A piece of screwed-in plastic, paid for by the building’s owners, has protected him from the elements and damage since April this year. But someone has ruined the iconic little diver, by tipping silver paint behind the plastic protector and tagging ‘Banksy woz ere’ on the plastic, potentially ruining the artwork forever.
We came across this classic case of art wars via Supertouch:
We never thought it would come to this, but it seems BARACK OBAMA’s street team has confronted UK street art phenom BANKSY head-on in a battle for the streets of New Orleans where the Bristol Bad Boy recently made a well-publicized art run. You’re up, Banksy…
Check-out Mr. Brainwash’s mural of President-elect Barack Obama that was unveiled at SCOPE Miami 2008 this week. The French-born artist will also be presenting a large-scale, non-commercial installation sponsored by the SCOPE Foundation.
You’re not going to see this everyday. As a last resort, the Red Cross of Argentina brought their action against climate change to the streets of Argentina. The living eco-installation piece is of a melting man (a wounded victim) of climate change sitting in a puddle of himself. As pedestrians walk about he issues pamphlets on climate change to raise awareness.
We’re really digging Easyweb’s 2009 showreel. They’re a French-based company that specializes in projecting art onto architecture and 3-Dimensional objects. It’s 7 minutes long, but well worth a view.
Banksy’s new limited edition art print titled “Nola” was inspired by his visit to New Orleans. Sadly, this may be as close you will get to the coveted piece. The limited edition prints sold out almost immediately after their release on Friday.
Christina Clausen’s “The Universe of Keith Haring” is undoubtedly on our must see list. Haring rose to fame in the early 80’s with his signature visual language that was born out of the NYC subways. His inspiring & prolific career was cut short, Haring passed away in 1990 from AIDS related causes. (more…)