Cleaners Paint Over Priceless Art

The Melbourne city council learned the hard way that one man's art is another man's crap on a wall that needs to be painted over. The council hired a cleanup crew to get rid of graffiti on Hosier Lane, a street renowned for its street art. While there, the crew got rid of the graffiti, as well as a piece by Banksy, who is regarded as one of the world's greatest street artists. From the article: "The reclusive Banksy ... painted several stencils in Melbourne during a 2003 visit. His satirical and distinctive art is often directed at anti-war, cultural, and anti-capitalist themes. Banksy in 2005 painted nine images on Israel's West Bank barrier, including a ladder going over the wall and an image of children breaking through to a tropical island. In 2008, a London wall bearing one of his stencils was said to have sold on eBay for almost $500,000."

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[UnifiedTechs]

Here is the missing links:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2010/04/28/melbourne-banksy-street-art.html

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Re:The painter did his job.

[Profane MuthaFucka]

And if I dump one of my Picassos on your lawn, it's trash.

It's grafitti painted by a guy who could have fucked any number of hot babes in expensive cities around the world, because of his skills with a hardware store spray paint can.

Doesn't matter what you call it! Banksy can get laid like nobody's business.