Sotheby’s said the buyer, identified only as “a female European collector and a long-standing client” of the auction house, decided to continue with the purchase at the original price.Īfter the auction the artist posted a video showing how he secretly built a shredder into the outsized gilt frame of the picture. 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. Banksy video shows shredding Girl with Balloon painting was intentional. 5, seconds after the hammer fell marking the winning bid of $1.37 million, part of the 2006 canvas passed through a hidden shredder to the crowd’s dismay. ” stated text in the new video titled “Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director’s cut.” Street artist posted a video to his website. The mystery surrounding the partial shredding of “Balloon Girl” during a Sotheby’s auction in London grew with the anonymous artist posting new footage showing a “rehearsal” of the stunt ending with the artwork completely sliced up. Banksy reveals he planned to shred the ENTIRE Girl With Balloon artwork moments after it was sold for 1million as he shares video of his practice run. You can sign up to receive it directly here.LONDON-The shredding stunt pulled by Banksy during a London auction was incomplete, the artist has implied in a new video posted on his website Wednesday. "Banksy didn't destroy an artwork in the auction, he created one," said Alex Branczik, Sotheby's Head of Contemporary Art, Europe.Įach evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. Banksy reveals he planned to shred the ENTIRE Girl With Balloon artwork moments after it was sold for £1million as he shares video of his practice run. The auction house said the buyer, who was identified only as "a female European collector and a long-standing client," decided to continue with the purchase at the original price.Īnd, far from losing value, many art experts said they believed it would fetch a higher price after the shredding than before.
The framed work, spray paint and acrylic on canvas, mounted on board depicted a girl. Image Courtesy of Casterline Goodman Gallery. Banksys Girl with Red Balloon mysteriously shreds following its sale at Sothebys London. Read more: 'The Art of Banksy': a commercial exhibition The work sold for £1,042,000 (1.4 million), tying the artist’s record in pounds at auction previously achieved in 2008. There was speculation about how Banksy had carried out the stunt, and whether it was shredded as a protest against the work being auctioned. The Bristol-based artist is known best for ironic outdoor graffiti, often with a political theme. Read more: Banksy's hotel with 'the world's worst view' opens in Bethlehem Banksy sent the art world into a frenzy when his Girl With a Balloon artwork self-destructed after being sold for 1.4 million USD at Sotheby’s.The newly-titled Love Is In The Bin piece has now. The renowned street artist Banksy has released a video suggesting that the shredding of Balloon Girl didnt go as. "In rehearsals it worked every time." explained a caption in the new video, titled "Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director's Cut." 4 years ago in Design Words By Fabian Gorsler Subscribe to Highsnobiety on YouTube Almost two weeks after Banksy shared a short video via Instagram confirming that he was behind the shredding of. Banksy says Balloon Girl stunt went wrong.
The latest footage published by Banksy shows a rehearsal of the stunt that ended with the artwork being completely sliced up. But now the artist says that the entire artwork.
Girl with Balloon (2006) appeared to drop from its faux-gilt frame, shredding over half of itself into ribbons, just after selling for GBP£860,000. Soon after the auction, Banksy had posted a video that showed how he secretly built a shredder into the large gilt frame surrounding the picture. The partial self-destruction of a Banksy painting at a Sotheby’s auction in London last week was the result of a misfire, the artist has claimed.
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