In my eyes, a genius.ĭonna’s daughters pose for a polaroid snap in front of a recreation of Banksy’s famous Spy Booth A genuine activist artist: controversial, enigmatic, clever with words. Once inside the ominous darkened corridors of GoMA, we entered another realm, lost in the force that is Banksy. Imagine! An exhibition where you can’t take photos! Truly unusual, in this day and age, when the hordes hover en masse on tiptoes to get a blurred selfie with the Mona Lisa. Lots of groups of youngish fellas.īags were duly searched and then our phones were safely locked away in individual pouches. As we queued outside on a sunny and rainy Saturday in July, I observed the other eager gallerygoers. In truly enigmatic Banksy style, Cut and Run had been kept a closely guarded secret right up until the day tickets went on sale.

“I’m amazed at your memory,” I responded. R announced – with an eye roll – that I had been dragging them to art galleries since they were two years old. There’s so much art to see in Scotland – festivals everywhere.) Surely that’s what holidays are for. (We’d just returned from Dundee, where I’d booked to see Tartan at the V&A. Straight onto the ticket website to coincide with a trip to visit my sister in Glasgow – I didn’t give her or the kids a choice. Not only is Banksy the world’s most famous and celebrated graffiti artist, but he is also the most incisive and mischievous political commentator. Of course, I was dying to see the first Banksy solo exhibition in 14 years, Cut and Run: 25 Years Card Labour, at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow. Monet had light, Hockney has colour, I’ve got police response time.” “Most artists have an obsession that defines their work. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo.

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