More on Dismaland

[John Bailey]

I know, but I guess I do see a lot of people claiming that he's this
really deep thinker whose art asks difficult questions. I get
similarly disappointed when people enthuse about Alain de Botton and
to an extent Ai Weiwei (who is a fascinating figure politically but
whose art I just don't get hot about). Warhol's work raised
challenging issues around consumption and art and post-industrialism
and authenticity and all this stuff that makes a lot of artists today
seem like cover bands. I don't begrudge them that I suppose and you
need the mass of more ordinary artists to form the fundament from
which real great stuff (and really funky shit) can emerge.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:37 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> No one ever accused Banksy of depth or nuance. He is a provocateur at best.
> Why disparage that? Overrated and overpriced art has been the norm ever
> since Warhol's Pop Revolution. Concept/editorialist art still rules the day,
> like it or not.
>
> David Morris
>
>
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ...which I thought was an online joke after that last email but is
>> apparently real.
>>
>> Dismaland: inside Banksy’s dystopian playground
>>
>> It's an art project initiated by Banksy with ~50 collaborators from
>> around the world.
>>
>> Unfortunately the video makes a fair bit of it look as nuanced and
>> sophisticated as an undergraduate comedy revue.
>>
>> FWIW I think Banksy's work is outrageously overrated too.
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