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Apr. 11th, 2006 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frandroidWhile looking up the web to validate accusations that Aijaz Ahmad is being sloppy in his characterisation of Israel as a Nazi state by York profs opposing his two-week teaching stint this summer at the university, I found this article on electronic intifada: Well-known UK graffiti artist Banksy hacks the Wall
It's quite clever art, but if I was a Palestinian having to look at it every day, I would be furious rather than grateful. Nigel Parry, the author of the EI piece, praises Banksy for his choice of location. At the end of the article, there is a quote from Banksy's site where he's told to go home by a Palestinian man. It seems that while both men (Banksy and Parry) acknowledge the complaint, they won't address it. I find Banksy's use of the wall for his artistic antics almost as deplorable as edelson's complete cluelessness.
It's quite clever art, but if I was a Palestinian having to look at it every day, I would be furious rather than grateful. Nigel Parry, the author of the EI piece, praises Banksy for his choice of location. At the end of the article, there is a quote from Banksy's site where he's told to go home by a Palestinian man. It seems that while both men (Banksy and Parry) acknowledge the complaint, they won't address it. I find Banksy's use of the wall for his artistic antics almost as deplorable as edelson's complete cluelessness.