Banksy fooled everyone again when he set up an art booth outside of Central Park, selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases for $60 each. Only three people to buy pieces from the stall, He only sold $420 worth of art.
This was part of Banksy's "residency on the streets of New York".
Thousands of other New Yorkers and tourists walked past the stall, which had been open for hours before the first sale, unaware of the potential goldmine of modern art that was on sale.
The pieces on offer included a version of well-known Banksy works such as "Flower Thrower", which adorns the cover of Wall & Piece, his 2005 hardback retrospective, and "Laugh Now".
A triptych containing two similar black-on-white versions of these two works, alongside a third piece, sold for £121,250 ($194,181) at auction in London in 2008.
I really like what Banksy did here. I enjoy how he is a famous artist yet still uses the concept of anonymity to show off his work.
ReplyDeleteThat's so funny I'm sure that more people recognized them but just didn't believe that Banksy art would be sold like that. I really like his work because of how creative and original they are, maybe I'll pick one up if I ever have a few spare hundred thousand dollars one day.
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