13th September It might be a Banksey?


A currently out of work man from a grim northern town, desperate for a quick cash making scheme, is hoping that the 'painting' that has appeared overnight on his house is in fact a 'Banksey'. 

Speaking to Grace Under Pressure's very critical art lover, the unnamed man described how he woke up this morning to discover the painting adorning his property. "I just knew straight away," he declared, "that it was the work of the anonymous culture subverting street artist we know as Banksey." 

"He'd obvioulsy chosen my house to be the subject for his latest political protest painting, picturing the very essence of what it means to be English in these days of this cultural identity crisis. I've immeadiatly put my house up for sale at approximatly 4 x the current asking price for any property in the street due to its new heritage status."

In a seperate interview to try and verify that this new image is indeed a 'Banksey', Grace Under Pressure asertained the views of Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould, presenters of BBC's Fake or Fortune. After mere moments of consideration and without having to resort to art houses and archives across Europe the pair were able to reach a joint conclusion.

"No sorry It's not a Banksey," they revealed, " this is a new phenonenon in street art circles. There's been a whole crop of them appearing over the past month or so, some of them even attemping to metamorphasis into the flag of Denmark. We've seen early prototypes on roundabouts and zebra crossing where, if you possess a carefully trained eye, you can see the marks of the neandethal like knuckles in the paint as it has been applied."  

"Whilst the art world has yet to identify the actual artist behind these creations it is noticable that all of them have incribed with a myseterious nom de plume. On first glance it can be mistaken for saying 'A Banksey' but on closer inspection what it actually says is 'A Wanksey' which has possibly led to the confusion.


 

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