Banksy posts video of £1m painting shredding stunt at Sotheby's
Quoting Picasso on his Instagram, Banksy wrote:
"The urge to destroy is also a creative urge - Picasso."
Banksy has released a video showing how he secretly built a shredder into one of his paintings that self-destructed after it was sold for more than £1m.
The framed Girl With Balloon, one of the artist's best known works, was auctioned by Sotheby's in London.
Moments after the piece was sold, the canvas of a girl reaching for a heart-shaped balloon shredded itself.
Quoting Picasso on his Instagram, Banksy wrote: "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge - Picasso."
The clip starts with a caption, saying: "A few years ago, I secretly built a shredder into a painting."
The video then shows someone in a hoodie installing the device, before another caption, saying: "In case it was ever put up for auction."
The video then shows the moment the painting shredded itself at the auction house on Friday, captured on a mobile phone.
https://youtu.be/8Ddzy6g_Rgo
Banksy has released a video showing how he secretly built a shredder into one of his paintings that self-destructed after it was sold for more than £1m.
The framed Girl With Balloon, one of the artist's best known works, was auctioned by Sotheby's in London.
Moments after the piece was sold, the canvas of a girl reaching for a heart-shaped balloon shredded itself.
Quoting Picasso on his Instagram, Banksy wrote: "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge - Picasso."
The clip starts with a caption, saying: "A few years ago, I secretly built a shredder into a painting."
The video then shows someone in a hoodie installing the device, before another caption, saying: "In case it was ever put up for auction."
The video then shows the moment the painting shredded itself at the auction house on Friday, captured on a mobile phone.
https://youtu.be/8Ddzy6g_Rgo
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