Ron English Wants To Whitewash & Paint Over Banksy Painting He Just Bought!
Artist Ron English buys Banksy's "Slave Labour" painting, and "vows" to whitewash to and paint over it. Sky News reports that the painting was sold for £561,000, and that Mr English has since planned "to paint over the north London mural because street art "shouldn't be bought and sold"." (Above image via). Check out the video below!
Is this news-worthy enough for TOYSREVIL? (1) It's "Ron English" in the news (whom we know pretty well here on TOYSREVIL / go ask him about the painting at his Beverly Hills Popmart) ... and (2), This works a perfect slice of Banksy-news, what with the pending "Shredded Artwork" sitting in my desktop folders waiting to be posted about in lieu of DesignerCon-news! #truestorybro
And the painting/mural itself is not without its own share of "controversy"...
WHAT-IS:
"Slave Labour, which depicts a young child on his knees at a sewing machine, producing a string of Union Jack bunting, was painted on the side of the bargain store in Wood Green in 2012."
