The work was pulled down through a shredding mechanism at the. A hidden shredder inside the painting’s frame went off shortly after the work was sold at Sotheby’s in London on Oct. “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge,” Banksy pronounced on his Instagram account, where he posted a video about how he had prepared the shredder hidden in the frame. Art fans at an auction house in the United Kingdom were left stunned after a Banksy painting self-destructed immediately after it was sold for 1.4 million. At least one prominent critic has hailed it as a “masterpiece of radical performance.” (A photo posted on the private Instagram account of Caroline Lang, the chairwoman of Sotheby’s Switzerland, showed a man in the salesroom operating an electronic device hidden inside a bag.)ĭealers have speculated that this Banksy painting became more valuable after the artist’s intervention created a memorable moment. 11M subscribers Art connoisseurs could only watch in horror as an expensive piece was shredded before their eyes. Banksy also said Sotheby’s was not in on the stunt. Banksy refuted these rumors, showing previous successful shredding attempts. A new Director’s Cut of the artist’s initial video depicting that now-infamous moment Girl with Balloon met the shredder, however, shows that not everything went according to plan: while the. Banksys Shredded Art refers to parodies of a prank pulled by prolific street artist Banksy in which he rigged one of his pieces, Girl With Balloon. At the auction, the shredding stopped just above the girl’s head, leaving the balloon in tact. The shredding stopped about halfway down the canvas. The video appears to debunk speculation that the act was a stunt to increase the painting’s value. 5, the painting, hanging on the wall next to auction house staff members, began to shred itself, to the surprise of onlookers. After the winning bid was declared for “Girl With Balloon” at Sotheby’s on Oct. When a Banksy painting 'self-destructed' after selling at auction for 1.04 million (1.4 million) last week, it looked like the perfect stunt - one that caught.
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