As far as we know his last mindset was a very positive one, I think if you look at it like that it doesn’t quite feel so tragic,it’s more than some get.
Everyone has kind of underestimated robbo. A majority of people say he just paints his name and that is all. When he did the Zoe kravitz free hand painting, that just shows how talented he is and what more the man could do. RIP Robbo. You were a phenomenal artist and I hope some of your work forever remains on the walls in England and wherever. Peace from America, brother.
@@CM-iy1fk Like anyone who's anyone uses their real name on here son. I don't know who you are either, but I do know what you think.The fact you are defending a craply painted, posterised face proves you're an easily impressed toy yourself. I'm laughing at you.
Robbo is a baby. He got upset that someone didn't recognize him that he slapped them, and then cried when is uninspiring street art got tagged over. "Oh boo hoo, my name got painted over by a superior artist after I slapped him!"
@@BestArtist I would say they are both losers. I agree with you. Robbo is being a baby and his galley show had lame paintings. But Bansky did clearly steal most of his early ideas from Blek le rat. Then he just went fuill Andy Warhol after that, having people create pieces and put them up. No real true artist winner here. IMO take care
@@BestArtista superior artist? 😂😂😂 youre joking, right? The guy who uses stencils and copies a mans style from 20 years ago, while feuding with another REAL freehand artist that ALSO was already famous 20 years ago? 😂😂😂😂
That portrait by Robbo says it all. Pure talent if you compare both of them... Banksy is good but Robbo is a real artist. Old school always wins... RIP King Robbo
@@magnificusdominusduxchad4229 Dumb. He's done a 'little' bit more than that, if you pay attention.How many writers have directed an episode of the Simpsons? He's done Infinitely more than Robbo ever did, that's for sure.
RIP Robbo... Too all you haters, both Banksy and Rob were very talented urban artists and all they did was get into a little feud, and that's no reason to start comparing their work, they are both unique.
Thank you! Someone which passion about art! I love both of their work. People who fight over who's better or what is better are closed minded and it breaks my heart...
@@aphexor1251 It doesn't make any sense. They had beef before, and all of suddenly he died? like really? I believe he got him murdered because he knew Robo was a legend and bansky was coming up, and didn't want his career bombed lol
The only people that don’t think it’s art is rich politicians who have never had to spray/paint anything in their cushy lives... Spray painting or painting in general is super difficult, let alone doing different shading and blocking like they do.. It’s incredible! Awesome show, thanks for sharing!!!
Alright, let's recap. Banksy... -Painted over another artist's artwork(that was 20 years old and iconic, to boot) -Uses stencils -Pretty much copied Blek Le Rat in terms of using stencils AND stole his original ideas -Annnndd is a coward who refuses to be interviewed at all :) R.I.P King Robbo
***** Plenty of graffiti artists are capable of making high quality work like street art but it's hard to do a masterpeice on an illegal wall without getting caught. I totally agree with you though.
nguyen danny banksy painted all over an ICONIC piece, dating back to the 80s when graffiti was booming, effectively destroying one of the oldest graffiti pieces ever. Hell, painting over ANYONE'S art is a huge dick move. So no, Robbo didn't get "butt hurt" easily. He had every right to be mad. By that logic, Banksy was being immature too when he responded. Also, "good street art" is subjective. I think Banksy's shit is just that; shit. He has some nice pieces but most have been plagiarized.
nguyen danny It wasn't damaged, it was COMPLETELY PAINTED OVER. Do you not understand the significance of a 30 year old graffiti piece? It's like if someone painted over the Mona Lisa(*not comparing Robbo to da vinci, they are miles apart in talent, just for the sake of an example*) and you just told the artist to "recreate it". The sentiment is gone, it's not the same and doesn't hold the same value.
As an art major myself, it always hurts to see art damaged that has taken hours to create. Banksy painting over Robbo's work was more than a dick move. By painting over the last remaining work, he destroyed the entire history of Robbo, making it almost like he didn't exist until he came back out of his retirement. He wasn't "butt hurt" by any means. What gets me the most is that Banksy's art is considered public art now, whereas Robbo was doing his work illegally. Bansky can now free hand though he chooses to continue stenciling.
