He began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.
BANKSY ART SHRED VIDEO FULL
The auction and partial shredding are shown, as is the work being taken off the wall at Sotheby’s and carried out of the room.īanksy has never disclosed his full identity. Banksy shredded painting at auction again The saga of Banksy’s shredded painting continues, as it made its return to Sotheby’s on 14 October 2021 and fetched the incredible sale price of 18,582,000, much more than its estimated value of 4m-6m. People milling about sipping champagne and nibbling hors d’oeuvres are next up, including some standing in front of the painting. The nearly three-minute long video is titled “Shred the Love, the Director’s cut.” It shows hands and a hooded figure (Banksy is fond of hoodies) constructing the mechanism in a studio space, then it rolls on to the outside of Sotheby’s before the auction. A million-dollar piece of artwork by mysterious street artist Banksy was left in shreds before an aghast audience seconds after it was auctioned off for a record 1. The end of the new video notes: “In rehearsals it worked every time…” A complete shredding of the same design is then shown. Banksy has posted a video to his website in which he implies the shredding of his million-pound artwork Girl with Balloon at a Sotheby’s auction in London was supposed to have been complete. On Saturday, a video posted on Banksy’s Instagram account showed the secret shredder being built into the frame a few years ago in case it was ever put up for auction. The canvas was shredded to right above the girl’s head, leaving the balloon intact. The partial shredding drew speculation that the act was a stunt to increase the value of the painting of a young girl reaching for a heart-shaped red balloon. 00:37 Banksy’s notorious Girl With Balloon, which shocked spectators in 2018 when it immediately self-shredded upon sale, is on the auction block once again effectively half the painting it. The piece was a classic Banksy motif known as Girl with Balloon, created using spray paint on canvas back in 2006.
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