El País, with Joseba Elola and de Carmen Valiño (text and photography), presents an interesting article, which tells the battle between two graffiti artists, Banksy and Robbo. What began as a battle hard but smart, two graffiti artists, has become a sad and somewhat vandalism process, involving supporters from both sides, who just want to quickly gain fame at the expense of the protagonists.

A confrontation that began with a slap forgotten and made public in order to gain publicity. A subsequent graffiti replica  and subsequent rejoinders chain, have led to the situation narrated by Joseba Elola.

(Only in Sapnaish) "Entre los que han acudido a la inauguración se encuentra Rich Simmons, un emergente artista urbano londinense cuyas piezas ya se cotizan a 13.000 euros. "Siempre va a haber una tensión entre el arte urbano y el graffiti", dice. "En esta batalla hay una parte de celos y de mentalidad de vieja escuela". Este joven artista de 25 años sostiene que Robbo le debe mucho a Banksy. "Fue muy inteligente. Encontró su oportunidad de salir en los medios con la batalla". Simmons sostiene además que la pieza que Banksy atacó, el histórico graffiti de Regent's Canal de 1985, ya estaba machacado por muchas pequeñas firmas de otros grafiteros. "No fue un ataque, ya era una pieza casi irreconocible".

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Published on: October 16, 2011
Cite: ""Team Robbo" against Banksy" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/team-robbo-against-banksy> ISSN 1139-6415
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