UK artist Banksy had his 'Better Out Than In' art residency in New York in October 2013. During this month, he created street art works throughout Manhattan, Harlem, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. New Yorkers would wake each day to find a new Banksy created somewhere in the city. Unfortunately, many of Banksy's works were destroyed just hours after completion by local graffiti artists leaving their tag. In order to save the works, some property owners covered the artworks with plexiglass sheets, fitted a locked gate, or physically removed the works to preserve them.
'Hammer Boy' still exists on a wall at 79th and Broadway on the Upper West Side.
theverge.com
No comments:
Post a Comment