AI作画不稀奇，千万名画拍卖现场“自裁” 才叫刺激
日前在伦敦苏富比拍卖会上
英国著名街头艺术家Banksy的画作
“Girl with a Balloon（2006）”
已104万英镑的高价成交。
但让人意想不到的是，当成交后，
画框突然响起警铃，
画作竟自动往下滑动，
卷入“画框碎纸机”，
变成一条条的碎纸...
现场的人全部看傻眼。
Banksy在ins上给一张现场照片配了文字:
Going，Going，Gone…
或许这才是作品真正的意义
作品被拍走的那一刻，
Banksy通过遥控器操纵
画框里的碎纸机，
损毁了自己的作品。
随后Banksy在ins上传了一段视频，
记录了他秘密将碎纸机
置入画框的过程，
以及现场拍卖的全过程。
并留言引用了毕加索的名言
The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.
视频点击率超过了800万，
这个消息也震惊了整个艺术界，
成为全球讨论的话题。
Banksy究竟何许人也？
作为匿名的英国涂鸦艺术家、
社会运动活跃分子、
电影导演及画家，
他的作品可以说世界闻名，
全世界都叫他Banksy
但到现在都没有人见过他的真面目。
2017年，Banksy的街头涂鸦作品
《女孩与气球》荣登“英国人最爱艺术品”
排行榜第一名。
这次拍卖的这款则是 2006 年的复制作品。
虽然画作已“自毁”，
不过正因为这是Banksy的“恶作剧”，
再加上全球媒体的关注
让不少人觉得这幅作品的
价值应该会不减反增。
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The Guardian:
Banksy has played what could be one of the most audacious stunts in art history, arranging for one of his best-known works to self-destruct after being sold at auction for just over £1m.
Girl With Balloon was the final item in an auction at Sotheby’s in London on Friday night and its sale price equalled the artist’s previous auction record of £1.04m.
Shortly after the hammer came down on the item, however, the canvas began to pass through a shredder installed in the frame.
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Banksy posted an image on Instagram of the shredded work dangling from the bottom of the frame with the title “Going, going, gone … ”
The Washington Post:
Anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy has pulled off another stunt that seized the attention of the art world — this time at the expense of his own work.
On Friday, a Banksy painting titled “Girl with Red Balloon” was being auctioned at Sotheby’s in London. The spray-painted and acrylic piece depicted a little girl extending her arm out for a heart-shaped balloon, floating far beyond reach.
The bidding climbed to $1.4 million, an amount that tied the artist’s own auction record from 2008. Finally, a hammer pounded to signify the end of the auction.
Right then, the painting’s canvas began scrolling downward, seeming to pass through its elaborate gilded frame — and reappearing below in neat, vertical strips. Later, Sotheby’s would explain that a shredder was hidden inside the frame.
audacious 大胆的；无畏的
stunt 特技；引人注目的噱头
self-destruct 自毁
Sotheby’s 苏富比拍卖行
canvas 画布
shredder 碎纸机
你觉得这幅画是增值了？还是彻底毁了？
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