Money for Nothing?

[kinetic]

A picture of pensioners bowling with bombs by graffiti artist Banksy has sold in London for ?102,000, breaking a record for his work.

Bombing Middle England, which is made from acrylic and spray-paint on canvas, reached double its highest estimated price of ?50,000 at Sotheby's.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6340109.stm

?102,000 for stenciled pictures? And I thought footballers were overpaid!

[Gentleman]

hmmm good old gets paid load of money in the name of "art" so howabout those 2 twats who got run over by that train as they were just going about bringing joy into others lives by sharing their "art" surely their relatives should get a dirty big payout as well, i mean you cant beat that for suffering for your art.

[MegaTon]

......and the chicks are free?

[The Last Word]

Money for trite, overrated twaddle to be precise. He is very fashionable mind.

I know I've sometimes defended modern artists and the like on this forum, but even I think Banksy is a shocking fraud.

[eroticartist]

The only thing that could not possible be art is porn!
Mike Freeman.

[Jacques]

Totally disagree Mike.

It's difficult to define 'porn' and 'art' - both are subjective terms.

Trevor Watson for example or Robet Maplethorpe, are either artistic or ponorgaphic depending on who you talk to.

[Jacques]

And another shocking fraud is Julian Opie.