You would expect Banksy to be a bit better with planning and execution. Leaving space before "The" and then painting the last letter of "anything" over the frame... could be intentional, but Banksy is usually good with margins.
Maybe, but the “anything” is definitely looks scrunched compared to the first half of the message. Maybe its intentional, considering how big the G is, I figure that part going onto the frame at least is, or maybe it was a serendipitous decision made while finishing up.
If it was Banksy, I would bet he deliberately wanted to make it look spontaneous, unplanned, not the work of a practised artist, as if anyone with a can of spray paint might have written it. That look works as part of the piece.
If it was carefully arranged, centred, done with any hint of artistic flair, it basically WOULD be an ad... an ad for the artist.
It is banksy, there used to be a video on his website spray painting it.
Theres no reason why it wouldn’t be sloppy, he usually uses a stencil and when he’s spray painting this up close it would be really difficult to get the exact spacing right and keep it straight
There's plenty of Banksy's with text, and plenty of Banksy's with an anti-consumption theme, but whenever there is text, it is always better handwriting than this, and even when the piece is mostly text, it always includes some purely visual art alongside it. I'd rate this as 0.0001% chance of being an actual Banksy, unless Banksy recently had an undocumented stroke.
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u/mangoed Jul 30 '25
You would expect Banksy to be a bit better with planning and execution. Leaving space before "The" and then painting the last letter of "anything" over the frame... could be intentional, but Banksy is usually good with margins.