Brooklyn, NY – Mysterious street artist Banksy, who has garnered a cult-like following over the years with his often satirical graffiti, picked a rather unusual target for one of his latest art projects, scrawling graffiti across the rear door of a truck owned by a Jewish businessman from Brooklyn.
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The graffiti is part of a month long project by the elusive English artist, titled Better Out Than In, where Banksy has left his mark on a daily basis in some area of New York City. While Banksy has decorated walls, created murals and even circulated a slaughterhouse delivery truck with the heads of toy stuffed animals peeking out its sides throughout the city for two weeks, his target this past Shabbos was a box truck belonging to I and A Merchandising in Sunset Park.
I and A’s owner, Israel, had no idea that his truck had been used as a giant canvas by Banksy until after Shabbos, as first reported by the Gothamist.
“After Shabbos I got a lot of phone calls,” Israel told VIN News. “I googled Banksy and thought I would just leave the truck where it was until Monday, but a chasidishe guy called me and said ‘you better go move the truck before someone vandalizes it.'”
Israel took the proffered advice and moved his truck to an undisclosed location.
The red graffiti, described by the artist on his website as an “alternative New York bumper slogan”, covered the rear of Israel’s 2012 Chevy box truck and Israel hopes to be able to sell the truck’s rear door.
“I have an offer of $75,000, just for the door,” said Israel, who told VIN News that he intends to take the buyer up on his offer.
“I am going to sell it, because it is worth money and could pay off some debts,” explained Israel.
May we have many more such idiots who are ready to part with their money.
Bansky can paint my car anytime he wishes!
I’m trying to come up with a negative spin on this. No luck yet. Gotta work harder on this.
If someone is foolish enough to offer $75,000 for the truck door he should immediatly accept it. He should then report the vandalism and see that this “artist” is punished.
I hope they catch the “artist”and hang him.
Hey Bansky can you paint my front door I need to pay off some mosdos scarlimud in FULL
i am thinking about putting graffiti on my truck and just saying its this idiot bansky and then we will see if i can get any morons to buy it
I am very happy for izzy. He is a special person!
A warm heart, and big BAL TZEDUKAH.
He is talking about people like you!
I’d suggest he wait a little. The price for his “artwork” is still on the rise.
He is talking about people like you!
he could probably get a lot more then 75k on the open market
works by banksy have sold for over half a millions dollars in the past
I’m a bit surprised that VIN did not blur the A word, and also surprised that no one called VIN on this… every time we expose ourselves to vulgarity, we soil our neshamos a bit… I say this as someone who grew up in a very modern society wherein “everything goes” (okay, here come the wisecracks and personal attacks)
Cant anyone find him and persecute him for vandalism?
Izzy now you can shred my bill
My neighbor sold his cheap car for 25 thousand as it was known the worlds most offensive car because of the tons of stickers he had on its back trunk. The gothamist carried pictures of his car. Its amazing what doing outrageous things is worth in our society. You can even google most offensive car and see all the feedback.
Usually the buildings that he paints increase value. The owner of a building in Williamsburg installed a gate to protect the Banksy piece from vandalism. His work promote peace and understanding and are witty. If we are grumpy people will treat us less nicely. It could be seen like as a universal truth. Anyway his art in NYC did not cost the taxpayers a dime and it looks way better than costly city funded public art like The Gates in Central Park or the East River Waterfall that Bloomberg was so proud of. Israel had some debt to pay and maybe some of his prayers have been answered. And whoever buys his truck backdoor will be a happy person. Win win situation. Luckily Izzy did not spend some money on white paint….