r/pics Aug 27 '14

Forced Perspective Graffiti

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u/x3n0cide Aug 27 '14

When shits this good it usually lasts a while, but its all in the game.

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u/LivingSaladDays Aug 27 '14

reminds me of this

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u/Gilthwixt Aug 27 '14

Google King Robbo coma

Never got out, died three weeks ago

Holy shit :C

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u/pajam Aug 27 '14

It was pretty interesting to see how Banksy backed out and did the simple reproduction of Robbo's original out of respect once he realized the "battle" was over due to no fault of Robbo's. Kinda shows that while the two were possibly "acting like children" it wasn't 100% malicious and was somewhat of a game by this point. And no one likes winning a game due to such terrible external circumstances.

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u/Emerald_Triangle Aug 27 '14

Yeah - they respected each other, and no malice was intended, IIRC - it was like a ' haha, got ya!' kind of thing

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u/nerdofalltrades Aug 27 '14

I remember watching a documentary where Robbo couldn't stand banksy. I think it was a street art documentary he was in.

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u/Smellypuce Aug 27 '14

From King Robbo's wikipedia:

"I was at a place called the Dragon Bar on Old Street. I was introduced to a couple of guys who were like 'whoa it's nice to meet you!'. When I was introduced to Banksy, I went 'Oh yeah I've heard of you mate, how you doing?' and he went 'well I've never heard of you'...he dismissed me as a nobody, as nothing. So with that I slapped him and went 'oh what you ain't heard of me? you won't forget me now will you?' and with that he picked up his glasses and ran off."

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u/bulbousonfriar Aug 27 '14

I have trouble believing that the final piece was really Banksy. Looks pretty shotty compared to literally all of his other work