Did you see the Grim Reaper on Royal Exchange Square last night? 💀
On Friday evening, a figure of the Grim Reaper prowled the city’s Royal Exchange Square in a remote-controlled dodgem while Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees blared on repeat through speakers in order to encourage passers-by to attend the show.It has been a feature in two previous exhibitions in New York in 2013 and at Dismaland in Weston-Super-Mare in 2015.
The elusive artist’s first solo show in 14 years arrived in Glasgow under a shroud of secrecy last month, Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art for the first time showing stencils used by the street artist to create many of his works in his new exhibition Cut & Run.Banksy, whose identity has never been revealed publicly, used stencils from many of his most famous artworks to create new versions for the exhibition.
Jane said: “It looked a lot of fun, I wish we could’ve got a shot! I think they could have sold tickets for that bit.”Charlie said they had hoped to attend Dismaland but unfortunately missed it. Kayleigh and Tomash also visited the show, with Kayleigh saying it was a “very revealing” show that “humanises” Banksy.“I live round the corner and I was like, ‘I dunno’, I was too busy, and then I saw the sign outside saying it’s going to be open for later, so that’s why we came in. That drew us in for sure!”
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