Banksy Street Art

Have a great year filled with all the joy and happiness in the world. Wishing you a very Happy New Year 2011! ^_^

re: the previous invader blog question- he puts out a newsletter pretty frequently. you can subscribe from his site: http://www.space-invaders.com/

re: the previous invader blog question- he puts out a newsletter pretty frequently. you can subscribe from his site: http://www.space-invaders.com/

are you aware of any blogs specifically of invader?

I feel the need to make some sort of commentary on the comment made by Anonymous about "Christmas being about Jesus' birth and not crucifixion". The piece you posted which Banksy has done showing Christ crucified holding shopping bags IS a Christmas piece. Banksy is no idiot - He clearly is more than fully aware that Christmas is about the birth of Christ But it's because he's Banksy that h doesn't create you typically cliche nativity scene; there would be nothing smart or complex about that. What Banksy has done here is making commentary about the focus of Christmas. The pinnacle of the season's celebrations historically is rooted in the birth of Christ, not as a purely celebratory act but as a recognition of the importance of the birth of the Savior (without whom Christians believe there would have been no resurrection and consequently there would be no means of salvation). But what Banksy has done is to fast forward thirty years to the event of the crucifixion, the purpose for which Christian theology acknowledges Jesus came into the world for. By doing this and hanging shopping bags (or Christmas bags) to weight either side of Christs stretched-out arms, Banksy is makng commentary on the consumerism (and one might stretch that to Capitalism, as it's typically one of Banksy's more dominant subjects of interest) and the dissipation of the understood meaning of Christmas from a religious celebration to a secular holiday where the focus of the its purpose is diffused with the dominant ideological supposition - presents. Of course this is all just my assumptions, but I felt it necessary to clarify something I felt to be rather obvious about the purpose of that piece. Thanks! Merry Christmas!

I dont beileve in santa, i believe in Banksy!!!

I feel the need to make some sort of commentary on the comment made by Anonymous about "Christmas being about Jesus' birth and not crucifixion". The piece you posted which Banksy has done showing Christ crucified holding shopping bags IS a Christmas piece. Banksy is no idiot - He clearly is more than fully aware that Christmas is about the birth of Christ But it's because he's Banksy that h doesn't create you typically cliche nativity scene; there would be nothing smart or complex about that. What Banksy has done here is making commentary about the focus of Christmas. The pinnacle of the season's celebrations historically is rooted in the birth of Christ, not as a purely celebratory act but as a recognition of the importance of the birth of the Savior (without whom Christians believe there would have been no resurrection and consequently there would be no means of salvation). But what Banksy has done is to fast forward thirty years to the event of the crucifixion, the purpose for which Christian theology acknowledges Jesus came into the world for. By doing this and hanging shopping bags (or Christmas bags) to weight either side of Christs stretched-out arms, Banksy is makng commentary on the consumerism (and one might stretch that to Capitalism, as it's typically one of Banksy's more dominant subjects of interest) and the dissipation of the understood meaning of Christmas from a religious celebration to a secular holiday where the focus of the its purpose is diffused with the dominant ideological supposition - presents. Of course this is all just my assumptions, but I felt it necessary to clarify something I felt to be rather obvious about the purpose of that piece. Thanks! Merry Christmas!

I dont beileve in santa, i believe in Banksy!!!

you do know Christmas is celebrating Jesus being born, not his crucifixion, correct?