Banksy Art My Arse – Banksy Vs Bristol Museum Crap Exhibition
Banksy Art
Time was when a young ruffian sprayed aerosol car paint on someone elses property he was called a vandal and if caught felt the full force of the law in return for his mindless acts of wanton destruction.
These days however in the wake of Banksy and his chums kids and adults who should know better are expressing their feelings on the walls of buildings and structures – all in the name of art.
Street Art Comes to Life 3D – is it Banksy?
My only regret is that I didn’t waste a day of my life to visit the Banksy Vs Bristol Museum earlier so that a full expose of the shameful organisation and lack of exhibits could be reported sooner and hopefully save many others the trouble of discovering that Banksy Vs Bristol Museum is a crap exhibition.
Banksy Vs Bristol Museum
If the acceptance of street art wasn’t enough the powers that be at Bristol Museum activley encouraged Banksy to show his work during the summer at what has to be awarded the honour of “Banksy at Bristol Museum – Possibly the Worst Exhibition – Ever”.
In an event titled Banksy Vs Bristol Museum which wrongly suggests that hooligans had infiltrated the otherwise conservative city museum and managed to disruptively sneak in an assortment of thought provoking, inspirational, hilarious exhibits amongst the regular display.
Although the BBC reported the secret stunt (cunning stunt) the illusion that the renegade street artist had broken into the establishment of the Bristol Museum is a pathetic attempt at adding a certain irony to the event.
Bristol Museum – Banksy – Crap Exhibition
The people of Bristol must be incandescent with rage at the utter failure of the staging of this crap exhibition of Banksy in a dreadfully inadequate venue. It could be that the organiniers primary aim was to get more footfall in the Museum – hosting a small selection of Banksy art it was merely a roose to get mugs to wander around a stale exhibition space and look at the museum’s regular exhibits whilst trying to “discover” what jolly jape the Banksy prankster had included amongst them.
What do you actually get to see?
Even when you discover the rogue works you have little chance of fully viewing the works due to the crowds waving a sea of digital cameras in front of the exhibits.
Bristol Museum Opening Times
With no regard to the immense popularity of the exhibition the Bristol Museum resolved to keep its normal opening hours – a lazy 10:00 am start closing at a respectable 17:00 – plenty of time to change out of uniform and be home ready for the 6 O’clock news
The only effective demonstration of the museum to handle the volume of visitors was shown at 16:00 when attendants began to close sections of the museum in order to completely evacuate and shut the doors promptly at 5pm
Conclusion – don’t go there – visit a real cultural event such as a day trip to Trago Mills and watch the following videos:
Videos of Banksy Art Work
Banksy vs Bristol Museum from Butterfly on Vimeo.
BANKSY ART EXHIBITION – DISAPPOINTING!
I was prepared to queue – ended up being 3 hours in the hot sun . It wasn’t worth it the exhibition was like you say scarce. If only Banksy would stand up and be counted … the hooded man of mystery – but he aint no Hong Kong Fooey though is he?
So what have you achieved in your life then? Nice intelligent use of the word crap, very thought provoking, gold star
the exhibition was great, this guy is a real artist, i love his work but I am a beach in mexico so the banksy videos you thoughfully included will have to suffice
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Methinks you are a secret Banksy fan,,,or maybe the elusive Banksy himself,,,,,
Hells Bells PeteCavo – the very idea . . . . now where’s that aerosol can – hood up and I’m off
What a waste of my time this was – the Banksy Exhibition Bristol was crap.
I’ve got to agree with someone above, your repeat use of the word crap really help one understand your narrow minded views. Can you believe 300000 people went there, and all this was “crap” according to you! I guess from the obvious success it was, it hopefully is enough to put people like you back where they belong, a pile of crap!
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My Dear Nico, I think you are questioning my observation that the Banksy exhibition at Bristol Museum was crap – however as I only speak English it is hard to tell.
Sorry Mr Muncher but I do get tired of those blasting the exhibition that didn’t actually take the time to visit it themselves to get a truly personal view. I went twice and it was worth it both times (even the three hour queue the second time). It may not be to everyone’s taste but I did find it amusing and sometimes darkly thought provoking.
I am more than happy to accept that some people would not appreciate it as an exhibition (God forbid we are all sheep) but I prefer for those people to have seen it first hand before passing judgement.
@ Brizzle Lizzle – thank you for the courtesy of referring to me as Mr – please Pasty is fine may I call you Sizzle, Bizzle?
Are you suggesting that I made this post up?
I stood in line, I shuffled up and down the uninspiring side street, thought twice about contributing to the ice cream vendor that must have pushed a hell of a backhander to secure that pitch and I eventually gained entry to the Museum with sore knees and an aching back – should we really suffer for this so called art?
Because of the dreadful organisation of the whole event I failed to see half of the Banksy exhibits hilariously hidden amongst the drab permenant collection – the jobsworth Museum staff began closing at 4:30.
The thrust of my post here is that it was a crap exhibition – should Bristol (or anywhere else) every get the opportunity to show Banksy art I plead that they don’t try to be too clever and bugger the whole event up.