Banksy is like the living embodiment of gentrification, friendly reminder his net worth is around $20 million dollars. The whole idea of Banksy vs. Robbo is that graffiti communities have careful rules, and Bansky disregards these rules and does what he pleases, and then profits off of it. Robbo tried to be an original, and in the end he had hopes of making money from his art and commissions, not from tagging.
+Kelsie Lane And Banksy doesn't sell his art or prints. He lets people download them for free and greedy fucks sell them, but he doesn't stop them. Success doesn't mean you're great, but you're portraying his success as if it's evidence he's lesser (while lying, to boot).
bert yes it is so is finger painting where as graffiti takes skill any body can do what ba sky does so less dope imo still art tho just third grade level 😆
You know, everyone doesn't have to pick a side on this. Idk, we could, maybe, just appreciate that both were artists with different styles who painted on a couple of each others works.
@@mariewarrington992 it's more than the art though. It's not choosing styles, it's choosing right and wrong. Graff writers live the life style and live by codes and rules the same way any culture does. Robbo is one of the very first people to bring the culture to London from new York. That's literally god status in graffiti art.
6:49 the longer I look at this piece, the more I realised how amazing the piece is. I just started doing graffiti, so I'm not sure if other pro's could do this. But the way the colours blend, the shadowing and the yellow background just sounds beyond difficult! Imagine the adrenalin rush Robbo must had. Respect for King Robbo!
@@ThatVinceGuy nooo way! Not that I don't believe you, but damn! Long live King Robbo ! Edit: you got a source? Curious to read about it. I'll Google also but maybe you have a better source or something
@@ThatVinceGuy found the source! That's incredible.. should have been there forever. What I always found awesome and amazing is how huge Robbo was. Robbo was (according to Google) 2 meters! I am from The Netherlands and just am below the 2 meters but have friends, who are even younger then me haha, who are even taller then Robbo. Being lare must have advantages for things like climbing, jumping thing. But also a disadvantage in terms of being unnoticed. Especially he did a looot without stencils! I think he did in a/this docu but nothing fancy like Banksy, more something like 'f*ck Banksy'.
Me too bro I’ll never forget watching this on like e4 or something 10 years ago, I literally have watched it 20 times since it’s such an intriguing story
@@ukbloke28 he came back after banksy capped his piece!! The general rule is NEVER GO OVER OTHERS… especially with a stencil to cap it.. love banksy but he did it with intent to take his place
@@DjNegi You have no idea what you're talking about. The piece had already been gone over so much it was hardly visible. Besides which - you think there's a rule about not going over? Lol!!!! You really have a lot to learn.
@@DjNegi Never you mind who I am, son. You lost any credibility in this game when you stated your little sunny cartoon version of graff with no crossing out. Lol. You know nothing. Be quiet.
Blek is the OG apparently, and he’s definitely right about not being happy about his style getting jacked, banksy shit looking like he ripped of blek- not cool man.👊🏻
This is one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen and the most inspiring one for me as an artist. I hope Robbo will rise again to continue doing what he was doing. This is not how things should end, this is not the way. I want to see him rise up and smash the world of art with double the strength. I want to see him as strong and creative as never before. From all of my heart, get well soon, Robbo.
Two figures of art Two figures of crime A hero to the world A villain to each other And to this day at isolation, Both still are reminding legends. Dead or alive.
Robbo & Banksy are very different artists so there is no comparison to be made ! The feud was theirs and theirs alone . Now the real genius was Blek le Rat 👍🏻 way before his time and good on the French for recognising this street art as street art back in the day ❤️ is Banksy a copycat ? Yes for application and execution only , his depictions are his own .
Shawn Clover ...... you are absolutely right.. He is a very talented Artist.. But that doesn’t mean he’s a good person. Nor did he respect the Graffiti culture and it’s unspoken rules.
