niggles Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Thats a shame, not that I ever knew it was there before it was destroyed.Someone.. (maybe me!) should make an online list of iconic street art in Melbourne. Theres enough of it around!Hmmmmm...A piece of Banksy street art worth tens of thousands of dollars has been accidentally destroyed by a builder in Melbourne.Photo: Ruined: Banksy's parachuting rat. (ABC TV) The parachuting rat was painted by the British artist about 15 years ago on a wall in Prahran.Local residents say they were horrified to realise the stencil had recently been ruined when builders smashed a hole in the wall to make way for pipes for a new cafe."They have unconsciously taken a part of Melbourne, taken a part of history which is really important to do with street art, and just destroyed it without even thinking about it," local business owner Tina McKenzie said.She says she cannot believe they have sawn through the side of the building without consulting anyone on the street."They wouldn't even know that that's a $50,000 piece of art they've just sawed through, possibly even more," she said.But she says Bansky, who she has had contact with over the years, would probably just laugh it off."I've had contact with [banksy] over the years and he paints with a friend of mine in New York, but he would probably laugh that there's so much attention around something that he's just done as a part of his lifestyle every day," she said.Residents are urging the local council to set up a register of street art to prevent this happening again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chnt Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 poor little ratty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dionysus Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 bound to happen with street art. now, lets hope someone paints something new and nice in the area instead of the builders making way for some kids silly and unappealing scribble (to those who write, i am not saying all 'scribbles' are bad, just what is done by naive kids without a clue) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballzac Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 This is at least the second time this has happened in Melbourne. http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/council-cleanup-claims-banksy-artwork-20100427-tpgf.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applesnail Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Imagine what banksy thinking how much $jinka his parachute rat stencil is worth...he can stencil tag a million more...pretentiousartfags are wankers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomon Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) What a shame.Although I feel it must be said, Banksy took a lot of inspiration/style from Black le Rat. Still admire him though. Loved the film, especially when they show his collection of thousands of pounds of counterfeit cash.Wouldn't take much for someone to put a new rat stencil in it's place, I'm sure banksy pieces get covered up every other week. Edited May 17, 2012 by centipede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof woof woof Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 bull shit price tag! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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