Monday, December 04, 2006

LONDON///THE GREAT BANKSY IN SANTA’S GHETTO…

LONDON///BANKSY IN SANTA’S GHETTO…

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Banksy’s newest: Michael Jackson in the House of Hansel…

London’s hipster elite turned out at BANKSY & Co’s annual anti-holiday art show/fair, “Santa’s Ghetto,” this week where the star attraction was Sir Banks’ freshly-created sendup of Michael Jackson in a Hansel & Gretel-stye tableau. Along for the ride were fellow exhibiting artists Faile, Kelsey Brooks, Invader, Dolk, and Insect, to name a few, who filled the temporary art space at 15 Oxford street with a staggering array of first-class work (almost all with a sharp-tongued satirical slant) just in time for the holiday buying season. Curated by art collective Pictures on Walls, the show will remain on display through the end of the year…

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