Banksy “Guard On Duty” Removed | Hypebeast

Its all a big publicity stunt anyway

Doug Christmas, the gallerist who removed Banky’s “Guard On Duty” in Los Angeles by cutting it out of the wall, claims he had good information that it was in imminent danger of being stolen. So, he decided to steal it instead, but of course, unlike those shadowy thieves, he only has the best intentions for it. He made the following assurances about the work when reached by phone this afternoon: 1) It isn’t for sale now and never will be. 2) He’s in touch with “Banksy’s network” and will gladly give it to them if they want it. 3) The “Guard On Duty” being offered on eBay is definitely a fraud, since the original is currently sitting pretty at his undisclosed location. As Robert Ripley once put it, “believe it or not!”
by Bucky Turco on April 16, 2010 at 2:14 pm

Doug Christmas, the gallerist who removed Banky’s “Guard On Duty” in Los Angeles by cutting it out of the wall, claims he had good information that it was in imminent danger of being stolen. So, he decided to steal it instead, but of course, unlike those shadowy thieves, he only has the best intentions for it. He made the following assurances about the work when reached by phone this afternoon: 1) It isn’t for sale now and never will be. 2) He’s in touch with “Banksy’s network” and will gladly give it to them if they want it. 3) The “Guard On Duty” being offered on eBay is definitely a fraud, since the original is currently sitting pretty at his undisclosed location. As Robert Ripley once put it, “believe it or not!”
by Bucky Turco on April 16, 2010 at 2:14 pm

ohp! turned up.

ironic that the piece is not visible in this link anymore. humph

ironic that the piece is not visible in this link anymore. humph

People. Banksy made over 2 million dollars on his last show in L.A, selling the street art you say belong to the people. Then he goes and tags the building that is set to be a museum for one of the most infamous gallery owners in the country and you think it’s shameless that said gallery owner of 30 years wants to make a buck? It’s all about money. It’s crook on crook. I find the whole thing HI-larious. Welcome to the world of art as a business.

WTF is this on canvas?

WTF is this on canvas?

yeah…i would have done the same thing in a heart beat. take it and sell it. fuck the deep street art bull shit.

Cash Rules Everything Around Me, dolla dolla bills ya’ll!

Cash Rules Everything Around Me, dolla dolla bills ya’ll!

Doug Christmas can go suck a dick.

crying all around…MAKE THAT MONEY!!

crying all around…MAKE THAT MONEY!!

i woulda done the same thing in an instant.

It’s a fake…

It’s a fake…

like any of you wouldn’t have done the same damn thing…

Yeah thats so cynical, why don’t they try and do something original themselves to make some money

Yeah thats so cynical, why don’t they try and do something original themselves to make some money

wtf so someone is goin to buy it!!! it should be there for everyone!!!! bulllllll shit

Killin the art game like they did the kicks game

i think its a publicity stunt.

I was thinking of doing that too.

this has happened to a bunch of Banksy work throughout europe too. nothing new

I don’t think he can actually profit from the Banksy piece.
I watched a documentary on people drilling pieces of concrete up and taking out walls with Banky’s work on and trying to sell it on for a hefty price tag, but no one is able to as it has to get verification from a certain company or something and they won’t do it so therefore it is VERY hard to sell…

I woulda put that that shit at the crib. haha

Wow! Doug Christmas is a jockstrap!

hahahaa hahahah “is that bansky?”

quality work? It’s a fucking stencil.

That is awesome he stole this. Banksy is a vandal and paints on people’s property and around the city all the time, which is great and the guy is clever. But then the Ace Gallery guy pulled a game recognize game play. You put art on the streets to promote your film, I sell artwork. So now, I’m taking it. Its called a gangster mentality. We on hypebeast should laud Ace for this.

At least the piece will be protected from losers trying to cover it with one of their stupid tags. That’s the good thing.

These commenters would for sure turn down $200k plus for integrity.

Remember boys and girls: street “art” is actually graffiti, and it’s illegal to make “art” on the property of others. And it most certainly does not belong to the streets, but rather the private property on which it was illegally placed.

I find it hard to believe that no one on this site would sell a Banksy wheatpaste/stencil/painting if they happened to find it on their personal property.

Remember boys and girls: street “art” is actually graffiti, and it’s illegal to make “art” on the property of others. And it most certainly does not belong to the streets, but rather the private property on which it was illegally placed.

I find it hard to believe that no one on this site would sell a Banksy wheatpaste/stencil/painting if they happened to find it on their personal property.

“Is that Bansky?”…”Bansky”…
“BanKsy”
“Is that How you say it?”

lol

Typical trendoid fag removing quality work to profit from it. That dude deserves a fkin beatdown.

Tha’ts bullshit.Not only is this guy removing something that belongs on the streets,he’s also going to profit huge from it and banksy sees nothing from it.

That horrible. Going to start a new trend for sure though

that’s shameless… street art belong to street