New Banksy Art..right outside British Intelligence HQ

[Ichingcarpenter]

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Right next to or three miles from the GCHQ or the British Spy Center for the country.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Heh

"Exit Through The Gift Shop" was truly something to behold.

[Heidi]

2. I absolutely loved that documentary!

ETA: Have you seen Cutie and The Boxer?

[Warren DeMontague]

4. No, had never heard of it until now.

'course I'm a lot more out of the indie film loop, than I used to be.

If it was worth watching, I'll see if I can Netflix it. Thanks!

[Heidi]

7. If you like art documentaries,

here's another that I highly recommend:

The Art of the Steal

Good morning!

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Nice suggestions

I liked the art of the steal
7,7 is a good rating

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Nice, thanks!

I like all sorts of documentaries, to be sure. 'Course one of the things that was cool about Exit Through.. was the whole Andy Kaufmanesque possible put-on meta statement about art wrapped up in the "documentary" itself.

Brilliant.

Anyway, will check em out

[Recursion]

3. Banksy is amazing

I've yet to see a piece that isn't amazing. Even some of her smaller stuff in NYC (some of which, I think, is more or less "undiscovered" and I'd love to keep it that way) that's just sort of whimsical is great.

[emsimon33]

5. When I lived in London I used to look for his work

I found on along the Angel section of the Regents canal that had not been there the day before and one of a blind rat with a cane at Moorefields Eye Clinic that had not been documented when I came across it.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. The Real Abandon Phone Booth is creepy and poignant alone

One almost think he drew that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Not sure it is abandoned - the phone is still in it

Which I think would either have been taken away if it had been abandoned, or would have been vandalised if it had been left (though the lack of a logo on the outside looks a little strange - phone boxes certainly used to have them, and I hadn't noticed they'd been taken off. Phone boxes are pretty rare now, though)

And it's not just in Gloucestershire; it's in Cheltenham, the home of GCHQ: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/apr/14/new-banksy-mural-near-gchq-depicts-agents-listening-in-on-phone-box

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Great Link shows the details etc

thanks.

[snot]

10. Funny; I read the agents as banksters . . .

their owners.