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I assume they won’t actually have to pay? I’d guess whatever contract their is with the seller also requires that the art is delivered safely to the purchaser.
by xevb3k 8y ago
I assume they won’t actually have to pay? I’d guess whatever contract their is with the seller also requires that the art is delivered safely to the purchaser.
I wonder what the message is here, or if there is a message beyond the publicity. I guess something about the art having no inherent value...
- Fricken 8y agoIt's now a part of art history, it would be a foolish move on the part of the buyer to not accept it. Banksy has reaffirmed why he's maybe the only contemporary visual artist today who counts as a household name. Although I guess we cuold debate whether he's first and foremost a visual artist, or a performance artist. The audacity of his stunts and trickery far outweigh the merits of his clever visual puns.
- xevb3k 8y agoIf that’s the case, I guess Banksy will be laughing even harder...
- godzillabrennus 8y agoWalked past one of his works on the upper west side of manhattan. I wouldn’t have known it was his except for the plaque put up next to the plastic barrier installed to protect it. Kind of crazy that the art is likely worth as much as the entire building it’s on. Although, this is Manhattan so who knows.
- icebraining 8y agoHis works in the Gaza strip are definitely worth more than the entire buildings.
- pcurve 8y ago“But is the work destroyed? Or is it transformed? Even Branczik isn’t sure. “You could argue that the work is now more valuable,” Branczik said. “It’s certainly the first piece to be spontaneously shredded as an auction ends.”
- chii 8y agosince information cannot be destroyed (at least, according to quantum physics), i argue it's transformed. And it's just as valuable transformed, if not more so.
- okket 8y agoI doubt a burned, sorry, transformed, version of the Mona Lisa would be more worth than before.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoWhat if Leonardo had very publicly transformed it before he died?
- rapnie 8y agoI read on Vice they are already speculating that this may have increased its value.
- ggggtez 8y agoThey'll pay and be happy to do so. Banksy's art is valuable exactly because his art pushes the boundary. It wasn't just destroyed for no reason. His graffiti art is meant to be public, and he has made no secret he thinks private art collection is bullshit.
- krispbyte 8y agoBut the shredding functionality was part of the work of art all along. A feature, not a bug!