The piece on the events page[1] is Josh Keyes[2]. Another artist that hasn't done anything new in years. It makes me chuckle when artists that claim to be so anti-corporate practice exactly the same techniques of brand management to inflate their bank accounts.
PS. I'm not calling them out on hypocrisy, but instead on spending the latter 2/3rds of their careers cashing in as opposed to taking a risk and pushing their work forward.
EDIT: I do not recall much of Josh Keyes' work being anti-corporate in case the wording above appears to sound like I'm saying that. With him is just the typical unoriginal sameness over the last 10 years.
So, he's become the employer/corporation he regularly criticizes? What's his net worth now? I read its in the millions. So, how much do you pay him to tell you how terrible the world of commerce is? Why does the completely ridiculous and unbelievably commercial world of fine art get a free pass here?
Also, criticizing Disney? Talk about unoriginal attacks and low hanging fruit. What's next? A big expose on McDonalds? Banksy looks like the kind of art you're into when you finally leave home from college and pretend you're this self-liberated rebel with all the answers. I imagine most of his fans will look back onto his cookie-cutter anti-authoritianism and cringe once they get older and realize they, yes, they are the "establishment" he's laughing at, all the way to the bank.
[1] http://dismaland.co.uk/events/ [2] http://www.joshkeyes.net/
PS. I'm not calling them out on hypocrisy, but instead on spending the latter 2/3rds of their careers cashing in as opposed to taking a risk and pushing their work forward.
EDIT: I do not recall much of Josh Keyes' work being anti-corporate in case the wording above appears to sound like I'm saying that. With him is just the typical unoriginal sameness over the last 10 years.