Thursday, August 28, 2008
Who is this Banksy?
Posted by Will Coviello on Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Gawker is reporting that the artist known as Banksy is in town to commemorate the third anniversary of Katrina. Gawker has posted six works allegedly painted on New Orleans' walls. Gawker also notes the Banksy vs. Fred "Grey Ghost" Radtke angle of the work. For more on Radtke, see this piece from Gambit Weekly's Best of New Orleans 2008. The photos of the local work come from flickr pages by three local photographers (one, two, three). They are updating the photos as the each new splash of paint hits the wall.
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Credit where credit is due, please: the Gawker photos were pinched from my Flickr photostream and that of another New Orleans photographer: http://flickr.com/photos/jonnodotcom/sets/72157606980603108/ http://flickr.com/photos/anthonyturducken/sets/72157606971636794/ Found out about a few more Banksy sightings today, so stay tuned.
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Gawker also posted a photo from another user's FLickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29906536@N05/2800813785 Alas, that piece was partially painted over yesterday, though general consensus seems to be that Radtke wasn't the one who did it this time: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29906536@N05/2804559264
