The street artist has sold twenty paintings near Central Park for $60 ... Banksy in residence at New York with a project called Better Out Than In ("Better out than in." but also "Rather corny as connected") beyond imagination. The street artist whose works can reach auction hundreds of thousands of dollars, has set up a booth on Saturday near Central Park, to sell twenty paintings "authentic and signed" for ... $60.
And for $420 more
But English artist who cultivates his unpredictability, was careful to prevent amateurs. No question of breaking the mystery of his identity, Banksy has remained invisible. His paintings, all in black and white, were sold on Saturday by an old man sitting on a folding chair. Arriving late morning, it does not sell anything for hours. At 15:30, a woman finally bought him two small canvases for his children by negotiating a 50% discount. Half an hour later, a young woman from New Zealand acquires two. The old man kissed her. Then around 17:30, it is a young Chicago looking to decorate her new home, and "just need something for the walls." He buys four, apparently ignoring the value of what he has to carry. At 18 hours, the old man packed up most of the paintings that have not been sold. And the recipe of the day amounted to only 420 dollars.
A single sale "It was a single sale. The stand will not be here today, "said Banksy Sunday on its website announcing the sale went through a video. According to some experts, the paintings sold have a value of tens of thousands of dollars. In an email interview to newspaper New York Village Voice, Banksy, whose works combine humor and politics, recently explained his state of mind: "I know that the" street art "may increasingly seem like the marketing part a career as an artist, so I wanted to make art without price. There are currently no gallery or movie, or book. It is useless. And I hope that means something."
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