I found it rather peculiar that someone started spray-painting over one of his freshly painted works and was wrestled to the ground because of it. [1]
If Banksy's work is meant to raise the question of who in our society gets to determine what images invade everybody's retinas in public spaces [2], those bystanders provided an answer: whoever is hip enough to get people to defend their images. At that point the artwork was complete.
If Banksy's work is meant to raise the question of who in our society gets to determine what images invade everybody's retinas in public spaces [2], those bystanders provided an answer: whoever is hip enough to get people to defend their images. At that point the artwork was complete.
[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2465617/Banksy-fans-...
[2] http://www.davidairey.com/banksy-on-advertising/