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Grainne ( Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M to World News@quokk.au · 7 months ago

Identity of artist Banksy uncovered following investigation

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Identity of artist Banksy uncovered following investigation

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Grainne ( Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M to World News@quokk.au · 7 months ago
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Identity of artist Banksy uncovered following probe
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A graffiti artist from Bristol in the UK has been identified as renowned street artist Banksy, an in-depth investigation by the news agency Reuters has found.
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  • shrek_is_love ( shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml ) 
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    I’m Banksy

  • fizzle ( fizzle@quokk.au ) 
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    What is the point of naming him? Seems like a dick move.

    • unexposedhazard ( unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      I thought it was the cops, but its fucking reuters. What is wrong with them?

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    The identity behind the mask is irrelevant. The mystery was never the point it is just part of the art.

    Banksy might be whoever they’ve uncovered now but like the Dread Pirate Roberts it can be someone else tomorrow.

    • caurvo ( caurvo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      Nous sommes tous Banksy.

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    This is the dick move that makes a reporter feel like they’ve achieved something smart. How is this in the public interest other than to gain clicks and ego points.

  • Phoenixz ( phoenixz@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Some critics believe Banksy’s anonymity is as important to his work as stencils and paint.

    Yet here you are trying to de-anonimize him…

  • PixelatedCleric ( PixelatedCleric@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Crap, y’all found me.

  • Jo Miran ( JoMiran@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Wait…how the fuck did they find me?

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    “I don’t want to be the guy who exposes Banksy,” he said.

    And yet…

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    If it were me I’d take a secret like that to David Jones’s Locker

  • Tomtits ( blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    What about Wanksy

    https://themanc.com/art-and-culture/manchester-graffiti-artist-wanksy-penis-drawings-potholes/

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    Who cares, he ripped off Blek Le Rat and covered the oldest King Robbo piece in London (RIP King Robbo.) Fuck Banksy for that shit, he’s not even a writer, get some damn handstyles.

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    A graffiti artist in Bristol

    You mean it wasn’t a watercolouring accountant from Iowa? No fucking shit.

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