I like how at the beginning its quite hostile bit towards the end robbo was quite glad banksy did it coz it gave him the impetus to come out of retirement. R.I.P Robbo
I'm glad they left out the tribute to Robbo from Banksy because it's totally insincere. I'm quite shocked that so much of Banksys work is a rip of of Blek
Banksy with his satire art world that caters to middle school art teachers. Banksy is a corporation or a collective of artist that make pop art or "anti"pop art. so edgy but soccer moms can't turn away.
Robbo has amazing character, and is an amazing artist. Banksy covering Robbo's art and Robbo laughs, so full confidence, so strong and passionate, he is amazing not letting Banksy get that last laugh and I hope he wakes up soon enough to do it. Because King Robbo is worth it, and a great man. Get up soon Robbo, Your kids, fans, and promoters would surely love to see you up and adem.
@Side Stepper if you don't know anything about the art then don't get involved. Blek had his rats STOLEN his redering style was stolen not just because its a rat.
@@prawngravy18 Blek dient invent stencils you plum. There was a huge movement of that in Paris in the 60s. Blek's work is boring as hell, and he caught. a free ride off banksy, who, despite what this shit documentary would have you think via carefully selected images that are superficially similar, is a million times more diverse and creative.
If you like Banksy then I've got some great "art" for sale that my 6 year old niece made in her coloring book, she was even able to color inside the lines without using a stencil #TeamRobbo
This is essentially the same thing as Rothko vs. Pollock but it's with street art. It's a really great deep dive into what made both artists great. It's just unfortunate they can't see the greatness in each other because of how devoted to their techniques they are.
the Camden Robbo mural was painted over with a black and white depiction of the original with the additions of a crown and a can of spray paint with a hazard symbol of a flame above it. It was done by Banksy as "a tribute to him and as an effort to end the feud in a sense of lighting a candle for Robbo who was still in comatose condition"
I can see from both sides. Robbo didn't need to put Banksy on blast, even if it was true. Because at the end of the day they both know what happened. But on the same ticket Banksy didn't have to do that to his piece. He could've dissed him in another way. But with that being said I understand why Banksy went back and showed his respects. I mean after beefing for that long you gain a certain respect or maybe even a liking to each other. It's like batman and joker. They needed each other. Robbo went to the fullest extent and bombed internationally and was widely respected. Every graff artist strides for that. But also Banksy even though he was doing stencils got to the point where his city went as far as to preserve his art. That is also something I would personally love. Because graff is temporary. Just a major fact in graff. Your work will either get buffed or get ragged on by another graff artist. And if you can get paid for what you love to do then aye. Do your damned thing. Regardless I feel as the graff community we needed them both. Respect to Banksy and r.i.p robbo. You both are legends and im super glad to have witnessed the two of you, even if it was beef.
I agree with most of what you say, but I find it funny when people say that stencils are cheating, or aren't as hard. Stencils and freehand graffiti are just two closely related artforms, and only very talented artists do either one well. I think both are true art. Just as classical music and rock and roll are two related artforms. Some people only acknowledge one or the other, some claim that Rock isn't true art, but it's easy to see that both are valid forms of art, that can be beautiful and moving when performed by virtuosos. RIP Robbo
44:13 this shot is amazing ahaha, cops walking by Robbo standing next to a tag of his own and the piece where Robbo and Banksy are beefing about. Beautiful. King Robbo!!
The irony of a guy saying "graffiti is all about knicking paint, destruction and free hand painting" and can't take it when it's one of his pieces being destroyed.
I am from San Diego, I painted in the late 80's early 90's...Back then if you used "stencils" or "tape" you were considered a "toy".I understand times have changed and so has technology.I respect Banksy's work he has talent and he is very creative.Very good documentary!!! Rest easy Robo....now you can paint the real heavens
If you like Banksy then I've got some great "art" for sale that my 6 year old niece made in her coloring book, she was even able to color inside the lines without using a stencil #TeamRobbo
So this was essentially, "Fuck you Banksy, your works are unoriginal and easy to make and you're an evil person. But King Robbo and the "actual" graffiti artists are above you in everyway because their style involves them plastering their name everywhere humanly imagineable with no meaning behind it." The documentary. That's what it came off as. I enjoyed seeing Robbo's work, I enjoyed learning about Blek, I think they have really interesting pieces. I still think Banksy has some of the most thought provoking pieces up in some of the neatest places around. I think he's great. Blek had up really interesting portraits in areas that were beautiful, but they weren't necessarily statements in themselves. I think Robbo's signatures were really interesting. I think Banksy makes some awesome, interesting looking, statements wherever he sees fit. They're all cool. RIP Robbo, and I'm glad Banksy restored your original piece under the bridge.
