Art News: Banksy Christmas
Santa's Ghetto is a "squat art concept store" which began five years ago and opens in a different location each holiday season. It features 20 underground artists under the wing of pop art graffiti prankster Banksy. The keyword at this exhibition is "affordable", however, that does not apply to Banksy himself, whose work is surging in popularity. Banksy exhibited four works at Santa's Ghetto which were reportedly purchased within ten minutes of the show's opening. One of the works, which features Michael Jackson luring an unsuspecting Hansel and Gretel to his gingerbread house with a candy cane, reportedly went for £100,000.
Other works on display include "Downing Street" by Peter Kennard which features Tony Blair snapping photos of a Mideast explosion on his cameraphone.
The Daily Mail has a few more details on what's in store: "Other artworks include two portraits of Mona Lisa by Nick Walker, in which Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic subject is mocked up as Marge Simpson. Also up for sale is a picture of Saddam Hussein in an American military uniform."
Banksy quipped of the show: "I felt the spirit of Christmas was being lost - it was being increasingly uncommercialised and more and more to do with religion. So we decided to open our own shop and sell pointless stuff you didn't need."
This year's exhibition is on Oxford Street adjacent to the Tottenham Court Tube station until Christmas.
Source: Towleroad
Link: Daily Mail
Santa's Ghetto is a "squat art concept store" which began five years ago and opens in a different location each holiday season. It features 20 underground artists under the wing of pop art graffiti prankster Banksy. The keyword at this exhibition is "affordable", however, that does not apply to Banksy himself, whose work is surging in popularity. Banksy exhibited four works at Santa's Ghetto which were reportedly purchased within ten minutes of the show's opening. One of the works, which features Michael Jackson luring an unsuspecting Hansel and Gretel to his gingerbread house with a candy cane, reportedly went for £100,000.
Other works on display include "Downing Street" by Peter Kennard which features Tony Blair snapping photos of a Mideast explosion on his cameraphone.
The Daily Mail has a few more details on what's in store: "Other artworks include two portraits of Mona Lisa by Nick Walker, in which Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic subject is mocked up as Marge Simpson. Also up for sale is a picture of Saddam Hussein in an American military uniform."
Banksy quipped of the show: "I felt the spirit of Christmas was being lost - it was being increasingly uncommercialised and more and more to do with religion. So we decided to open our own shop and sell pointless stuff you didn't need."
This year's exhibition is on Oxford Street adjacent to the Tottenham Court Tube station until Christmas.
Source: Towleroad
Link: Daily Mail
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