Andrew Mehall
Andrew Mehall
Interest v. Principal
A brief review of a book about Banksy
a review of
This Is Not a Photo Opportunity: The Street Art of Banksy
Artist: Banksy, Photographs by Martin Bull. PM Press, 2014 pmpress.org
Anonymous England-based vandal Banksy, most known for graffiti-like works across the planet recently made news with his latest prank, by destroying it, or rather by it destroying itself. Upon selling at Sotheby’s, an art auction in London, Girl with Red Balloon, autonomously shredded itself before bidders. This was a departure from previous works, which are displayed in Martin Bull’s 2014 book, This Is Not a Photo Opportunity. There is a problem with Bull’s book. You discover the issue when you approach the text more critically than you would a coffee table book, which might be all that this is.
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