Morty The thing is, the complaint is, that a piece of art, which was already heavily vandalized to the extent that saying it was "still there" is ludicrous, was incorporated, without the permission of an artist who had dropped off the map from any outside perspective, is wrong. But, Blek using Maria and Child, was okay? And Blek, someone who was an art student, who should see the history, talks about the idea of originality and style, but misses the fact that art is made up of movements, like Seurat and Signac pioneering pointillism, only for that cheep hack Van Gogh to go and paint a self portrait in the style. Or like dismissing Van Meegeren as a total looser, despite being such a good forger, that he was put on trial for selling cultural artifacts to the Nazis, only to be acquitted of that charge, by having it demonstrated that he forged, to extraordinarily high quality, the Vermeers he'd sold. Such high quality, that his was considered the finest Vermeer in the world by some.
"Of all the walls in London." Way I see that wall. That is something special. A place where both artists could express themselves in a for/against/neither statements. When on Earth will the Tate or MOMA just start sending CEX trains across the Americas with a portable gallery on the sides? Beats staring at iron gates for 20 minutes waiting for them trains to pass RIP King Robbo.
THEY DIDN´T SHOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN THE WAR BETWEEN THEM BOTH!!! In the end, Banksy has restored the graffiti of robbo to show him respect after all.
@@CMDXuXa141 In the movie I didn't see the one where Banksy repainted a monochrome version of the original 1985 Robbo, with a spray can candle. He did this while Robbo was laying in the hospital in a coma. I thought that was really respectful..
Yeah one guy writes his name, one guy makes statements. They're both very talented, but only one of them is really capturing the essence of this type of art. And I'm sorry to all of the people who like to go write their name on stuff, it's not robbo.
If I ever meet Banksy I will give him a second slap he won't forget. Team Robbo!! The whole point of graffiti was to go against the system not become apart of it!
43:08 Love the security guard eyeing up Robbo like "who is this absolute huge nutter in the balaclava, fuck telling him to go anywhere" - RIP Robbo 😎❤️✌️
In Melbourne we celebrate street art (including writing), we have a lot of places in the CBD where you can paint legally, artists travel all around the world to paint here. This is pretty interesting to watch.
Everyone seems to be leaving out the bit where Banksy showed what the original Robbo had looked like before he painted it. A ton of other people had tagged over it before him. No one seems to care about that. And to the issue of him ripping off Blek, well it does look pretty convincing. However, as Picasso famously said, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."
Yeah Banksy left almost all of the original 1985 Robbo. Robbo painted over much more of the original than Banksy. And Robbo had every right to do that, but the real disrespect was perpetrated by a dozen other taggers who got there before Banksy.
Wow, wow, wow. Stunned by the way this finished. Lost any and all respect for Banksy, who sounds like quite a nasty piece of work. RIP Robbo, a truly talented artist (unlike some)
Robbo he have the right Arguments! His 1st and oldest Pice in London is History and that never don't crossed or colloured it out! I hope u know what i meen! Peace to ROBBIE, he's a legend in England and somewhere else! ❤❤❤❤
Writing and street are different entitites. Different rules apply. The media keeps on trying to blend the two together. Give it up, real writers will always be around. Believe that.
This is by far the most subjecktive documentary i've ever seen. This has nothing to do about the Graffiti war, this is just Robo Propaganda, they only interview artists who side with Robo. Sorry for bad english
I kept getting more and more pissed off the more that they said "stencils aren't real graffiti" it takes more work to make a stencil than it does to free hand, but it looks so much better! Jesus christ some people are so dense.
