http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5344770.stm

is that a pink elephant in the room?

I don't see anything.

That guy is my hero!

poor fucking elephant.

I agree.

hope the elephant doesnt go beserker on banksy.

wurd. wtf? you want shock value then paint yourself and lounge around the room with your schlong hangin. BUT a live elephant? i just lost faith in one of my favorite artists. I'm no peta/vegan hippie but there are things you just don't do for the sake of art.

as an artist as long as it is gory and glorious.. i'm sure he wouldn't mind

amazing how much those paris hilton cd's go on ebay... i want one

crushing his fucking head under his hooves like a little grape would just be karma. Now that would be some installation I would pay to see.

awesome stuff. i cant wait.

cool article here too:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5344676.stm

"The organisers have said Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell and Orlando Bloom are all expected to attend. "

Celebs and Graf Artist Trampled By Exploited Elephant! I can't wait to go to Disney.

You'd have to think he's using completely innocuous veg-based paints, so I don't take issue with that aspect; in India elephants are often decorated with such paints for festivals. At the Indian festivals, tho, it's done in the spirit of reverential adornment of one of our planet's most majestic and noble animals....to take this poor guy, who had no say in the matter, paint him like wallpaper and place him in this lame environment....it sucks in a few different ways. I've really liked everything I've seen of Banksy's up to now, and love his prankster spirit......I get the "point(s)" of the piece, and I'm sure to Banksy's mind it had to be a live elephant, rather than an uber-realistic sculpture of one....but I don't like this.....

Then you guys are really going to hate the cows and pigs he painted! They do decorate elephants in india, I hope he used veg based paints. I still love the concept!

hippies....this shit rules! the elephant probably lives in a cage smaller than the room he is in.

You're right. So painting him up and relocating him to a warehouse to help you make a statement must be ok then?

The bottom line is that this is wrong - Bansky or not.

I take back what I said then because this makes it alright.

It's just totally unkind, brah....
>puff, puff<

What can I say....I do tend toward some very unfashionable, non-po-mo sentiments, at times....

"Dude, you should thank us for painting you up like this and bringing you here...have you seen where you live? This is like a day out for you!!
God, you are so unappreciative....fucking hippie......"

more like an oscars red carpet treatment.

better than being in a circus

he is. this is his moonlighting gig.

circus' with animals are banned in the UK

I hear he used Irisawa E-Color paint...

another thing for you to do while visiting america.

Unfortunately, I think the Circus should be banned in Amerika.

If they didn't have a history of severely mistreating animals, I might disagree as I do have fond childhood memories of going to the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey circus.

But they do mistreat animals....I'm not too keen on seeing live elephants painted. Even if the animal was painted with vegetable paints.

Bad, bad humans.