{"id":22567,"date":"2014-08-14T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=22567"},"modified":"2014-09-01T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T13:30:27","slug":"is-banksy-overrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/is-banksy-overrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Banksy Overrated? Some Street Artists Seem to Think So"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every time when someone mentions even the slightest interest in street art, you can bet that the name of Banksy will also be mentioned within the next two minutes or so. Most of these times, it will be the first name that comes up from the world of street artists, especially with people who admire the field from a distance and aren\u2019t really all that immersed into it. But while it\u2019s easier to remember particular works than names \u2013 especially if you\u2019ve seen the works firsthand or if they feature a topic or a reference you like \u2013 it\u2019s still easy to remember the name of Banksy.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know exactly what makes it so. Perhaps it\u2019s his fame in the first place, perhaps it\u2019s the elusive air of a concealed identity that contributed to the myth building and now he\u2019s such a myth in the scene that we don\u2019t really care or remember how it was before the Banksy craze even started. (For those of you which might be appalled of the go-to assumption of gender, please take note that there have been a few seemingly legit interviews<\/a> with the artist and while he still withheld any identification details, he confirmed to be a man.) The concealed identity and the somewhat subversive message of his art \u2013 even more subversive than street art is in itself \u2013 definitely contributed to the image of a modern day Robin Hood patrolling the cities and symbolically sticking it to the man. Perhaps that is the main reason for which Banksy has become such a huge favorite. But could it be that his days of glory have passed? Is Banksy overrated? Let\u2019s see what recent street art trends seem to indicate.<\/p>\n

One of the nicest recent moves related to street art, which we also covered here, is transforming street art works into GIFs<\/a>. This way, the merger of street art with the other relevant field of today, which is digital culture and digital art, can be complete. Our post about it also featured an awesome Tumblr account which focuses only on Banksy\u2019s works and transforms them into ingenious and creative GIFs, almost like breathing new life into them. Therefore, we can assume that the artist is definitely still relevant at least to one insider of the street art culture, if we only count the maker of the GIFs and not his many fans as well.<\/p>\n

But in spite of this rather distinguishable exception, the general impression is still that most people who are in the know about street art consider Banksy overrated and a bit pass\u00e9. He seems to remain a cult hero or a name to drop for extra points only for those of us who are really completely outside about street art in general and have only recently come to terms with the fact that graffiti is not vandalism. As for the street artists themselves who are the most likely to predict trends and reflect the general feeling in the field, the number of those who consider Banksy overrated seems to be on the rise.<\/p>\n

Little mischief acts like this one<\/a> are becoming more and more frequent, in spite of the fact that his works are now protected by the law. In the eyes of many street art enthusiasts, perhaps that is just one more detail that makes Banksy overrated and no longer relevant, since the main purpose of street art should be, theoretically, to defy the space it will adorn. When the art itself becomes protected by law and its altering constitutes an instance of vandalism, it kind of lost its mojo, wouldn\u2019t you say?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every time when someone mentions even the slightest interest in street art, you can bet that the name of Banksy will also be mentioned within the next two minutes or so. Most of these times, it will be the first name that comes up from the world of street artists, especially with people who admire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[16,6,15,1],"tags":[4338,8530],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"\nIs Banksy Overrated? Some Street Artists Seem to Think So 2023 | This Blog Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new trends and artists in street art seem to consider Banksy overrated. 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