Banksy Graffiti Removed From Poundland Store, Now For Sale On US Auction Website For £250,000
This is the first time I remember hearing about a community being angered by graffiti removal.
But as I read the article – published in the Huffington Post UK – it became apparent that the term “graffiti” wasn’t being used the same way it’s typically used here in this country. While the article didn’t say so, this “graffiti” appears to have been put there by an artist. It also doesn’t say who put it there or why. It implies that the store in the building had it put there, even though they didn’t own the building.
What’s interesting is that everyone seems to believe the building owners had it removed and had no right to do so. An interesting point of view, and not one you would normally find here on this side of the pond.
If the “graffiti” hadn’t turned up in and auction site in Miami, I suspect the outrage would have been much less. Whoever removed it had it done all in one piece with the intention of selling it.
Whether it turns out the building owners had the graffiti removed or not, it’s interesting that the people in the community were outraged that someone had defaced their neighborhood – by removing graffiti. That’s a first!
Related pages and articles
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- Wash On Wheels Removes Graffiti From Water Tank For The Fourth Time This Winter
- Anger as ‘Poundland Banksy’ removed from north London and put up for auction in US for £450,000 (metro.co.uk)
- Banksy graffiti ripped off London wall, put on auction in U.S. (cbc.ca)
- Banksy mural taken from Wood Green Poundland appears for auction in US for £450,000 (standard.co.uk)
- Banksy mural appears at US auction (bbc.co.uk)
- Banksy mural torn off London Poundland store for Miami auction (guardian.co.uk)
- Missing Banksy mural turns up at US auction (itv.com)