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Lushsux is an anonymous Australian street artist whose works have received international coverage. Based in Melbourne, he is best known for his large murals that draw on internet meme culture, as well as popular culture more broadly. He has been called "the prototypical post-Internet artist" [1] and "Australia's answer to Banksy". [2]
As with any mystery, there have been a fair number of theories about Banksy’s identity over the years. One of the most famous claims is that he is Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, living a ...
The anonymous street artist Banksy claimed the mural as his own in an Instagram post on Monday. People looking at Banksy artwork which has been defaced with white paint (Victoria Jones/PA)
Other sources suggest that more than four-in-ten (44%) internet users, aged 18 to 34, share memes regularly, seconding Mittal’s idea that memes play a significant role in the way young ...
[156] [157] Banksy has since released a video on how the shredder was installed into the frame and the shredding of the picture, explaining that he had surreptitiously fitted the painting with the shredder a few years previously, in case it ever went up for auction. To explain his rationale for destroying his own artwork, Banksy quoted Picasso ...
In 2018, a framed copy of the work was shredded after being sold at auction by way of a mechanical device Banksy had hidden inside the frame. Banksy confirmed that he was responsible for the shredding and gave the altered piece a new name, Love is in the Bin. Sotheby's said it was "the first work in history ever created during a live auction."
Image credits: history_memes_balll Another great thing that history can teach us is morals and values. When we look back on atrocities that happened in the past, we know that we never want to be a ...
Banksy began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world’s best-known artists. His paintings and installations sell for millions of dollars at ...