Skateoftheart

BANKSY (after) 'Graffiti is a Crime' (2019) Diptych Skateboard Deck Set

Name: BANKSY (after) 'Graffiti is a Crime' (2019) Diptych Skateboard Deck Set
Brand: Skateoftheart
SKU: 148373
Price: 750.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

BANKSY (after) 'Graffiti is a Crime' (2019) Diptych Skateboard Deck Set

$750.00 USD

Sale Sold out

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Quantity

'Graffiti is a Crime' by Banksy (after), 2019
Limited Edition Diptych Skateboard deck set collab. with Brandalised.
Based on Banksy's original street mural, Chinatown, NYC, 2013.
8.125 x 32.25 Inches each.
Screen print on (2x) 7-ply Canadian Maple hardwood skate deck.
Limited Edition of 100 (Sold Out).
Title and Brandalised logo on deck top.
Includes original Brandalised COA.
New and individually shrink wrapped with Sk8 of the Art COA.

*Note: Skate Deck wall hangers sold separately.

ABOUT THE ART

'Graffiti is a Crime' is one of the original stencil murals the elusive artist put up during his 31-day residency of NYC, 2013:

As swiftly as it appeared, the latest Banksy mural to adorn the streets of New York City has been white-washed.

The stencil showed up in the city yesterday, the beginning of what Banksy calls his attempt "to host an entire show on the streets of New York." The image, painted in Chinatown, featured a young, barefoot boy standing atop another figure's shoulders, reaching for a can of spray paint hidden inside a "Graffiti Is a Crime" sign.

Alas, the street art work was erased overnight, mysteriously painted white sometime this morning, reports The Low Down New York. The Banksy piece had already become a hot spot for local taggers, as a group called Smart Crew removed the original "Graffiti Is a Crime" sign last night and replaced it with a logo-ready substitute that read "Street Art Is a Crime." But the white washing officially removed the Banksy work from sight.

In case you're still curious about Banksy's artist residency in the Big Apple, titled "Better Out Than In," the cheeky graffitist has set up an 800 number fans can call "to enhance your enjoyment of the exhibits" to come. The number (1-800-656-4271#1 for the recently erased work) leads to an audio guide with prompts meant to be listened to next to his various murals.

The first audio clip seemed to perfectly foreshadow the Banksy erasure: "Before you, you will see a spray art by the artist [Banksy]. Or maybe not -- it’s probably been painted over by now."

For what it's worth, The Guardian's Jonathan Jones is probably quite amused by the Banksy antics occurring in NYC. "Myself, I wish Banksy would go and see Jackson Pollock's One at MoMA, look at it until he sees how dull and lifeless his own art is by comparison, and retire," he recently wrote.