May 2, 2008
Bansky Gets Buffed, Life Cycle Complete
Photo by Supertouch.
To the disappointment of all the would-be street art entrepreneurs with dollar-signs in their eyes, a Banksy stencil on East 12th Street and Avenue A was painted over recently. At a time when some stencils and paintings by Banksy are being protected and auctioned off (building included), Supertouch gleefully photographs someone painting over the Little Bo Peep stencil that went up last November. If it makes you feel better, the piece was already covered by a concrete repair job on top of the wall. That means the buff job was more of a prep service for the next artist or vandal to come along, in this case, whoever spray painted a neighborly reminder that “You are under surveillance.”
May 5th, 2008 at 9:06 am
next to the “surveillance” reminder, someone spray painted in big red letters “UGLY. WTF?” and an arrow pointing to the sea-horse tiled facade of the new french bistro on ave a — the reason for the paint and concrete job.