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Was the prank still a success? You be the judge. Still from Banksys Instagram video showing how his art-shredding device works.
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We then see studio footage in which, rather than stopping halfway down the frame as it did at Sotheby's, the full work passes out of the frame and through the shredder, landing on the floor.
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The big takeaway follows, as the next screen reads "In rehearsals it worked every time." Cut to the auction house, where unwitting patrons and auctioneers discuss the work before the great prank unfolds. The piece made waves in October 2018 when it was created live in front of bidders in a packed auction room at Sotheby's, immediately after Banksy's 'Girl with Balloon' painting was sold. In the video, we get a glimpse into the making of the work with a sequence of footage from Banksy's studio. Some people think the auction house were in on it, they weren't," Banksy wrote in an Instagram post announcing the new video "Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director's Cut." Banksy’s half-shredded Girl With Balloon is returning to Sotheby’s with a valuation of over 8 million six times the winning bid in 2018, when it was, albeit briefly, an intact painting. In 2018, a framed Girl with Balloon spontaneously shredded after the bidding closed on a lot at Sotheby’s by way of a mechanical device Banksy had hidden in the frame. The work was meant to be completely destroyed. "Some people think it didn't really shred. The 'Girl with Balloon' painting by artist and prankster Banksy appeared to self-destruct after selling for 1.4 million at a Sotheby's auction in London. The mechanism that cut apart the 1.4 million Girl With Balloon jammed, the artist revealed in a video. It's been the talk of the art world since earlier this month, as "Girl With a Balloon" was shredded at Sotheby's London moments after being auctioned to the highest bidder.īut how did he do it? And did it go off as planned? Shred the Love (the director’s cut), which was posted on Tuesday 17 October, implies the stunt pulled at the Sotheby’s. Anonymous street artist Banksy released a video on his official website showing a ‘practice run’ shredding of his famous million-pound Girl With Balloon (2006). Sotheby's said the winner of the 'Girl with a Balloon' auction still paid full price for the partly destroyed artwork.Still intrigued by the great Banksy prank that saw his "Girl With a Balloon" shredded before auction-goers' eyes? The elusive artist has just released a video offering insight into how he pulled it off (or didn't quite). Bansky, Love is in the Bin, 2018 Sold for 1,042,000. It then shows a 'Girl with a Balloon' copy going entirely through the shredding machine.īanksy's new video follows an earlier one in which he said he "secretly built a shredder into a painting in case it was ever put up for auction". The Girl with Balloon painting by artist and prankster Banksy appeared to self-destruct after selling for 1.4 million at a Sothebys auction in London. He includes footage from the auction room and the moment of partial destruction, before the video cuts to a text message saying: "In rehearsals it worked every time." In the new video, entitled 'Shred the Love (the director's cut)', Banksy shows himself constructing the remotely-triggered shredding mechanism. The anonymous art icon attracted global attention earlier.