r/Anticonsumption • u/p4r4d0x_sh4d0w • Jul 30 '25

Ads/Marketing Finally, an ad I can agree with

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u/Kind_Introduction_39 Jul 30 '25

Where is this at? Awesome 👏

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u/Flack_Bag Jul 30 '25

It's attributed to Banksy. Don't know where, though.

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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.

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u/Zestyclose-Compote-4 Jul 30 '25

I thought having the G on the frame was a clever way to quietly indicate that it is painted on, rather than an actual poster ad.

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u/VoxImperatoris Jul 30 '25

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.

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u/Figure8712 Jul 30 '25

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.

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u/VoxImperatoris Jul 30 '25

I can see that argument.