Banksy Artwork. A Banksy artwork that half-shredded itself has sold for 186 million - four times its estimate. Assistants pose by an artwork titled Love is the Bin by British street artist Banksy during a photocall at Sothebys auction house in central London on.
Love is in the Bin was what remained of the artists live destruction of his piece Girl with Balloon. A self-shredded work by British street artist Banksy has sold at auction for a record amount. Philanthropist anti-war and revolutionary the artist uses his art as a medium for communication to say loud and clear his dissatisfaction with certain social phenomena certain political situations or outright certain decisions adopted by world leaders.
The piece is well known for shredding itself into pieces immediately after being sold for 14 million at an auction three years ago.
Love is in the Bin was offered on sale by Sothebys in London with a presale estimate of 4m to. Banksy is an anonymous England-based graffiti artist political activist and film director. Love is in the Bin was offered on sale by Sothebys in London with a presale estimate of 4m to. On Day 13 the artist disguised himself as a typical street vendor and set up a stand in Central Park where he sold black-and-white original paintings for 60.