Banksy is about to drop his first film Exit Through the Giftshop. The trailer showed up this morning, but in the event you haven’t come across it yet:
It will be premiered at at Sundance this weekend, with a UK release date of March 5.
He’s put in some work in Utah ahead of the film too.
Here you go - photos from Banksy vs The Bristol Museum show. The exhibition looks massive - somewhere near 100 pieces (paintings, statues, animatronics and installations), it was put up in under 48 hours, and none of the work is for sale. He bent the environment of the museum to his work, installing statues where classic sculptures would be, and animatronic animals where the museum had nature dioramas. Impressive work. All photos brought to us by NYC’s own Sabeth718.
slideshow will appear here!
Be sure to check out Sabeth718’s flickr page - Thanks Ray!
Promo video for the Banksy vs The Bristol Museum show, opening tomorrow, June 12, 2009. From what we’ve seen its a massive 100(?) installations. Running daily through the end of August, free admission, and none of the work is for sale.
Few quick notes:
Herakut has a show opening in NYC TOMORROW, May 21.
Boxed In at Factory Fresh (Brooklyn, NYC) is closing today.
Banksy’s next solo show will be in Bristol, opening June 13.
Quick Bits: Advice on how to start a magazine from Frank Serpico of Making Deals/Upset Magazine; Stussy does a feature on Dondi White (and tshirts); Skewville is on MTV Brazil (block 1); great new Blu piece at Icone (via); Evol (the German Evol that makes the cardboard buildings, not the Brazilian Evol) at Wilde Gallery (Berlin); The World According to Banksy on Time.com; The Character Studies show with Ewok 5MH, GMO$, Queen Andrea, Cycle and Siloette opens Friday, May 8 at McCaig Welles Gallery; Octo Pusses group show and Bast at New Image Art - photos on Arrested Motion; Boleta and Ninguem Dorme are at Matilha Cultural in São Paulo (opening today); and Robert Crumb on four new styles of Vans sneakers…
Banksy has two brand new pieces in London — here are photos from London street art photographer Romanywg’s flickr:
A second round of Banksy rats, again painted by Colassal Media, have appeared just as The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill opened its doors.
Will there be more to come?
Banksy’s quote on the billboards to Gothamist.com: ”I wanted to play the corporations at their own game, at the same scale and in the same locations. The advantage of billboard companies is that they’ll let you write anything for money, even if what you write is questioning the ethics of letting someone write anything because they have money.”
Photos of the pet store interior will be coming in a few days – we’re trying not to spoil the inside for the locals. Outside photos here.
