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greentea1985 t1_iw2ulqu wrote

Reply to comment by buttfunfor_everyone in Banksy artwork appears on damaged building in Ukraine by dutchgypsy

So Bansky is like Chihuly then or the old studio system with a senior artist lending his name and supervising the younger artists.

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buttfunfor_everyone t1_iw2y7gl wrote

Yep, that is correct.

Unlike Chihuly and many other prominent artists the power in Banksy’s work lies mostly in the message- not the technical difficulty of his actual work.

The only thing that’s ever really got me thinking when it comes to Chihuly is how the hell do they transport all that glass on a regular basis and not shatter it all to hell 😂

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irwinlegends t1_iw6htgd wrote

They glass is a lot stronger than it looks, but some pieces do break and chip in transport. They anticipate this, and make a whole lot of replacement 'just-in-case' pieces.

The team also has glass ovens that can be moved to location in case they have to make fresh pieces as they put an exhibit together.

Any piece that is chipped or broken or otherwise can not be used is to be destroyed completely. One day Dale himself was doing the honors of busting some glass rods in a parking lot and having a hard time getting the thickest pieces to split.

Source: friend worked at a museum while a Chihuly exibit was being set up and I got to meet the team

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buttfunfor_everyone t1_iw80fb4 wrote

THIS is the content I’m here for!

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irwinlegends t1_iw85iyp wrote

Glad to share.

Another fun thing about the exhibit is that while they were installing, a large portion of an adjacent parking lot was fenced off. The team had the ovens in that area and people could watch everyone work from outside the fence. There were a few times scheduled for interested people to come in and see the process up close while Dale and his students took time to teach people how they do everything.

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MyNameIs-Anthony t1_iw3odqi wrote

Banksy designs art via stencils for other people to go and get them setup.

Stencils for large outdoor art pieces has been the standard for a few decades now because you need to be quick to avoid police noticing.

It also adds a level of plausible deniability in that if Banksy or any other members of the collective get caught, it can always be played off as "We just got paid for this gig, that's all we know."

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