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# why are you so against it?
Is it cool to not like him now?
(I helped save b3ta! hexachordal la la la la la, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:44, archived)
# What? I don't form opinions based on whether or not they're cool, hex.
I just really don't like his work. I'm heavily involved in the lowbrow art scene, and there are loads of street artists whose work I love - I just find his very obvious, quite unattractive and a bit ham-fisted.
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:46, archived)
# sorry, I didn't mean to target you personally when I said that
and yeah, I sort of agree, but when given an exhibition room, he's a really very talented installation artist, and I admire him for that.
(I helped save b3ta! hexachordal la la la la la, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:48, archived)
# Heh, s'fine. :)
And yes, you're right about his installation skills. Quite ironic, really. :D

But yeah, while I do like some of his ideas, I've always found his political angle quite clumsy and unneccesary. He's really not as much of a firebrand as he seems to think.
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:50, archived)
# Uh?
So you dislike stuff that's very obvious, quite unattractive and a bit ham-fisted?
You must fucking hate it round here!
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:51, archived)
# I agree
simply don't find him very interesting and never have.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:51, archived)
# looks that way doesn't it..

lets slate someone who makes the streets that little bit less dull..I think it's because he makes money from them now
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:46, archived)
# No, no.
I like lots of street art. Just not his.

Other painters make gallerys less dull, but I don't have to like all of those.

And, for the record, I've always said precisely the same about Banksy. I didn't like his work before it was famous, and I don't like it now.
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:47, archived)
# true..you don't have to like it

it seems to be that ever since he has became 'infamous' and made a bit of cash...it's cool to say you don't like him, that's all I'm trying to say :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:49, archived)
# I suppose so - I don't really know, I haven't spoken to anyone else about him really. :)
But I can imagine what you're saying is very true. People usually like to have a couple of thousand backers before they go public with an opinino, don't they? :)
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:51, archived)
# You , sir, are a wise man
sir are a wise manI can safely state this because I have just polled thousands of people and they agree :)

(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:57, archived)
# *poles*
:P
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 12:00, archived)
# hmmm
everyone's entitled to opinion even if it's wrong :p

you know if a b3tan even made these kind fo works with photoshop that would be amasing...what are you measuring him against?
(I helped save b3ta! Grundlebiscuit, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 12:06, archived)
# artists that i like
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 12:09, archived)
# Plant a tree
don't scribble on a wall.

Oh jesus, I sound like my mum.
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:52, archived)
# Dunno, but if I caught him spray-painting my house
I'd kick him in the knackers.


that was a close run thing - the 'l' key being next to the 'k' when writing 'kick' - only just noticed before hitting 'post'...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 7 Mar 2008, 12:08, archived)