[BNM] [OT] - Banksy terrorists arrested?

[Paul Russell]

That's a turn up for the books.

Now that his prints/various artworks sell for squillions a lot of his
in-situ graffiti is being carefully removed for "private collections", sale
on eBay etc. in the new Great British tradition of scavenging...

Regards
Paul Russell

documentary/street photography: www.paulrussell.info
new solo exhibition details (February/March, Bracknell):
http://tinyurl.com/ym7zy7

----- Original Message -----
From: "delarge" <delargerock at gmail.com>
To: <alex at alexfarran.com>; "Brighton New Media"
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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] - Banksy terrorists arrested?


> I imagine it's the Albert owner who is 'pressing charges' as such... I
> gather they are/were very proud of that wall...
>
>
> On 1/24/07, Alex Farran <alex at alexfarran.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/24/07, Steve Esson <stevee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I read they were recorded on CCTV - the idiots pulled up in their
> > > works van and blacked out the piece. I assume it's taken the fuzz this
> > > long to follow up the complaint?
> > >
> >
> > I'm amazed the police are involved at all.  What could they be charged
> > with that Banksy isn't guilty of himself?  And who's to say that
> > defacing graffiti isn't a work of art in itself?  Particularly now
> > that Banksy is as much part of the establishment as any of the
> > traditional targets.
> >
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