Banksy`s Girl With Balloon Graffiti Paper Model

[mauther]

I believe everyone read, saw or heard about this Banksy graffiti/painting, "Girl With Balloon", which was semi-destroyed in loco after being auctioned for a record price. This is a very simple paper model version of Girl With Balloon. I hope it will be useful for school works or just to decorate your home. Have fun!


Original mural on Waterloo Bridge in South Bank in 2004


Balloon Girl (or Girl with Balloon) is a 2002 mural by graffiti artist Banksy depicting a young girl letting go of a red heart-shaped balloon. Banksy has used a variant of this image in his 2014 campaign supporting Syrian refugees. Another variant Banksy created for the 2017 United Kingdom general election generated controversy after he offered free prints for some anti-Conservative voters, and he soon retracted the offer. A 2017 poll ranked Balloon Girl as the United Kingdom's number one favourite artwork. In March 2014, the third anniversary of the Syria conflict, Banksy reworked the painting to depict a Syrian refugee and added the hashtag #WithSyria.


Shredding at auction - On 5 October 2018, a 2006 framed copy of the artwork was auctioned at Sotheby's selling for £1,042,000 – a record high for the artist. Moments after the closing bid, the artwork began to self-destruct by means of a hidden mechanical paper shredder that Banksy had built into the frame bottom. Only the lower half shredded. Banksy released an image of the shredding on Instagram with the words "Going, going gone...". Sotheby's said "We have not experienced this situation in the past where a painting spontaneously shredded", leading some market watchers to speculate the remains of the painting will be worth even more. Banksy released a video (below) of the shredding and how the shredder was installed into the frame in case the picture ever went up for auction. The women who won the bidding at the auction decided to go through with the purchase. The partially shredded work has been given a new title, Love Is in the Bin, and was authenticated by Banksy's authentication body Pest Control. Sotheby's released a statement that called it "the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction."




Link: Banksy`s Girl With Balloon Graffiti Paper Model - by Papermau

[at6]

Hey Mauther my old friend. Thank you for this one. It's good to see in the forums again.

[Mike Stamper]

I heard a story about another picture by Banksy, although I've not confirmed it.
It seems that the owner of a similar picture decided to shred his version in the belief that it would - like the above picture - enhance it's value.

Unfortunately it's now worth £1.

[Don Boose]

Clever concept for a paper model, Mauther!

Don

[maurice]

Thanks Mauther.
Just glad you didn't include the 35 or so No 11 blades, the steel bar, the 2 motors, the 2 batteries plus electronics in your paper model.
Sothebys must have known something was up simply from the weight and size of the item - and possibly complicit.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...ank-plan-video