New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice
New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice
The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.
he should have painted Keir Starmer's face on it
While the mural does not reference a particular cause or incident, its appearance comes two days after almost 900 people were arrested at a London protest against the ban on Palestine Action.
This seems nonsensical to me.
If it were in reference to a particular issue, would that make Banksy a "terrorist?" Maybe it's better to feign uncertainty at the BBC.
That’s a good piece of art
Yeah I was gonna say, that's a fucking awesome piece! What do they do in situations like this? Paint over it?
They cordoned it off and covered it with tarps or sheets. They don't want to paint over it or destroy it because it's instantly worth a fortune and nobody knows exactly what to do, which is part of the genius of it.
Yeah they plan on painting over it. They covered it up and put two policemen to guard it to make sure nobody looks at it.
Close:
The artwork was quickly covered up by large sheets of plastic and two metal barriers, under the guard of two security officers
Banksy’s art sells for millions so it would be unwise to paint over it
How does one confirm a true Banksy from a fake when nobody knows who he actually is? How do you verify the Banksy who confirmed it's legit is legit?
They are posted by their Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/banksy/
I don't know if all their works are on there though
People do know who he is.
The West is dismantling every shibboleth, every sacred cow, in service to genocidal Zionism.
There's a lot of West in the West.
That said, you're exactly right for certain Western countries such as Britain, America and Germany.
Nitpick: it's Parliament who proscribed Palestine Action, not the courts.
It is the courts upholding it though.
It took like two months now that Palestine Action are allowed to get an appeals hearing in November iirc.
Courts could have decided for the proscription to not be applicable until a proper hearing takes place. Instead it was upheld.
Yea the decision to ban it went through so fast it was hard to have a defence, but the appeals are all delayed now they have one.
Cross nitpick: Just because the courts are following Parliament's 'law' in no way negates their complicity in doing wrong.
See Nazi guards following Hitler's rules for reference.
Nazi guards murdered people. I'll condemn the courts for carrying out the law when it involves murdering people.
I don't believe anyone has been convicted yet in these cases (probably many have not even been charged) so the role of the courts so far was to agree to judicial review but to decline an interim block on the order. Parliament is clearly more to blame for this.
Do the courts not get judicial review in the UK?
I wonder if he did like Cut outlines that they could paste up there and then spray over it? Because time certainly would have been an issue at that location. Is incredible detail it seems like it would take forever if not for the outline already being done elsewhere.
Exactly my thought when I saw it... Several stencils that act as layers. Maybe buttressed against the floor to keep it level.
It's stencils and than final touches after, the painting probably only took a few minutes at most
I feel personally attacked. Or if not, I probably will soon.
I just don’t get the appeal.
I hope that this is just a misunderstood pun?
It’s not. I don’t understand what makes his art so popular. To me it’s irony telling on itself. Like, as I understand, most of his stuff is suspend to be a giant middle-finger to all things trendy, but it’s nothing but. The minute that guy farts in a jar, the world will turn into one giant olfactory nerve.
It’s popular because it’s rare? Is it popular because he personifies low hanging fruit? I mean… hitting someone with a gavel? What a surprisingly fresh take that is…
I honestly don’t get it and I’m not trying to agitate. I’m dead serious.
According to a cursory search, Banksy's net worth is $50 million. Hmm.
Yes but it's $50m worth of card stock and rattle cans.
There's nothing I love more than hearing British people complain about being forced to do the one job that they have. Miserable sods.