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durbikins:

Okay Banks did something fucking hilarious for once

i was wondering if people would pause in their intense banksy hating to laugh at this

it pleases me that the answer is yes

….wait….what did Banksy do to be hated…?

Perhaps the chagrin with Banksy’s fame is less to do with a diminishing
street credibility, and more to do with the dissonance between his
subject matter and his commercial success (i.e. parodies of Ronald
McDonald selling for thousands of dollars).

https://hyperallergic.com/99929/the-vilification-of-banksys-success/

this article does a good job of discussing why some people hate banksy. i don’t think i hate banksy myself, but his work generally feels a bit stale to me now and he reiterates the same point a lot. I think part of why people are enjoying this story is because it seems so fresh compared to the stuff he’s been doing for the last few years, and actually communicates some of the subversion and disgust that’s hard to read in a Ronald McDonald painting mocking capitalism that’s going to sell for thousands.