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Banksy NYC Art Day #25: Strange Days Are Here Again

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Strange new artwork from Banksy today as part of his ongoing “Better Out Than In” New York street art exhibit.

Dig it, man.

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22, day 23, day 24. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy Update #2: Art In The Late Afternoon, Well, Early Evening

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The latest form Banksy’s website is that a photo of a new artwork will go online at 6 pm EST, not 5 pm EST as he previously posted.

Is this for real? Or another Banksy art prank?

Time will tell.

Meanwhile if you have time to kill and missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22, day 23. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy’s Back! NYC Art Day #24: Waiting In Vain…

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I wondered yesterday if Banksy was fed if and done with New York, what with the police harassment and Mayor Bloomberg’s verbal attack. But no, the artist is back today in fine form.

Below the above photo on Banksy’s website it says: “Waiting in vain…”

This work is located in Hell’s Kitchen. Appropriate, right?

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22, day 23. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy: No Art “Due To Police Activity”

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For day #23 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than In,” there is no new artwork, according to Banksy’s website.

The “police activity” that Banksy refers to took place Monday when, according to Gothamist! police forced Banksy to take his Ronald McDonald shoe shine piece off the street.

Below this line of text is what appears today on Banksy’s website.

Read the Gothamist! story here.

Photo via Gothamist!.

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #20: Boy, Sledge Hammer, Fire Alarm

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Day #20 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than In” brings us this new piece, located in New York’s Upper West Side, done in the now classic Banksy silhouette style. No audio guide. Enjoy, if you can.

 

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #19: Ants Going For The Honey, Baby

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For Day #19 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than in” the artist has uploaded a video of ants chaotically running around a crack in a wall (or maybe it’s on the ground).

The camera eventually pulls back to reveal the partial outline of a woman’s body, with the crack strategically located, making this piece, located on Staten Island, a potential spoof of Gustave Courbet’s 1866 “L’Origine du monde.” Then again, perhaps Banksy is commenting on the reaction in NYC to his art. Or to anything that gets media attention. Or not.

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #17: In The Shadows

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On his site, under the above image, Banksy writes: “I don’t read what i believe in the papers.”

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video” and “Source For Banksy’s “Concrete Confessional” Revealed.”

Alternative Covers For Morrissey’s Book

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Morrissey autobiography design by KIERONDF

The Guardian asked its readers to submit alternative covers for Morrissey’s much anticipated (at least in England) autobiography, which is called “Autobiography.”

Here are a couple of the submissions:

Morrissey autobiography design by Paul Whitehead

Morrissey autobiography design by DavidWickes

To see the others, head to The Guardian.

And while you’re at it, check out this essay about Morrissey and The Smiths by Jon Savage.

And if you’re in the mood, “How Soon Is Now” by The Smiths.

 

Banksy NYC Art Day #16: The Artist Takes On McDonald’s (& Jeff Koons)

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Banksy describes today’s art piece on his website as: “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.”

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There’s also an audio guide for today’s art. You’ll enjoy it.


If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video” and “Source For Banksy’s “Concrete Confessional” Revealed.”

Watch: Kim Gordon’s mid’80s Art Film

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Back in the ’80s Kim Gordon wrote for Artforum and made visual art (as she still does) along with making music in Sonic Youth. Here’s an art film, “Making the Nature Scene,” she shot at Danceteria, a New York club that no longer exists. According to Spin, filmmaker/designer Chris Habib digitized the film for Gordon.

Habib writes on the Vimeo website where the video is posted: “excellent video i found in my sonic youth archive. i digitized it for kim during her CLUB IN THE SHADOWS exhibition at kenny schachter’s old space in the west village.

“shot at DANCETERIA in new york c.1985.

“judith barry, roli mosimann, alexa hill, wharton tiers, and chasler aided kim in the production of the film. tony oursler edited it. the ICA & artists space helped fund it.”

Watch it: