Well, it ain't a Banksy, and it doesn't make you think Too hard:

sanjuro wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:03 pm Well, it ain't a Banksy, and it doesn't make you think Too hard:

Au contraire, I can't place that red suit/tie/badge combo - the rest of the mash up I've worked out. Closest I could think of was Warren Buffett, which brings excellent irony to the pic, but I don't think it is from him, it isn't Butlin's red coats (different ties) ... so where is that part from?

@Spigzy
Yeah, it does have a kind of Christmasy feel now that you mention it. Resort, whatever. (Shit, even the desk is red!) I thought only generals & hospitals had red phones. Is that a -gerbil- pinned on his lapel?? That's NASTY. ..Austrian Airlines has got some seriously red clad attendants, with yellow cans a beer, but I don't recall a ribbon or tie.

In all that red I see communism and pimp suit. Used car lot. And floating head. Pawn James is a borderline zoolander henchman who really likes cheez-whiz. And then all the children who had apparently been playing with chalk in front of it? priceless.

Ugh don't make it more complicated with the chalk - I've heard "Chalkie" used in the UK by the Irish to denote black folks, and then (to my mind more naturally) used by black folks in New Cross to describe white folks - like white sticks of chalk. And is that Stalin's moustache that has fallen off into the chalk - or just the Pringles guy?! I'm assuming the race card is off the table & it is just purely a communist/related piece!

That red suit has got me cooked though, what is the lapel pin? And is Buffett in front of a fat weed plant?!! So many questions you've kicked off here!

No that's bamboo or cyperus isn't it? Besides, he has his cigars.
Winnie IS on the yella side isn't he? Such an adorable button nose too.
I've heard Chalkie before. If we take it to Mr. Pringle, then we follow to "cracker" and I'm not sure if Asians are considered white? for various statistic purposes these days.
So this mural is from southern Florida if that means anything.
No wait, that's a guinea pig-
And lebron did a book report once on malcolm x and xi's name has an x and chi means power and...
who knows.
Enlightening stuff:

Banksy artwork deliberately destroyed by Christopher Walken in BBC comedy show finale

A piece of art created by Banksy was painted over by Hollywood actor Christopher Walken in the final episode of BBC series The Outlaws.

The six-part comedy-drama follows a group of misfits renovating a derelict community centre in Bristol, as part of community service for crimes they have committed.

The anonymous street artist, who hails from Bristol, painted a rat with a can of spray paint with the words “Banksy” written above it for the series, the show has said.

In the final episode, which aired on BBC iPlayer on 10 November, viewers see Walken’s character, Frank, completing his community service by painting over graffiti.

Upon finding the artwork, he asks his probation officer, Diane (Jessica Gunning), if he should paint over it, to which a distracted Diane explains that any graffiti must be painted over.

The series, and final sixth episode, then ends with Frank painting over the graffiti.

A spokesman for The Outlaws said: “We can confirm that the artwork at the end of The Outlaws was an original Banksy, and that Christopher Walken painted over that artwork during the filming of this scene, ultimately destroying it.”

Called in at the The Welsh Embassy Saturday evening, I have been meaning to call there for some time, quaint little place, with a good barman and customer's, very pleasant. On the way out in the alleyway I spotted a Banksy!



And at the end of the alleyway, a little more art.

up at Bokor in derelict building

British artist’s contribution to Cambodian art learners

Tribe Art Cambodia and British artist Carne Griffiths are working together to sell his artworks and donate to Terry Mcllkenny Foundation, which offers scholarships to attend Phare Ponleu Selpak, a non-profit art school.
“My works will exist to help creative Cambodians achieve their dreams via learning in an art school. I donate the income from my artworks to the Terry Mcllkenny Foundation. Anyone around the world can also donate to provide visual arts scholarship,” Griffiths said.

“The scholarship will be a full two-year programme which will include all tuition fees, accommodation, food and a paid internship,” he said.

“At least one new scholarship per year will be awarded, providing more and more Cambodians with the opportunity to fill the world with their art,” he said.
Griffiths will hold an art exhibition commemorating the longest-serving monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II, on April 23 at St Georges Day Ball in the Regency Ballroom which will cost $115 per person with food and beverage alongside live painting and a fundraising art auction.

There will also be another art exhibition in Hyatt Regency in Phnom Penh from April 24 – May15.

These events follow Griffiths’ successful visit in 2019 when he painted a portrait of the much-loved Princess Buppha Devi at Park Hyatt in Siem Reap and earned $70,000 from visitors and donors. The earnings were passed on to the foundation to help Cambodian art learners.

Griffiths works primarily with calligraphy inks, graphite and liquids like tea. His fascination with drawing focuses on the creation and manipulation of the draw line.

His work explores human, geometric and floral forms through a combination of the literal and the abstract and the translation of situations he encounters in daily life.

“I create journeys of escapism, which focus on scenes of awe and wonder, projecting a sense of abandonment and inviting the viewer to explore new realms,” he said.

Carne Griffiths graduated from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone in 1995. After completing a one-year KIAD fellowship and moving to London, Carne served an apprenticeship at the longest-established gold wire embroidery firm in the world.

He created intricate designs and exhibited them in the UK and overseas, including the Royal Academy, Hong Kong, Milan, Hamburg and in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501061777/ ... -learners/

Artist does 33-painting series in Covid-era quest

Battambang artist Chea Sereyroth’s new exhibition Quest weaves together the stories of people who have to move or migrate to survive.

The solo exhibition was organised by Sa Sa Art Projects in partnership with FT gallery at The Factory Phnom Penh and is on display at Air Gallery from April 27-May 28.

On display are 33 paintings on traditional woven romjek mats with images of migrants – older, younger, men and women. Some are walking with bulky bundles of clothes and everything else they own. Many have bitter expressions on their faces. Another scene depicted is a boy opening soup pot only to find it empty, pointing to what often motivates migrants to head elsewhere – basic survival.

Sereyroth made both the paintings and the mats. He learned the traditional romjek weaving method – a practice that is slowly disappearing – and spent the past two years of the pandemic weaving and painting the mats using acrylic paints, sawdust and dirt.

https://phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle-art ... -era-quest