It should be noted (a lot of people have missed this) that not all the works there are from Banksy himself but rather a large range of artists.<p><pre><code> nearly 60 artists including Banksy are exhibiting work
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/21/banksy-dismaland-graffiti-art-market-capitalism-creativity" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/21/banksy-d...</a>
Not that I know many artists, but Banksy shows over and over that he's the best living artist.<p>His work is funny, poignant, expressive, imaginative, and shows up in the most incredible places, from Gaza to a big installation a couple blocks from my home once.<p>Sometimes I see articles on ads, privacy, debates between public and private use of spaces, surveillance, and such, and, as fond as I am of clear, precise language, I find Banksy's artistic statements are more clear and meaningful that what I read in mainstream media.
"Banksy's now ubiquitous anti-consumerist and anti-authoritarian tropes are fully exhausted in this most recent packaging and Dismaland is, quite literally, art about nothing. Consumerism is bad, Disney is evil, advertising is dishonest — we got it."<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/banksys-dismaland-is-bad-and-boring-2015-8#ixzz3jpTFmyxr" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/banksys-dismaland-is-bad-and-...</a><p>He's getting mocked pretty bad on Tumblr too, which is notable considering how popular pictures of his work have been on there in the past.
The small print made me laugh<p><pre><code> The following are strictly prohibited in the Park – spray
paint, marker pens, knives and legal representatives of the
Walt Disney Corporation.
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(although there is an argument of hypocrisy against their ban on spray paint)
I went yesterday.. here's my Tweet review:<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jgumbley/status/635895637503025152" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/jgumbley/status/635895637503025152</a><p>Recommend, especially for the Gallery.<p>My favourite part was most people there were "normal" people and absolutely loved it. I've been to i.e. Damian Hurst / White Cube / Rothko etc. etc. London poseurs everywhere.<p>Art that connects.
<i>Kids Enclosure<p>Strictly for the little ones – an area that combines soft play and loan shop.</i><p>This is fantastic. I wish I were in the UK for its 5 week run.
Ticket sales are now available again: <a href="http://dismaland.seetickets.com/tour/dismaland" rel="nofollow">http://dismaland.seetickets.com/tour/dismaland</a>
I'd be there for the music and maybe to see the art if I lived in the area.<p>Suggest providing good beer, wine, mixed drinks, and food trucks or similar food merchants along with some affordable art and t-shirts, since it is an art festival of sorts.<p>The logo, similarity of the name, and Cinderella's castle spell trouble with Disney folks. It'd be one thing if it were local, but since it got press, that's just asking for it.<p>Economist article: <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/08/anti-establishment-art" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/08/anti-establi...</a><p>CNN style article with video of the inside: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/20/arts/banksy-dismaland-art-exhibition/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/20/arts/banksy-dismaland-art-...</a><p>Many more photos tweeted with #Dismaland here: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dismaland?src=hash" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dismaland?src=hash</a><p>The castle there looks amazing, and so does some of the other art.<p>Good luck!
Looks like a good exhibition - I'd go if I could get over to Weston-Super-Mare easily...I never liked the big hype around Banksy but did like seeing his work when it appeared. And there are other really good artists there too (ones I prefer to Banksy).<p>PS. Mike Nudelman clearly doesn't get it