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and that's the art.



Well, also...he's messing with the people who value his stuff at ridiculous prices, but can't pick it out of a lineup.

This is great not because it was anonymous (that was just a requirement -- if it weren't, he'd have been swamped by idiots), but because it illustrates the fundamental absurdity of the art "scene". It's a nice bit of mockery.


If you listen to his audio commentaries (most of his pieces in http://www.banksyny.com/ have a commentary on the page), he pokes fun at himself and at pretentious commentaries that often accompany art pieces.





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