some sort of Banksy retrospective
The raffle was announced by Banksy on Instagram: Guess the weight of the boat, and you can win it. Details at http://www.choose.love
It’s one of three refugee boats from an installation at the pop-up exhibition Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare, September 2015:
Photos: R.A.
A new section was introduced today on banksy.co.uk, Banksy’s official website. It is labelled a “theme park”. It has some nice pictures of Dismaland from the book “Are we there yet?”, a photojournalistic document on Dismaland and its aftermath by photographer Barry Cawston.
Dismaland was a temporary art project organised and financed by Banksy, constructed in the seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. Prepared in secret, the pop-up exhibition at the Tropicana, a disused lido, was “a sinister twist on Disneyland” that opened during the weekend of 21 August 2015 and closed permanently on 27 September 2015, 36 days later. Banksy described it as a “family theme park unsuitable for children.” 4,000 tickets were available for purchase per day, priced at £3 each.
The show featured 58 artists of the 60 Banksy initially invited to participate. The list included Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Jimmy Cauty, Tracy Emin, Jeff Gillette, David Shrigley, Paco Pomet, Escif, Peter Kennard and many more.
Banksy created approx. 15 new works for Dismaland:
Some of Banksy’s pieces at Dismaland. Photos: R.A.
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