Emma Anderson True it does take time and it is very hard to do stencil art, but it takes half the time to paint something on the wall when you have a bag full of stencils then it is to freehand that same piece of art. Graffiti is showing what creativity and talent you really have cause there is no erasing the mistakes you have done, you go to a wall and you pull something out of your ass. With stencils you have all the time in the world to correct your mistakes before you cut them out. Its basically like comparing freehand to tracing something.
Ammy Marsh believe me, it’s WAY harder to freehand, since you have to learn can control, color theory, letter and name weight, whereas with stencils, if you do letters, you can print them out, and just use black or red.
They should have included the part where Banksy repainted Robbo's piece back on the wall when he heard that he was in a coma.
What happened to robbo??
This documentary came out before he died and he hasn't painted it yet.
Look at the end of the video, there you can find it
killerkat1231 yeah .. damn, i dont know
@@brizkobay9228
Robbo passed of a suspicious head injury!! Get that hey....
Shout out blek he the goat for being so humble
Blek the real OG
Rr
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U can get his originals for under $1000 unreal
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Hearing Robbo say “I’m really excited for the future”, and then learning about his passing a few months later is so heartbreaking.
As far as we know his last mindset was a very positive one, I think if you look at it like that it doesn’t quite feel so tragic,it’s more than some get.
He was murdered
Well if you’re religious you can have hope that he’s painting in heaven
@@top5tings hmm, my first thoughj
Ye
I think its crazy how they painted over the same art pieces over and over again. Wonder how they never ran into each other
wonder how robbo ended up in a coma??
***** u have a hard time recognizing sarcasm.
***** skyjuiceification haha you two should go dancing
Waitin in bushes for the other man
You really think that they are going to camp next to their tags?
Everyone has kind of underestimated robbo. A majority of people say he just paints his name and that is all. When he did the Zoe kravitz free hand painting, that just shows how talented he is and what more the man could do. RIP Robbo. You were a phenomenal artist and I hope some of your work forever remains on the walls in England and wherever. Peace from America, brother.
The portrait was abysmal. There are thousands of people around the world who can do graff portraits that make that look like a joke.
@@ukbloke28 @ukbloke28 Responding to a 6 year old comment to shit on someone else's work because you can't do anything yourself. Nice look.
@@CM-iy1fk Your comment is the level of a 6 year old, so appropriate. I can do infinitely better. You have no idea who I am, you turd.
@@ukbloke28 You right. I don't know who you are and no one else does either. Have fun being a toy. Keep being humble.
@@CM-iy1fk Like anyone who's anyone uses their real name on here son. I don't know who you are either, but I do know what you think.The fact you are defending a craply painted, posterised face proves you're an easily impressed toy yourself. I'm laughing at you.
Much respect for Robbo for coming back to talk to that guy that approached him afterwards.
Because they were friends ... they rivalry was to create buzz
Robbo is a baby. He got upset that someone didn't recognize him that he slapped them, and then cried when is uninspiring street art got tagged over. "Oh boo hoo, my name got painted over by a superior artist after I slapped him!"
@@BestArtist thanks for your input,clown.
@@BestArtist I would say they are both losers. I agree with you. Robbo is being a baby and his galley show had lame paintings. But Bansky did clearly steal most of his early ideas from Blek le rat. Then he just went fuill Andy Warhol after that, having people create pieces and put them up. No real true artist winner here. IMO take care
@@BestArtista superior artist? 😂😂😂 youre joking, right? The guy who uses stencils and copies a mans style from 20 years ago, while feuding with another REAL freehand artist that ALSO was already famous 20 years ago? 😂😂😂😂
Robbo died 31st july 2014. R.I.P. Robbo.
dude, do you live in the future ?
that last part of the video and the "get well soon" messages were painful to watch D:
shouldn't of slapped banksy
Thanks for the great news
@@matthewshinn5839 he didnt as bansky isnt one person. Banksy are Massive Attack
If you’re watching this during the Coronavirus pandemic, Robbo’s bandana face mask seems so normal 🤣
I haven't even questioned that till I saw your comment x)))))
it was quite weird seeing him in a balaclava though at the red carpet xd
Lol
Yeah haha
That portrait by Robbo says it all. Pure talent if you compare both of them... Banksy is good but Robbo is a real artist. Old school always wins... RIP King Robbo
Nana Yaw don’t forget wanksy is a rip of Blek. Not original. But Robbo is.
