Video footage showed two men taking the painting away shortly after the sale, bits of the image hanging down from the bottom of the frame in strips. Moments after the hammer is struck confirming the successful bid the work half shreds itself, leaving the London auction house stunned. The video then shows the frenetic bidding activity as the famous work smashes the guide price and bids keep increasing. He says that a few years ago he secretly built a shredder into a painting, using a large frame "in case it was ever put up for auction". However, Banksy now revealed that the painting should. Share this video: Banksy's 'Love is in the Bin. It was this friend who put it up for auction.) The video showed images of the shredder being implanted into the picture frame. On a video posted online Bansky has revealed the secret behind the "trick" – which some art experts say may have doubled the value of the work. Everyone turned around, and the picture had slipped through its frame. A half-shredded Banksy picture now called 'Love is in the Bin', sells at auction in London for a record 16 million pounds, nearly 22 million dollars. by the artist at the auctioneer Sothebys in London, his portrait of Lenin. The auctioneer can be seen on the phone to the winning bidder as the painting is destroyed in front of his eyes. Banksy has posted a new video to his website implying the partial shredding of his Girl With Balloon at a London auction was supposed to have been complete. Banksys world-renowned shredded painting, Love is in the Bin, has fetched. The auction house was forced to admit it was "Banksy"ed” after the piece by the mysterious artist self destructed. Sotheby's in London, which bought the painting in 2006, had no idea, and have just sold the signed painting for £860,000 – with a buyer's premium brought the price up to £1.04million. See also: Banksy Video Shows How He Rigged Frame With Hidden Shredder The work was purchased by a European art collector. His mischievous and often satirical images include two policemen kissing, armed riot police with yellow smiley faces and a chimpanzee with a sign bearing the words, “Laugh now, but one day I’ll be in charge.”īanksy’s “Girl With Balloon” was originally stenciled on a wall in east London and has been endlessly reproduced, becoming one of his best-known images.The Bristol-based street artist – whose identity is unknown – managed to insert a shredder into the frame of his famous ark work Girl With Balloon. The video displays a message that in rehearsals it worked every time. He began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.
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The auction and partial shredding are shown, as is the work being taken off the wall at Sotheby’s and carried out of the room.īanksy has never disclosed his full identity. People milling about sipping champagne and nibbling hors d’oeuvres are next up, including some standing in front of the painting.
Banksy posted a photo of his creation to Instagram in mid-shred. Almost two weeks after Banksy shared a short video via Instagram confirming that he was behind the shredding of his. The nearly three-minute long video is titled “Shred the Love, the Director’s cut.” It shows hands and a hooded figure (Banksy is fond of hoodies) constructing the mechanism in a studio space, then it rolls on to the outside of Sotheby’s before the auction. The Banksy painting of 'Girl with Balloon' sold for 1.4 million just before it was destroyed by a shredder hidden in the frame. Banksy took ownership of the stunt soon after and released a viral video revealing that the work was supposed to shred entirely, but the mechanism malfunctioned during the sale. Recently he delivered perhaps his most famous artwork, protesting against the commodification of art by very publicly having his own work shredded at auction. Banksy Video Shows ‘Girl With Balloon’ Shred Stunt Did Not go to Plan. The end of the new video notes: “In rehearsals it worked every time…” A complete shredding of the same design is then shown. The canvas was shredded to right above the girl’s head, leaving the balloon intact. The partial shredding drew speculation that the act was a stunt to increase the value of the painting of a young girl reaching for a heart-shaped red balloon.
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