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CCTV blind to giant Banksy
Elizabeth Hopkirk, Evening Standard14 Apr 2008
Banksy pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London.
The secretive graffiti artist managed to erect three storeys of scaffolding behind a security fence despite being watched by a CCTV camera.
Then, during darkness and hidden behind a sheet of polythene, he painted this comment on “big brother” society.
Yesterday the scaffolding gang returned to remove all evidence — again without the camera operator stopping them.
The work, above a Post Office yard in Newman Street near Oxford Circus shows a small boy, watched by a security guard, painting the words: “One nation under CCTV”.
Andrew Newman, 35, a businessman from Dulwich who works locally, said: “It was only on Sunday morning that the Post Offices guys realised what had happened.”
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Indeed. banksy rules every time.
- Jen, Oakland, ca, 14/04/2008 23:37
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saw the PO let in the scaffolding van on Saturday night - guess this is a corporate commission...
- Bonnie, London, 14/04/2008 23:11
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Banksy = commercial fraud.
- Bonnie, Fitzrovia, London, 14/04/2008 23:01
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I live on the corner of Newman st. Saw the Post Office Security letting in the scaffolding van on Saturday night and helping them take it down on Sunday afternoon. I guess Banksy must have applied for the appropriate security clearance (or payment) in advance.
- Bonnie, Fitzrovia, London, 14/04/2008 22:54
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Banksy = Legend
- Matt, Richmond, 14/04/2008 13:55
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