At the end of the day Banksy won because he’s a household name
@@gaygambler Robbo was doing the most generic rip off of NY graffiti. He never did anything even remotely original. Or good.
@@ukbloke28 banksy sprays stencils onto a wall.............very original
@@magnificusdominusduxchad4229 Dumb. He's done a 'little' bit more than that, if you pay attention.How many writers have directed an episode of the Simpsons?
He's done Infinitely more than Robbo ever did, that's for sure.
The Banksy Tribute to Robbo that's under the bridge now is one of the most sincere pieces of art I think I've ever seen.
RIP Robbo... Too all you haters, both Banksy and Rob were very talented urban artists and all they did was get into a little feud, and that's no reason to start comparing their work, they are both unique.
Thank you! Someone which passion about art! I love both of their work. People who fight over who's better or what is better are closed minded and it breaks my heart...
The art is the street, Rip Robo
Do you know about true graffiti???? If not your comment is completely irrelevant.... RIP KING ROBBO..
Rupert Cornholio agreed
like my partner says 'thats it'...
I remember being shown this in my digital media class in high school. It opened my eyes up to how badass art can be
I thought I was watching a simple documentary then, BOOM! Plot twist!
Fucking wow is all i have to say
Robbo on the red carpet with a bally on? Iconic.
Who's here after the last Banksy graffiti was vandalised in Reading today?
me lol from the grave team robbo !!
Wait why is team robbo vandalised the recent banksy art
@@mmwzenki3770 Because of the tale banksy paid some guy's to beat robbo up.
@@ianmangham5753 idk man that’s disrespectful the man had a tag that would be a legend rn and he diz him like that damn R.I.P Big Robbo
@@aphexor1251 It doesn't make any sense. They had beef before, and all of suddenly he died? like really? I believe he got him murdered because he knew Robo was a legend and bansky was coming up, and didn't want his career bombed lol
Banksy paid tribute to Robbo sometime after this, by repainting his original piece over that chalk one. RIP Robbo.
Theres something especially pure about acts like this.
True but if he would have done it while he was still alive than it counts on my books
@@pirruripirruri4731 beef is beef. But you dont want that person to die. And he died of an illness no less right?
Id still be pissed
@@baddonkey75 he had an head injury and was in a coma 5 days before his Exthibiton
Even the Feud that they had can be considered Art. Two very talented men had the Streetart version of a Top Tier Boxfight.
RIP Robbo
The only people that don’t think it’s art is rich politicians who have never had to spray/paint anything in their cushy lives... Spray painting or painting in general is super difficult, let alone doing different shading and blocking like they do.. It’s incredible! Awesome show, thanks for sharing!!!
Alright, let's recap. Banksy...
-Painted over another artist's artwork(that was 20 years old and iconic, to boot)
-Uses stencils
-Pretty much copied Blek Le Rat in terms of using stencils AND stole his original ideas
-Annnndd is a coward who refuses to be interviewed at all :)
R.I.P King Robbo
***** I agree, but in the graffiti world, it's kind of considered cheating. Graffiti art is suppose to be made on the spot, no erasing.
***** Plenty of graffiti artists are capable of making high quality work like street art but it's hard to do a masterpeice on an illegal wall without getting caught. I totally agree with you though.
nguyen danny banksy painted all over an ICONIC piece, dating back to the 80s when graffiti was booming, effectively destroying one of the oldest graffiti pieces ever. Hell, painting over ANYONE'S art is a huge dick move. So no, Robbo didn't get "butt hurt" easily. He had every right to be mad. By that logic, Banksy was being immature too when he responded. Also, "good street art" is subjective. I think Banksy's shit is just that; shit. He has some nice pieces but most have been plagiarized.
nguyen danny It wasn't damaged, it was COMPLETELY PAINTED OVER. Do you not understand the significance of a 30 year old graffiti piece? It's like if someone painted over the Mona Lisa(*not comparing Robbo to da vinci, they are miles apart in talent, just for the sake of an example*) and you just told the artist to "recreate it". The sentiment is gone, it's not the same and doesn't hold the same value.
