Art world’s l’enfant terrible is making headline once again. Always a provocateur, Banksy unveiled his new sculpture, Cardinal Sin, at Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England. A tile mosaic strategically placed on a replica bust of a cardinal, its a visual protest on the disturbing child abuse scandals that have swept through the Catholic Church in recent years, much like portrayal of criminals on the TV news. In a sardonic statement, Banksy added “I’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one.”. Never the one to mince words, the artist stated during a brief interview with the BBC that “…the statue? I guess you could call it a Christmas present. At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.”
http://www.freshnessmag.com/2011/12/16/ ... sin-video/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ozZDL3f5Y
Cardinal Sin 11 Banksy
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^ this
trarex wrote:I find this very disturbing.
The only adult in that video is a black guy hanging out with the whitest 12 year olds on the planet.
Says the guy with an MBW ISO thread.charter wrote:If all he did was buy a bust and glue tiles to it then yes it is clever and funny but brilliant and worth thousands? No. If he sculpted that bust himself then hats off to him. If he went to Home Depot or whatever they have in England and bought 25 tiles and spent all of $10 then well
RupertPupkin wrote:I live by this rule and this rule alone: people are drymounting idiots.
What a timely response to a current news topic...
I would have liked this more if the tiles weren't do flat and followed the form of the bust.
Hey...screenprinting is harder than gluing...even if interns do it.Codeblue wrote:Says the guy with an MBW ISO thread.charter wrote:If all he did was buy a bust and glue tiles to it then yes it is clever and funny but brilliant and worth thousands? No. If he sculpted that bust himself then hats off to him. If he went to Home Depot or whatever they have in England and bought 25 tiles and spent all of $10 then well
