OK, so Banksy doesn’t take the weekend off. Very good. For day five of his month-long street art show in New York he’s turned a delivery truck into… Well, let Banksy explain:
“A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden (includes rainbow, waterfall and butterflies).”
You can call this number to hear Banksy’s satiric explanation of what today’s art is all about.
Or you can listen right here, right now:
And to see bigger photos, go to Banksy’s web site.
So I was over at Banksy’s website this morning in search of info about what wall he’s turned into art on the fifth day of his month-long New York street art show, when I noticed the above quote.
Clearly, it explains not only why Banksy has called this exhibit, “Better Out Than In,” but, really, it explains Banksy’s philosophy regarding all the public art he’s done.
Right?
Meanwhile, since I haven’t yet found images of Day #5 — maybe he takes the weekend off? — below is a recap.
Day #1
Day #2
Day #3
Day #4
On Day #4 of Banksy’s month-long street-art show on the New York streets, the artist has unveiled three art pieces that are located in Brooklyn. On his website the artist writes of this work: “Random graffiti given a Broadway makeover (an ongoing series).” The art is on walls in Delancey, Bushwick and Williamsburg, according to http://www.banksy.co.uk/.
And now for Banksy’s day four triple header, go here.
On day two of Banksy’s month-long New York street art show which is literally taking place on the streets of New York, a second work appeared at 18 Allen Street. Yesterday. Oct. 1, 2013, the first work appeared but was subsequently painted over.
Here’s the first, which is called “The Street is in Play”:
And here’s how it looks today:
For more on Banksy:
The mysterious graffiti artist Banksy confirmed on his website today that a painting on a wall in New York’s Chinatown is the beginning of his month-long “residency,” “Better Out Than In.”
At Banksy’s website, it now says: “For the next month Banksy will be attempting to host an entire show on the streets of New York.
And I dig it the most.
Earlier this week, while lunching at a steakhouse in Barstow, CA, Los Angeles artist and Station To Station mastermind Doug Aitken said his art project “is kind of a living organism… I like encounters; I like randomness and physicality.”
In a a strong feature in the New York Times today, writer Melena Ryzik does a great job of getting at the heart of what Station To Station is all about. The three week traveling art and music exhibit which ends today at Oakland’s 16th Station with, among other things, performances by No Age and Savages.
Read Ryzik’s story in the Times.