As an art major myself, it always hurts to see art damaged that has taken hours to create. Banksy painting over Robbo's work was more than a dick move. By painting over the last remaining work, he destroyed the entire history of Robbo, making it almost like he didn't exist until he came back out of his retirement. He wasn't "butt hurt" by any means. What gets me the most is that Banksy's art is considered public art now, whereas Robbo was doing his work illegally. Bansky can now free hand though he chooses to continue stenciling.
Banksy is like the living embodiment of gentrification, friendly reminder his net worth is around $20 million dollars. The whole idea of Banksy vs. Robbo is that graffiti communities have careful rules, and Bansky disregards these rules and does what he pleases, and then profits off of it.
Robbo tried to be an original, and in the end he had hopes of making money from his art and commissions, not from tagging.
+Kelsie Lane And Banksy doesn't sell his art or prints. He lets people download them for free and greedy fucks sell them, but he doesn't stop them. Success doesn't mean you're great, but you're portraying his success as if it's evidence he's lesser (while lying, to boot).
But banksy isn't exactly selling his pieces directly either, he found a way to sell without people knowing who he is.
@Nipha Ahtlantashah exactly Bansky does not know graffiti culture at all.
@@ElReySupr3me no culture, just scumbag vandals.
hes is a toy
yeah, no... I feel Blek Le Rats the true O.G.
Og hands down
There were people doing it before Blek. So where do you start with naming og's...
I can't believe Robbo passed away nearly 6 years ago already. RIP KING ROBBO.
Comparing graffiti to stencil is like comparing a guitar player to a producer. It's two different things although both is art/music.
More like a professional pianist Vs a busker that use buckets
One is art other is tracing
@@snakyjones1216 banksy makes his own stencils though, so would the stencils be the art?
bert yes it is so is finger painting where as graffiti takes skill any body can do what ba sky does so less dope imo still art tho just third grade level 😆
It’s all subjective, there’s nothing that everyone likes because people dislike things simply because of their popularity.
Great documentary. Very sad to have King Robbo passed away :( RIP
UK Graffiti Legend ✌️
You know, everyone doesn't have to pick a side on this. Idk, we could, maybe, just appreciate that both were artists with different styles who painted on a couple of each others works.
Exactly. My fiance fucks with both of them, they both have great work. No need to choose sides its not star wars ffs..
Banksy is not even original. He had to steal his concept pretty much a copy cat.
Is different styles code for rip off?
@@mariewarrington992 it's more than the art though. It's not choosing styles, it's choosing right and wrong. Graff writers live the life style and live by codes and rules the same way any culture does. Robbo is one of the very first people to bring the culture to London from new York. That's literally god status in graffiti art.
@@fletchforever82 Banksy literally stole his style from Blek Le Rat, another graffiti artist
6:49 the longer I look at this piece, the more I realised how amazing the piece is. I just started doing graffiti, so I'm not sure if other pro's could do this. But the way the colours blend, the shadowing and the yellow background just sounds beyond difficult! Imagine the adrenalin rush Robbo must had. Respect for King Robbo!
even more amazing he was 15 when he did this
@@ThatVinceGuy nooo way! Not that I don't believe you, but damn! Long live King Robbo !
Edit: you got a source? Curious to read about it. I'll Google also but maybe you have a better source or something
@@ThatVinceGuy found the source! That's incredible.. should have been there forever.
What I always found awesome and amazing is how huge Robbo was. Robbo was (according to Google) 2 meters! I am from The Netherlands and just am below the 2 meters but have friends, who are even younger then me haha, who are even taller then Robbo.
Being lare must have advantages for things like climbing, jumping thing. But also a disadvantage in terms of being unnoticed. Especially he did a looot without stencils! I think he did in a/this docu but nothing fancy like Banksy, more something like 'f*ck Banksy'.