Out of curiousity Sizzle – did you try a second attempt because you too were unfulfilled the first time?
Sorry Pasty
I hadnt appreciated that you had entered the exhibition although I have read similar blogs from folk that have slated the exhibition who did not enter and feel very smug that they haven’t succumbed to the hype.
I do agree that the queueing process was a farce. There was opportunity for the museum to have been far more interactive with the crowd rather than posting a handful of disinterested students at strategic points who could only managed a nod and a beckoning hand as communication. I thought it was a wasted opportunity to canvas the crowd for research of where they had travelled from and what their plans were whilst in the Bristol locality. That aside it didn’t dimisnish my experience of the exhibition. Despite being busy I never felt rushed and was more than happy to meander through the exhibition at my leisure.
The reason for two visit was to share the experience with different friends – not due to unfulfillment.
I actually thought that it might have been a little crappy from the reports of Mr. Muncher, but after watching the video provided, I’ve found the art to be surprisingly entertaining. Unlike most 10 minute youtube videos, I didn’t have to try to keep myself entertained.
So, +1 to content!
I must say I found the Banksy exhibition thouroughly enjoyable. Really good stuff!
Being a huge fan of Banksy i visited his exhibition. I waited 3 and a half hour to see possibly the most amazing form of art i have ever seen before. As an artist myself I look to Banksy for ideas. I think that his work is amazing and the fact that we don’t know who he is gives his work more affect. Hats off to Banksy, the criticism that he receives from people is astonishing and he keeps going with his work. His work has inspired me and my work that I have been creating for my A level art.
So thank you Banksy for the inspiration keep going with the amazing work you create.
I think people need to get past thinking of graffiti artists and relating them to a twat who goes round with a can righting shit in random places for no reason. There not grafiti artists there idiots. They ruin the entire concept of graffiti art. Banksy is not an idiot even though he may use un-pc words he also uses them in an appropriate way to portray his views. Banksy is a genius.
Stick your pasty up in the air you inbred @#$%. Your blog can only be described in terms of a word that you seem rather fond of.
This website really shows the full intellegence Mr.Pasty man. Firstly your dumbass name, secondly your opinion, you did really say why you hate the actual artwork itself, instead you metioned only how crap the experience was. Let me remind you that I’m sure Banksy has got much further in life than you ever will and has earned certainly more money than you will in your lifetime. So stick a pasty up your ass and shutup. Banksy’s work is inspired and intelligent and expresses all the right opinions!
Ruby Ruby Ruby – Are you in the Sky with Diamonds? Don’t be nasty – share a pasty.
Mate, shut up. You such….Hard.
Thank you for posting a link to that first video; I’ve never seen Banksy’s work before. I’ve only heard a few of my friends throw the name around, so I thought I’d look it up. I would have loved to have seen those animatronics in person!
You have absolutely no business trying to act like an authority on what is and isn’t art if you can’t at all appreciate something like this. You don’t have to love it, but I feel sorry for you for being narrow-minded to this degree. My regret is that I wasted my time on this crap blog you’re trying to pass off as journalism.
Thanks for the awesome videos.
I can’t believe you actually thought that “Banksy Vs Bristol Museum” is misleading in saying it would lead us to think Banksy broke into the museum. The real irony here is you missed this irony to a point that you felt you’d expose your narrow minded view even further.
I realise art can be a strongly contraversial subject, and certain art which many love, i happen not to like and dont understand the hype. The difference between being critical and being narrow-minded Pasty Muncher is you. Banksy’s work appeals to me as the very medium, even without the content sparks controversy and questioning. His images and phrases are obviously very well thought-out and i believe are extremely intelligent. I’m glad the days are gone where everybody has to be convservative and proper, and think it is brilliant that Banksy has managed to achieve such fame. Merely calling him crap shows you are in no position to comment on art. I suggest you leave the banksy-style exhibitions alone and sit at home staring at a Lowry on your computer instead.
Banksy is a bit like marmite I have found, you either love him or hate him. I went to an exibition in Barcelona a couple of months ago…Cant remember what the artist was called now but i just found it ridiculous but there were people there who truely loved him.
Each to theirown i guess.
Ste
I would hope that the artist was Banksy since that is whom you are commenting about Steve
Great post.
I agree totally.
Love the video of Banksy’s work at the museum.
Too bad *crap was the best you could come up with. Banksy is a realist. Everything he does provokes some sort of emotion from us and then we have to laugh a little inside because he’s right, and we all know it. Everything we hate to admit, or are too afraid to show, he illuminates, and signs, BANKSY.
Embrace it.
you are a complete moron .
Yes, realist, Banksy does indeed provoke our emotions, stimulate thought, prompt discussion and cause us to reflect upon the human context like it or not – all positive attributes of art. I regret the format of the exhibit in Bristol seems to have generated such a distraction for so many from the work it offered to present. What a sad situation when the themes, focus and potential impact of the work is upstaged by the staging!
Chillax you grumpy old farts! The exhibition was free for godsake so don’t moan. Yeah sure Banksy has sold out and gone mainstream but think of it this way,; This was a career peak, maximising the most money before his popularity gets old.
Banksy = Great artist , even better businessman!
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