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Gotta hand it to the authorities. At first, I was mad when they scrubbed the Banksy, but they have unintentionally made one of the most powerful artworks of all time.
Everything they do to hide or erase it makes it look more poignant than the original.
#banksy #art
I wonder if Banksy anticipated the effort to remove it, and used a more tenacious paint to provide the base before adding the detail, so that it would do this when removal was attempted.
Even before he was famous and people valued his work, he’d put down primer and undercoat, which is very rare for graffiti. Primer is stickier than regular paint, so would be harder to remove. It persisting might just be a nice side effect of a habit rather than something done consciously, but even if he had thought about it, it’s not like he could do much better than his usual approach if he wanted to intentionally make a painting particularly hard to remove.
I wonder if Banksy anticipated the effort to remove it, and used a more tenacious paint to provide the base before adding the detail, so that it would do this when removal was attempted.
I did wonder that too. It was great before but now it’s a masterpiece.
Even before he was famous and people valued his work, he’d put down primer and undercoat, which is very rare for graffiti. Primer is stickier than regular paint, so would be harder to remove. It persisting might just be a nice side effect of a habit rather than something done consciously, but even if he had thought about it, it’s not like he could do much better than his usual approach if he wanted to intentionally make a painting particularly hard to remove.