
"It's a very frustrated feelingyou get when the only people with good photos of your work are the police department."
Banksy quoted from the book Existencilism which Devukha generously gave me for my birthday.
"There are NO Banksy t-shirts or other fashion items available to buy."
Banksy quoted from his own website
"BANKSY IS A FUCKING SELLOUT"
Graffiti sprayed on the warehouse where Banksy held his "first" retrospective.
I've come to accept that everyone, no matter how underground, no matter how hardcore, will eventually whore themselves to the mainstream economy. I can overlook Henry Rollins in Bad Boys II, I can snicker at Bono singing "Where the streets have no name" at the Superbowl as a 9/11 tribute, but fuck a rat, what in god's name possessed Banksy to collaborate with Puma. Govacant briefly posted pics of the Banksy x Puma collab. They are a pair of dreadful suede old school Puma's in muddy green with gold stitching. The sort of shoes that were fashionable with King's Road teens in the mid-90s. Banksy's many works around Shoreditch have made me smile on a daily basis, and maybe occasionally even think a little. I appreciate that it may be hard to make a living as an entirely anonymous anti-corporate anarchist graffiti artist, but really he should know better than to add his name to these pathetic Pumas. They'll only be on sale in Miami, so they won't be polluting the streets of Hoxton, but in this case it's truly the thought that counts.
Banksy quoted from the book Existencilism which Devukha generously gave me for my birthday.
"There are NO Banksy t-shirts or other fashion items available to buy."
Banksy quoted from his own website
"BANKSY IS A FUCKING SELLOUT"
Graffiti sprayed on the warehouse where Banksy held his "first" retrospective.
I've come to accept that everyone, no matter how underground, no matter how hardcore, will eventually whore themselves to the mainstream economy. I can overlook Henry Rollins in Bad Boys II, I can snicker at Bono singing "Where the streets have no name" at the Superbowl as a 9/11 tribute, but fuck a rat, what in god's name possessed Banksy to collaborate with Puma. Govacant briefly posted pics of the Banksy x Puma collab. They are a pair of dreadful suede old school Puma's in muddy green with gold stitching. The sort of shoes that were fashionable with King's Road teens in the mid-90s. Banksy's many works around Shoreditch have made me smile on a daily basis, and maybe occasionally even think a little. I appreciate that it may be hard to make a living as an entirely anonymous anti-corporate anarchist graffiti artist, but really he should know better than to add his name to these pathetic Pumas. They'll only be on sale in Miami, so they won't be polluting the streets of Hoxton, but in this case it's truly the thought that counts.
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