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Banksy marked the 13th day of his Better Out Than In residency in New York by setting up an unannounced stall in Central Park staffed by a disinterested old gent apparently selling $60 Banksy knockoffs that were actually original signed canvasses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In the course of seven hours, just three people bought a total of seven canvasses with no idea they were real. One walked off with four pieces to decorate his new house, unwittingly landing the bargain of the decade..

The point having been made, the trolltastic stunt will not be repeated.

Previously: Meanwhile In New York

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daleast-amateur-promisemelbourneaustralia2012 daleastlondondare-wall1londonuk2013 daleast-vienna-austria2013r daleast-vienna-austria2013a daleast-osteoplasty.cmiami-usa2012m daleast-discount-evolutionrochester-ny-usa.2012.7.c daleast-counterattack-company-1johannesburg-south-africa2012Incredible 3D animals rendered as if by metal shards by South Africa-based Chinese street artist DALeast, who travels the world applying them (illegally) to public spaces with one eye peeled for the local rozzers. Sez he:

Life always give one troubles but my work gives me a lot of opportunity to face these troubles. Any situation can arise when you work in the public space. I hope I am creating illusions through my paintings that can be a switch for people’s minds. I like to express life-emotions and the environment, and use different artistic forms to speak. I prefer people staring at my work without saying any words – it means they are taking it in.

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As part of their ongoing ‘painted aeroplane’ project, UK art collective Hang Fire enlisted street artists ‘Sat One’ and ‘Roids’ to paint the rolling aluminium acreage of an out-of-service Boing 737.

Prior to this, artist ’45RPM’ was let loose on a Lockheed Jetstar.

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nunscanvazcanvaz2A wraparound work in progress on a derelict house on Killiney Hill, Co Dublin.

Street artist CANVAZ pays homage to Irish artist William John Leech’s painting (top) of a novice nun in ‘A Convent Garden, Brittany’ (1913).

Of the novice CANVAZ sez:

She is hypnotised by nature & caring for little else in the world. It’s great being a nun. Always has been…

A Convent Garden, Brittany (NationalGallery.ie)

canvaz eoin visualwasteIn Southville, Bristol, at the weekend.

Upfest, the biggest urban arts festival in the world, featured three Irish street artists.

From top: Canvaz, Eoin and General Waste.

Canvaz was nominated for a UK Urban Artist of the Year award and finished 3rd overall.

Fair spray though, in Fairness.

Upfest

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tiv1tiv3tiv2tiv4tiv6tiv7The sixth All-City Graffiti Jam, sponsored by All-City records in the car park next to the Tivoli Theatre, Francis Street, Dublin, this afternoon.

John Gallen writes:

It’s early days on the graffiti. As for the kids? Not a helmet in sight! A free for all is where you’d get it…

 

 

Pics: John Gallen