Comments on: Banksy Alabama Piece Removed

By: Bansky Reaparece (”Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill”) « LapicesMordidO_os

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:25:16 +0000

[...] bansky, posiblemente uno de los graffiteros/intervencionistas urbanos, más famoso en la actualidad de a dejado caer en nueva york. aunque desde hace algun tiempo que le deja ver en diferentes ciudades de estados unidos, como new orleans y alabama (este ultimo ya fue removido) [...]

By: jay-o

jay-o — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:26:03 +0000

what’s wrong with this picture?

By: 93tilInfinity

93tilInfinity — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:29:25 +0000

It was a powerful piece. Regardless of who took it down it still speaks volumes. Anyone who thinks that you can put the past behind you in regards to race relations in this country is idiot. Across the nation, from small towns to huge cities, the ghosts of racism and hatred are alive and well. This country was founded on these principles. In the hearts and minds of many individuals this will never change.

By: The Barbarian

The Barbarian — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:16:21 +0000

i take back what i said about the removal. Digging deeper i found out it was a couple of kids from Nashville and the “owner” of the property the gas station is on.

By: The Barbarian

The Barbarian — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:06:36 +0000

Jmonet and John nailed this. All of you pinning this to rednecks and ignorance need to check your selves you’re just making your self seem like the ignorant one. Its awesome to know Banksy stopped in my home town, but the placement was all wrong. He offended the people he wasnt trying to offend. I believe its a good chance that it may have been banksy himself that stuck around and had something to do with the removal. I may be way off but from what i hear a a couple of people had been hanging out ever since the image was first seen. And one just happened to have a pretty thick accent. But thats just my thoughts.

By: Steele

Steele — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:31 +0000

It was Jim Thiebaud reclaiming his original idea from 1990.

By: jasonfours

jasonfours — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:07:01 +0000

great piece but not places properly. should have been on the state building.

By: SJ

SJ — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:32:15 +0000

jmonet, since when has an idea being “too easy” stopped Banksy? His whole career is based around mediocre execution of mind-numbingly obvious ideas.

By: JUGGIE305

JUGGIE305 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:00:06 +0000

y so serious

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:29:27 +0000

jmonet’s on the money here. While I was viewing the piece a black man came up to me to ask who had done it. I told him it was attributed to a famous British graffiti artist. He said that the people who’d been talking about it at the store across the street really didn’t appreciate it. They would rather put violence and hatred behind them and deal with reality (which, in my opinion, is quite visibly evil enough without putting a cartoon stenciled face on it).

There’s little doubt that it was covered up by members of the African American community because they found the image in their neighborhood offensive. I think their spray-painted statement, coming as it does from within the community, might be more relevant than Banksy’s, which seems to have been aimed most directly at practices that fell away from currency decades ago.