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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Banksy is as much a person as Nicolas Bourbaki was. Although unlike Bourbaki, there is allegedly one guy who is kind of the main guy, but if that one guy goes to prison, I'm fairly certain Bansky artworks will continue to appear.

In fact I'd put money on the fact that one would appear in a prominent place soon after.

And if the establishment somehow manage to round up every single person associated with Banksy and manage to get something to stick to every single one of them, which I strongly doubt is possible, the rise in wannabe Banksy groups doing the same thing won't be far off.

The artwork is almost always made with stencils and spray paints. Stencils can be prepared well in advance. A trained group could have one of these up in under a couple of minutes.

If I was Banksy - or one of them - I would almost certainly have distributed my art to trusted individuals for the event of my incarceration and beyond.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In fact I'd put money on the fact that one would appear in a prominent place soon after.

I mean, if it's multiple people and the ones not incarcerated don't immediately drop more art, I'd be disappointed.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I wonder how close they could get to putting one on the jail.