{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Banksy Ideas - Parodying A Street Art Icon","height":1632,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-ideas/banksy-ideas.jpg","width":1840},"credit":"","date":"2012-05-21T15:18:35Z","description":"Banksy Ideas is a great parody of the world’s most famous street artist, developing ideas for new, ironic Banksy-like stencil artworks...","html":"\u003cp\u003eFor a lot of people around the globe, the stencil artworks by British street art icon \u003ca href=\"/banksy/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBanksy\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e are the quintessence of politically influenced street art comedy. Whether the flower throwing anarchist, the peace symbol painting soldiers, or even the \u003ca href=\"/banksy-child-drawing-series/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChild Drawing\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e series, Banksy knows how to combine political statements with more or less subtle jokes\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot long ago, the Twitter account \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/BanksyIdeas\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBanksy Ideas\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e was registered, describing itself as \u003cem\u003eThe R\u0026amp;D dept at Banksy HQ\u003c/em\u003e and developing parodying ideas for new Banksy-like stencil artworks. Here’s some of my favorites:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003e- Stencil of a line of office workers throwing themselves off a cliff like lemmings. Enjoy your Monday, yeah?\n\n- Stencil of Mark Zuckerberg feeding his users into a sausage machine. A fat New York broker sits at the other end, scoffing them.\n\n- Stencil of Bono writing a new song about Africa. But he's run out of notepaper, so he's writing it on a million dollar banknote.\n\n- Stencil of two Olympic runners in a relay race, yeah? But rather than passing a baton, they're exchanging a can of coke.\n\n- Pic of Argentinian protestors with \u0026quot;Give our land back\u0026quot; placards, yeah? In the background, Andean indigenous group, with same signs.\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ll definitely keep following!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/2012/05/20/banksy-ideas/\"\u003eektopia.co.uk\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nFor a lot of people around the globe, the stencil artworks by British street art icon [**Banksy**](/banksy/) are the quintessence of politically influenced street art comedy. Whether the flower throwing anarchist, the peace symbol painting soldiers, or even the [*Child Drawing*](/banksy-child-drawing-series/) series, Banksy knows how to combine political statements with more or less subtle jokes...\n\nNot long ago, the Twitter account [**Banksy Ideas**](http://twitter.com/BanksyIdeas) was registered, describing itself as *The R\u0026D dept at Banksy HQ* and developing parodying ideas for new Banksy-like stencil artworks. Here’s some of my favorites:\n\n\n\t- Stencil of a line of office workers throwing themselves off a cliff like lemmings. Enjoy your Monday, yeah?\n\n\t- Stencil of Mark Zuckerberg feeding his users into a sausage machine. A fat New York broker sits at the other end, scoffing them.\n\n\t- Stencil of Bono writing a new song about Africa. But he's run out of notepaper, so he's writing it on a million dollar banknote.\n\n\t- Stencil of two Olympic runners in a relay race, yeah? But rather than passing a baton, they're exchanging a can of coke.\n\n\t- Pic of Argentinian protestors with \"Give our land back\" placards, yeah? In the background, Andean indigenous group, with same signs.\n\n\n\nI’ll definitely keep following!\n\nVia [ektopia.co.uk](http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/2012/05/20/banksy-ideas/).\n","tags":["Banksy","Stencil Art","Street Art London","Electronic Art"],"title":"Banksy Ideas - Parodying A Street Art Icon","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-ideas/"}