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Walmart Stole From Banksy, Also Selling Occupy 'Art' Now
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:02 am
by alphacat
LAist wrote:
Walmart's Selling A Bunch Of 'Banksy' Ripoffs
Mega-corporate Walmart has been selling prints of the celebrated graffiti artist's work for an everyday low price of $25 to a whopping $869
on its website, and mislabeling other artists' work as Banksy's in the process.
Our in-house street art expert
Jake Dobkin says, "I think he'd probably appreciate the irony of a monstrous corporation appropriating his anti-consumerist art and selling it at a markup without giving him any money- that's pretty punk rock."
But Jo Brooks, Banksy's publicist told LAist, "The Banksy canvases you showed me are counterfeit reproductions and we are currently dealing with Walmart about them."
One California-based graffiti artist, Eddie Colla, claims
one of his images has been mistaken as a Banksy piece of art on the Walmart website,
according to LA Taco. In an ironic twist, the artwork has the words, "If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission," stenciled on it.
"That’s the irony, isn’t it?" Colla said in an interview with 1XRUN. "I made a piece about individuals controlling their own fate and not making their success contingent on the approval of others. It then gets adopted by a neo-feudal corporation like Walmart."
In retaliation, Colla has created a
new print for sale (that's already sold out) on the 1XRUN website mocking Walmart by labeling it as "It's Only Stealing If You Get Caught."
In addition, Walmart also mislabeled street artist Thierry Guetta's (a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash)
"Life Is Beautiful" piece from his
2008 art show as a Banksy print.
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:31 am
by test_recordings
Wow, they probably reckoned they could get away with it because he 'lives in secret and no-one knows his identity so he won't touch us'!
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:34 am
by dickman69
Haha big up wal mart tbh
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:38 am
by mks
I have this currently for sale. Please let me know if you would like to buy.
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:08 am
by Sexual_Chocolate
rayman612 wrote:Haha big up wal mart tbh
this
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:11 am
by magma
This Asda be some sort of piss take.
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:09 am
by scspkr99
fuck off wall mart is always the right answer irrespective of someones thoughts towards banksy, Banksy sold some work and raised 450k for charity wall mart encourages staff to donate to causes including supporting their own fucking staff but yeah fuck banksy go wall mart.
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:45 pm
by dickman69
All of street art is a fucking joke built upon breaking laws not caring about the rules its so EDGY
Walmart doesnt give a fuck about the rules either
Its hilarious
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:49 pm
by Forum
Good, i hope more people steal from banksy
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:31 pm
by scspkr99
are they selling walls or prints because if it's prints I fail to see how it's street art.
Walmart has a charity food drive for it's own employees
yeah go walmart
fuck off
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:31 pm
by scspkr99
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:34 pm
by nowaysj
As I understand it the US Federal Gov got power to shut down any website anywhere in the world that sells counterfeit goods. I am VERY surprised that the Walmart website isn't subjected to the same capricious and due processless procedure. Very surprised.
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:43 pm
by kidshuffle
scspkr99 wrote:are they selling walls or prints because if it's prints I fail to see how it's street art.
Walmart has a charity food drive for it's own employees
yeah go walmart
fuck off
the jimmies have been russled
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:27 pm
by lylo
magma wrote:This Asda be some sort of piss take.
haha well done.
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:10 pm
by wolf89
Fuck both walmart and banksy
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:49 am
by Sexual_Chocolate
wolf89 wrote:Fuck both walmart and banksy
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:14 pm
by test_recordings
What's with the Banksy hate? It's like you all got possessed by fedoras
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:18 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
because hes shit?
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:19 pm
by mIrReN
yeah but still, hating Bansky more than walmart rofl
some ppl
Re: Walmart Stole From Banksy
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:25 pm
by test_recordings
Nevalo wrote:because hes shit?
How though? I think he's decent because he draws attention to certain issues that get ignored by the media otherwise. You must admit, he's better than people just writing their names?