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Art is…pre-approved? Filipinos online slam BGC for Banksy Universe promotion (www.rappler.com)

submitted 7 months ago by decadentrebel to c/philippines

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[–] OpenHammer6677 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So apparently Pest Control wasn't even aware of the BGC thing

https://www.facebook.com/1451211211/posts/pfbid02FV4XUWLRdF5R2beP465Qrh4AKYDG7b51spGSVTkG3JT6cwKoCJts7niXrAqSEAsWl

From Gelo Arucan, who emailed Pest Control

[–] decadentrebel 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There are plenty of unauthorized Banksy exhibits (the most popular one being Mystery of Banksy). I'm not sure why he (or anyone) should be bothered by it when the bottomline is for people — whether mayaman or middle class (regardless of the irony) or mahihirap — to appreciate his art. If it's a concern about the organizers profiting then yeah, that is a valid concern, but based on the internet rants, it's more about the "irony" than money.

Gatekeeping his work is just as bad as the gatekeeping they accuse BGC of, lmao.