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The painting is an adaptation of Banksy's 2002 mural Girl with Balloon, rare as a unique work rather than a print. It was given by Banksy to a friend shortly after the "Barely Legal" exhibition in 2006. [5] Banksy has said he prepared the self-destruct mechanism at this time in case the work was ever put up for auction. [6]
Immediately after the auction ended, a mechanism hidden in the frame was triggered by remote control and partially shredded the piece. [68] Banksy later explained that he had built the shredder into the painting several years before it went up for auction, [69] and named the new artwork created by the shredding Love is in the Bin.
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."
Back then, Banksy still existed mostly in the world of street art and tabloid speculation about his identity. His work peppered the walls of east London and he showed at the gaudy Lazarides ...
The gallery version of Banksy's Girl With Balloon suddenly shredded itself after selling for £1 million at Sotheby's.
The partially shredded work has been given a new title, Love is in the Bin, and it was authenticated by Banksy's authentication body, Pest Control Office Ltd. Sotheby's released a statement that said "Banksy didn't destroy an artwork in the auction, he created one", and called it "the first artwork in history to have been created live during an ...
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On the night of 22 June 2009, 10 days into the Banksy Versus Bristol exhibition at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery just up the road, the mural was defaced by seven [5] blue paintballs fired at the mural with a paintball gun. [13] [14] The perpetrator was never identified, although one suspect was King Robbo, due to his rivalry with Banksy ...