Going, Going, Gone!

[Flyn]

Moments after artist Banksy's latest painting sold for $1.4 million in a Sotheby's auction, a shredder hidden in the frame activated and shocked attendees watched the painting get shredded into strips. Banksy has a sense of humor.

The auction house is exploring their options since the painting was technically sold first and it may be worth more now that it is shredded.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/banksys-painting-self-destructs-moments-after-its-sold-for-1-4m

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[Thirdgen89GTA]

Next level artist trolling?


You just paid 1.4M for shredded paper, what are you going to buy next?! Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[Marko]

What kind of a sick fuck would hide a shredder in there ?

 

[Great White Drake]

What kind of a sick fuck would hide a shredder in there ?

The artist did it himself. He shares his art free of charge. It’s a fuck you to people profiting off him.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Hahahhahaa, as an artistic statement I've gotta give him credit. There's a lot of levels to think on there, such as permanence, what people will pay for something and is it sane, the absurdity of it possibly being higher in value etc.

 

[guspech750]

I find it comical.

 

[Spectragod]

Is there a shred of humanity for the buyer?

 

[Flyn]

IMO, the buyer should have done his due diligence and checked out the overly thick frame.

Still, I guess nobody expects an artist to build a shredder into his portrait.

Lawyers will make some money with this one.

 

[deviantlx]

how the fuck did he activate it?

 

[Blood on Blood]

Lmao

 

[Flyn]

Here's the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXKE0nAMmg4

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Here's the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXKE0nAMmg4

The guy in the lower left of the video thumbnail has the best face of them all.

I don't think he'll get sued. "Its Art"

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Those faces are epic!

 

[blakbearddelite]

$1.4M for that?!? I must not really understand art. I feel like some of those artists could shit on a canvas and someone would spend $1M to get it.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

$1.4M for that?!? I must not really understand art. I feel like some of those artists could shit on a canvas and someone would spend $1M to get it.

Whats funny is its value doubled after the shredding

And people wonder how money is laundered....its cause "art" has an infinite value...perfect for money laundering.

 

[Marko]

The artist did it himself. He shares his art free of charge. It’s a fuck you to people profiting off him.

Lol. What a fucking asshole

 

[radioguy6]

I got a paper shredder that needs to be emptied. I'll start the bidding at $1,400,001.

 

[boostedguy05]

looks like it stopped half way.

gimmie some tape, i can fix that.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I am genuinely curious how he pulled this off. It said this painting was a 2006 reproduction, so he let it go 12 years ago.

How did he have a power supply in there for 12 years? He must have had some sort of radio in there to be able to receive a signal to trigger...I just don't know how you could pull that off. Who else was in on this? Clearly someone at Sotheby's felt the weight was off compared to a normal framed painting.

Disclaimer: I'm nothing even close to an engineer.