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Harlequin
This guy has painted on the Palastinian/Israeli wall...and I think they are pretty good.

Banksy art

Art prankster sprays Israeli wall

Banksy's spray paint picture on security wall

Secretive "guerrilla" artist Banksy has decorated Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side.
The nine paintings were created on the Palestinian side of the barrier.

One depicts a hole in the wall with an idyllic beach, while another shows a mountain landscape on the other side.

Banksy's spokeswoman Jo Brooks said: "The Israeli security forces did shoot in the air threateningly and there were quite a few guns pointed at him."

Banksy said he was threatened by Israeli security forces
Another picture shows the head of a white horse appearing to poke through, while he has also painted a ladder going over the wall.

The 425-mile (680-kilometre) long barrier, made of concrete walls and razor-wire fences, is still being erected by Israeli authorities.

Israel says the structure is necessary to protect the country from suicide bombers, but the International Court of Justice has said it breaches international law.

Banksy, who hails from the UK city of Bristol, never allows himself to be photographed and created the images last week.

Banksy is well known for his art stunts around the world
He condemned the wall but described it as "the ultimate activity holiday destination for graffiti writers".

His previous creations, which critics condemn as stunts, have included a bronze spoof of the statue of Justice from the Old Bailey, London, wearing thigh-high boots and a suspender belt.

He also embarrassed the British Museum by planting a hoax cave painting of a man pushing a supermarket trolley, which he said went unnoticed for three days.

He has also smuggled and hung works in galleries including the Tate Britain in London and the Metropolitan and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Harlequin
Here's another sample of weird "art" around the world. Some of these are good some are just weird, but they all deserve a glance.

Weird statues around the world.
shanghai_nobody
Banksy to me is definitely art, I got my girlfriend the wall and piece book thought it was brilliant. I don't like graffiti with little idiots saying things like "I'm gonne shag yer maw" but what Banksy does is art and it makes the streets far more interesting.
Lau
QUOTE(shanghai_nobody @ Oct 20 2006, 10:57 AM) *

Banksy to me is definitely art, I got my girlfriend the wall and piece book thought it was brilliant. I don't like graffiti with little idiots saying things like "I'm gonne shag yer maw" but what Banksy does is art and it makes the streets far more interesting.


I agree with you
taylerz
the last site i worked on(i hail from bristol home of banksy)had a banksy mural,which i promptly hit down
with a 16 tonne digger.the bloke with his signature on got sold on e bay for £850.if we had taken wall down sothebys would ve put a reserve of £100,000 on it.duh.he recently sprayed a wall,council were going to paint over it but a petition with 20,000+ signatures was produced.so it was left.still feel a doughnut for the wall,dont care about the art,but tht would ve been one hell of a xmas bonus.still how many people get to smash up a piece of art worth a hundred grand.
Harlequin
Don't know if it's "art"...but I want them.
easylife
they do look quite dinky
Harlequin
We've a long way to go before art can really match Nature. Especially Space.

Some good images here, check the wallpapers section if you are into spacey stuff.

Space.com
man of kent
QUOTE(Harlequin @ Oct 7 2006, 04:57 PM) *

Here's another sample of weird "art" around the world. Some of these are good some are just weird, but they all deserve a glance.

Weird statues around the world.


these statues ..... are fantastic ....... hundreds of them ..... a must to see ...... i missed them before !
Rach227
I think banksy is a type of art but those statues are weird...
JonoF
I got my dad a banksy print as one of his birthday presents this year. We both think he's aboslutely fantastic. Some people claim it isn't art, but i like it. And if art isn't something you look at and think "yea, thats pretty cool" then what is it?
Rach227
here's some more of his work I really like it smiles.gif

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm
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