Items being sold in the shop include welcome mats made from life vests salvaged from the shores of the Mediterranean, which have been hand-stitched by women in detainment camps in Greece.
There are also disco balls made from police riot helmets and a toddler's counting toy where children are encouraged to load wooden migrant figures inside a haulage truck.
I wish banks had available pinters, that would help me with my overdraft. Thanks for sharing. Then, again, they might not spell, but hopefully they can count?
SeriousLee wrote:
If a bank can't spell, what's it doing with your money?
thanks for the link, they certainly may me chuckle, there are some really fabulous ones there, the kids reaching for the grafitti can, the bandaged heart, simple but effective
I totally understand that they may not like it, but, shock, horror, what part of "graffiti artist" in his description did everyone miss. I have to say in Bristol where I often work they treasure walls he has "defaced" but again, that's their perspective on it, which may differ from New York's. Fo me I think Banksy adds colour to a sometimes bland world.
Indeed. It's certainly one of the more interesting forms of "graffiti".
The NYPD PR person appears to have wised up/spun it a bit (maybe they can't quite afford being painted as even as even bigger f tools after the stop & frisk brouhaha, as well as it actually being good PR for the city):
Banksy may be the hero Gotham deserves, but he's not the one it needs right now, or something, according to the NYPD, which is making his arrest a top priority. The department's legendary Vandal Squad, which aggressively pursues graffiti artists, is reportedly on the hunt for Banksy. "They want to question him in connection with the vandalism,” one law-enforcement source tells the Post. "If they catch him, he will be charged with vandalism."
At a press conference yesterday, Bloomberg signaled that Banksy is, and should be, in the NYPD's crosshairs. "Graffiti does ruin people's property and it's a sign of decay and loss of control," the mayor said. "Art is art, and nobody’s a bigger supporter of the arts than I am. I just think there are some places for art and there are some places {not for} art. And you running up to somebody’s property or public property and defacing it is not my definition of art. Or it may be art, but it should not be permitted. And I think that’s exactly what the law says." (...)
I totally understand that they may not like it, but, shock, horror, what part of "graffiti artist" in his description did everyone miss. I have to say in Bristol where I often work they treasure walls he has "defaced" but again, that's their perspective on it, which may differ from New York's. Fo me I think Banksy adds colour to a sometimes bland world.
Banksy may be the hero Gotham deserves, but he's not the one it needs right now, or something, according to the NYPD, which is making his arrest a top priority. The department's legendary Vandal Squad, which aggressively pursues graffiti artists, is reportedly on the hunt for Banksy. "They want to question him in connection with the vandalism,” one law-enforcement source tells the Post. "If they catch him, he will be charged with vandalism."
At a press conference yesterday, Bloomberg signaled that Banksy is, and should be, in the NYPD's crosshairs. "Graffiti does ruin people's property and it's a sign of decay and loss of control," the mayor said. "Art is art, and nobody’s a bigger supporter of the arts than I am. I just think there are some places for art and there are some places {not for} art. And you running up to somebody’s property or public property and defacing it is not my definition of art. Or it may be art, but it should not be permitted. And I think that’s exactly what the law says." (...)
I wish banks had available pinters, that would help me with my overdraft. Thanks for sharing. Then, again, they might not spell, but hopefully they can count? 
