Style: March 01, 2018

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SPRAY AWAY
An artist makes his mark.
Now, graffiti on the side of a garage in South Wales, UK
hardly screams luxury, but budding art collectors should
hear us out.
In a small Welsh town just one week before
Christmas, a steel worker named Ian Lewis woke up to
a rather interesting new addition to his garage wall – a
spray-painted image of a child catching what looks like
a snowflake on his tongue. Then, on the other side of
the wall, an image dictates that it is not a snowflake, but
ash; a political statement about the pollution from local
factories and the effect that it has on the residents of
the town. It was soon confirmed that it was, of course,
the work of famous street artist Banksy.
If you’re thinking about taking your art collection up a
notch with the addition of this pimped out garage wall,
then you’ve missed your slot. Said wall has since been
purchased by a collector of Banksy pieces for $189,581.
Ample reimbursement for having your wall vandalised,
we think. But hey, perhaps Banksy will tag your wall
with a priceless piece of art soon.
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