Banksy Bids Farewell To New York After Successful Residency

Friday 31 October was the last day of the Banksy’s New York project, which ran for a month in Manhattan. The objective of residency was to create a new public work of art each day. The pieces ranged from his popular ‘Spray Art’, Sculpture, to Video, and Installation works. The media frenzy created made international headlines. Some of the pieces were sold by the owners of the property, where they were placed. In one case a group of locals covered the artwork and were charging the public $20 to have a peek at the artwork. On another occasion Banksy set up a stall selling original signed canvases for $60. They were worth $20,000 or more on the open market.

Banksy is an unconventional UK graffiti artist whose work typically includes satirical social and political commentary, and ranges from murals to sculpture and installation, often playing with the contextual aspects of the work. The artist’s first solo show was held in 2002 at Los Angeles’ 33 1/3 Gallery, and in 2003 he was commissioned to design to cover of Blur’s ThinkTank. Today, Banksy’s work appears internationally; most notably, he painted nine sardonic images on the Palestinian side of the West Bank barrier. In Summer 2009, Banksy took over the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery with an exhibition attracting over 300,000 visitors and hour-long queues all the way down the road.
Recently the artist has experimented with film, achieving an Oscar nomination for his documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop. Consistently controversial, Banksy is described by some as genius and others as a vandal. Regardless of whether he is inspiring admiration or provoking outrage, his name is one that is well-known around the world. His early career, between 1990 and 1994, was that of a traditional freehand graffiti artist in the Bristol underground scene. The stenciling technique for the ‘guerrilla art’ for which he is now better known was first seen around 2000 and is widely thought to have been inspired by Blek le Rat (Xavier Prou), one of the first Parisian graffiti artists who is also known as the ‘Father of Stencil Graffiti.’

An inflatable throw-up on the Long Island Expressway in Queens was the swan song of Banksy’s  New York visit. He is thought to be back in the UK.

Oct.31
See top photo:
An inflatable throw-up on the Long Island Expressway.
And that’s it.
Thanks for your patience. It’s been fun. Save 5pointz. Bye

Now available – the official Banksy New York residency souvenir T shirt

(you have to take the jpeg to a copy store and make it yourself)

Oct.29
New nazi oil tight for web2 private
The banality of the banality of evil ‘ Oil on oil on canvas, 2013
A thrift store painting vandalised then re-donated to the thrift store. 
Oct.27
Sized blocked v04
Today’s piece was going to be an op-ed column in the New York Times.
But they declined to publish what I supplied. Which was this…
Oct.26
Crop in grumpier new b use
Alternative New York bumper slogan
Oct.25
Sized.reaper carnagenyc
Source: carnagenyc
Tonight through Sunday, dusk until midnight.
Oct.24
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Waiting in vain at the door of the club
For those of you wanting to know if this was a permission piece, it wasn’t.
Oct.23
Cancelled4
Oct.22
Sized.sphinx crop private
No turn unstoned. A 1/36 scale replica of the great Sphinx of Giza made from smashed cinderblocks. You’re advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.
Oct.18
Gigi nyc sized
Source: gigi_nyc
Are you the sort of person who enjoys going to art galleries but wished they had more gravel in them? Then this temporary exhibition space is for you. Housing just two paintings but also featuring a bench, some carpet and complimentary refreshments. Opens today through Sunday 11am til midnight.

People ask why I want to have an exhibition in the streets, but have you been to an art gallery recently? They’re full.

Contrary to reports on fox news this space was kindly donated for free by the owner.

Oct.17
Bed stuy 02.sized private
I don’t read what i believe in the papers
Oct.16
Mcdonald main sized private

A fibreglass replica of Ronald McDonald having his shoes shined by a real live boy. The sculpture will visit the sidewalk outside a different McDonalds every lunchtime for the next week. Today: South Bronx.

Oct.14
Queens high private

Some people criticize me for using sources that are a bit low brow (this quote is from ‘Gladiator’) but you know what? “I’m just going to use that hostility to make me stronger, not weaker” as Kelly Rowland said on the X Factor.

Oct.13
Stall tight private
Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases.
For $60 each.
Please note: This was a one off. The stall will not be there again today.
Oct.12
Priest main image private
Concrete confessional
Oct.11
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Source: Walkingandtyping
The Sirens of the Lambs. A slaughterhouse delivery truck touring the meatpacking district and then citywide for the next two weeks.
*Please note: If you’re the person who stuck a tracking device on the garden truck you’re now following a car service in Queens.
Oct.7
Day7
Source: Jackie Hadel
Oct.6
Oct.5
Day5
A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden (includes rainbow, waterfall and butterflies).
The truck will visit a different location every evening from dusk. Tonight – East Village
Oct.4
Day4
Random graffiti given a Broadway makeover (an ongoing series).
Oct.3
Day3
All I ever wanted was a shoulder to crayon.
Oct.1
Day1
The street is in play

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