Banksy Art Ripped. A gallery assistant poses by Love Is In The Bin an artwork by Banksy which sold for 1858mil RM106mil at Sothebys in London on Oct 14. Banksys Shredded Art refers to parodies of a prank pulled by prolific street artist Banksy in which he rigged one of his pieces Girl With Balloon to be shredded by a device in the pieces frame should it ever be sold at auction.
The artwork was fed through a hidden shredder inside the frame. Banksys partially shredded painting has sold for a record-breaking 18582000 at a recent auction after it hit the headlines in 2018. Art thief who tried to sell a Banksy on eBay.
Any hopes that one man may have had of cashing in on a stencil purportedly painted by the secretive street artist Banksy were dashed when he took it.
Some art-market watchers have suggested the work could be worth even more in its shredded state. 17 In November 2007 a mural of a policeman stopping and searching a young girl in Glastonbury created in connection with. The famous Banksy The painting that was torn apart after someone bought it for 14 million was again sold at auctionand set a record price for the enigmatic artist. After last weeks welter of breathless reportage surrounding Banksys surprise pantsing of the art market at Sothebys London I had made it.
