Banksy Prepares for the Oscars
With Exit Through the Gift Shop getting an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary, this large piece showed up in Los Angeles on La Brea at San Vicente on a wall that is frequented by Mr. Brainwash. If you look closely, you’ll even see a Brainwash signature alongside the leg of the Oscar statuette cloaked in a hoodie. The piece would not be complete with Storm Troopers running security from above, while their TV counterparts work the red carpet below.
So if Banksy wins, who will accept the award? Banksy? Brainwash? Is Banksy really Brainwash? Is Brainwash just a farce created by Banksy to play an enormous, and albeit ingenious joke on the entire world, while cackling dubiously all the way to the bank?
More images after the jump.
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2011, February 2., 7:53 pm
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2011, February 2., 8:14 pm
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2011, February 14., 9:00 am
[...] For me, one particular nominee creates a potentially very exciting ‘dilemma’. One of the films nominated in the best documentary category is Banksy’s stunning feature ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop.’ Banksy refuses to be shown on screen unless he is blacked out. It’s part of his myth. And he also fiercely guards his anonymity to avoid prosecution. Now what will happen should the film win? And there’s every chance it could. Will Banksy make an appearance? Will he even show up? Will he speak? [Doubt it]. Or will his producer Jaimie D’Cruz do the honours? [Probably]. Or even MBW aka Mr Brainwash from the movie. Is Banksy really Brainwash? Will the academy deliberately avoid any controversy if it’s no longer willing to permit risky speeches lasting longer than a minute? Will Banksy go down a storm at the Oscars?  One thing is for sure, if his preparations for the Oscars 2011 are anything to go by, expect the unexpected. Check out what he did [or what Mr Brainwash did] with a wall, a load of stormtroopers and an Oscar in a hoodie. http://english.mashkulture.net/2011/02/02/banksy-prepares-for-the-oscars/ [...]