Seven Years with Banksy (14 page)
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Authors: Robert Clarke
A not-yet-acted-upon ‘Designated Graffiti Area’. Official-looking emblem from a fag packet. Note – ‘Please take your litter home.’
Mona Lisa carrying a bazooka first seen by me in the middle of a riot.
Rodin’s
The Thinker
becomes Banksy’s
The Drinker
, commissioned and plonked down at his own expense in a London square.
Banksy’s monkeys – a recurring motif.
West Country = Cider.
Typical dark humour.
My Harley shipped back from New York.
Another left-field idea becomes a reality.
Playing with iconic images of New York.
Classic take on
Pulp Fiction
in Shoreditch, London.
Paradise Quarry, Somerset.
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advertising,
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artworks, Banksy’s
at Barton Hill studio,
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for Blur release,
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Boadicea statue wheel clamped,
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‘Bombing Middle England’,
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in Bristol,
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at the Carlton Hotel, New York,
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cars at a Somerset quarry,
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for DJ Shadow release,
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grim reaper on
The Thekla
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‘Liberty’ as prostitute,
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in London,
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‘Mona Lisa wielding a Bazooka’,
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monkey riding a bomb,
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at organised graffiti event,
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painting farm animals ‘Wild Style’,
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plans for London Zoo,
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‘public graffiti areas’,
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‘Queen Victoria’ in suspenders,
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rioter throwing flowers,
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sales,
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stenciling,
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‘The Thinker’ with bollard,
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Welsh Back warehouse, Bristol,
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Ashton Court Festival,
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Banksy,
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at Ashton Court Festival,
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at author’s stag party,
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character and bearing,
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and Damien Hirst,
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encounters with police,
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at Glastonbury Festival,
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in London,
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and London Zoo,
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a long night out in Somerset,
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at organised graffiti event,
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and ram raid,
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in Red Hook, New York,
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and stenciling,
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visits art exhibitions in New York,
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see also
artworks, Banksy’s
Blur,
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Boadicea statue wheel clamped,
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‘Bombing Middle England’,
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bands,
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graffiti,
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historical background,
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organised graffiti art event in,
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Welsh Back warehouse,
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Bristol City Museum,
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Carlton Hotel, New York,
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Chiapas,
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Clarke, Robert (author)
anarchy and politics,
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and attempted mugging,
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and Banksy at Ashton Court Festival,
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as Banksy’s lookout,
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as a cycle courier in New York,
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first meets Banksy,
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girlfriend, Johanna,
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and Glastonbury Festival,
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and Harley Davidson,
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a long night out with Banksy,
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on millennium eve,
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purchases work from Banksy,
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and stag party in Camden,
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Carlton Hotel, New York; London
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E
exhibitions
of anarchist propaganda,
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Banksy at Bristol City Museum,
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Banksy at the ‘Severnshed’,
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Damien Hirst in NYC,
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graffiti art in NYC,
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fame, rejection of,
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Glastonbury Festival,
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graffiti
by 3D,
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by Banksy at the Carlton Hotel,
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Banksy bombs a Somerset village,
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by Banksy in London,
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Banksy’s tag,
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in Bristol,
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exhibition in NYC,
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at Glastonbury Festival,
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and the law,
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organised event in Bristol,
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‘public areas’,
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stenciling,
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see also
artworks, Banksy’s
Greenleaf bookshop,
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Hirst, Damien,
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installations, Banksy’s,
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International Brigades, Anarchist,
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Jesse (author’s friend),
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Johanna (author’s girlfriend),
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Koch, Mayor,
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law enforcement, graffiti and,
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‘Liberty’ in suspenders,
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London,
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London Zoo,
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Mark Stewart and the Maffia,
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Millennium Dome,
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millennium eve,
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Mobb Deep,
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‘Mona Lisa Wielding a Bazooka’,
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monkey riding a bomb,
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Moonflowers,
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music and bands,
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‘Paradise Quarry,’ Holcomb,
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propaganda artwork exhibition, New York,
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‘public graffiti areas’,
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quarries in Somerset,
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‘Queen Victoria’ in stockings,
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ram raiding,
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rap,
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record / music release covers,
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Red Hook, New York,
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sales of Banksy’s art,
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Severnshed exhibition,
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Slam Poetry,
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Spanish Civil War,
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stag party (author’s),
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stenciling,
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subways, New York,
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Telecom Tower, London,
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‘The Thinker’ with bollard,
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Thekla, The,
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3D,
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Tyler, Mike,
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Welsh Back warehouse, Bristol,
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‘Wild Style’ animals,
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