Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Say Goodbye to Banksy
London’s Westminster City Council has ordered Banksy’s “One Nation Under CCTV” mural to be removed from the wall it has resided on since appearing last April. The vote was justified by Deputy Council Leader, Robert Davis, who said, “we are not saying the owners need to paint over this mural as we can see it has value in the right location, such as an art gallery…We simply want it removed from this wall and the owner is perfectly entitled to remove it and sell it if they wish.” He went on to add “I take the view that this is graffiti and if you condone this then what is the difference between this and all the other graffiti you see scrawled across the city?…If you condone this then you condone graffiti all over London.”
With any luck, the 23 foot high piece will get painted over, and not excavated and auctioned. Let’s hope Mr. Banksy takes care of it himself….
Source: The Independent / Images: Mail on Sunday
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