I was today years old when I found out banksy has no balls
same
I remember watching this documentary when I was little, was very fascinated by this ‘war’. Just found out Robbo died in 2014, madness
Me too bro I’ll never forget watching this on like e4 or something 10 years ago, I literally have watched it 20 times since it’s such an intriguing story
KING ROBBO.... a man of integrity and ingenuity... his spirit lives on and within graffiti writers EVERYWHERE.. GLOBAL
Yeah so much integrity he wasn't even painting for the longest time and only came back to try to get money hanging off a better man's bollocks.
@@ukbloke28 he came back after banksy capped his piece!! The general rule is NEVER GO OVER OTHERS… especially with a stencil to cap it.. love banksy but he did it with intent to take his place
@@DjNegi You have no idea what you're talking about. The piece had already been gone over so much it was hardly visible. Besides which - you think there's a rule about not going over? Lol!!!! You really have a lot to learn.
@@ukbloke28 bruh, are you in this graffiti thing or just a spectator?? Hmm you need receipts to talk on this
@@DjNegi Never you mind who I am, son. You lost any credibility in this game when you stated your little sunny cartoon version of graff with no crossing out. Lol. You know nothing. Be quiet.
The portrait in Berlin was incredible
Blek is the OG apparently, and he’s definitely right about not being happy about his style getting jacked, banksy shit looking like he ripped of blek- not cool man.👊🏻
Robbo was a great fella. Used to meet in the Angel for a drink and a catch up. We were Chelsea and he was Arsenal. A proper gent .
This is one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen and the most inspiring one for me as an artist. I hope Robbo will rise again to continue doing what he was doing. This is not how things should end, this is not the way. I want to see him rise up and smash the world of art with double the strength. I want to see him as strong and creative as never before. From all of my heart, get well soon, Robbo.
Yeah
@@Casualoop he's dead :(
This documentary has one of the maddest plot twists I’ve ever seen, had me thinking about for a like a week after i saw it for the first time
One of the best graffiti documentaries ever!
Two figures of art
Two figures of crime
A hero to the world
A villain to each other
And to this day at isolation,
Both still are reminding legends.
Dead or alive.
Like my poem?
Beautiful!
Wow that is powerful, I'm new to this scene but I'm getting a little emotional reading your poem. Great job!
@@hayley8509 thank q
@@magicknight13 thx 2 u
Robbo & Banksy are very different artists so there is no comparison to be made ! The feud was theirs and theirs alone . Now the real genius was Blek le Rat 👍🏻 way before his time and good on the French for recognising this street art as street art back in the day ❤️ is Banksy a copycat ? Yes for application and execution only , his depictions are his own .
Imagine that Banksy fanboy excitedly rushing off the bus and being disappointed when he finds out it's actually Robbo
"are you banksy" lmaoo
Banksy....... is not as dope as the world may think.. it’s sad.. he is not the real deal.. banksy is a TOY.... big ups King Robbo...respect ✊
that doesn't change the fact that he's a talented artist
Shawn Clover ...... you are absolutely right.. He is a very talented Artist.. But that doesn’t mean he’s a good person. Nor did he respect the Graffiti culture and it’s unspoken rules.
I like how at the beginning its quite hostile bit towards the end robbo was quite glad banksy did it coz it gave him the impetus to come out of retirement. R.I.P Robbo
robbo isn't dead he is just one art work in front of us rip robbo
I'm glad they left out the tribute to Robbo from Banksy because it's totally insincere.
I'm quite shocked that so much of Banksys work is a rip of of Blek
Definitely disappointed
Fuck banksy long live king robbo
No shit
Banksy with his satire art world that caters to middle school art teachers. Banksy is a corporation or a collective of artist that make pop art or "anti"pop art. so edgy but soccer moms can't turn away.
Robbo has amazing character, and is an amazing artist. Banksy covering Robbo's art and Robbo laughs, so full confidence, so strong and passionate, he is amazing not letting Banksy get that last laugh and I hope he wakes up soon enough to do it. Because King Robbo is worth it, and a great man. Get up soon Robbo, Your kids, fans, and promoters would surely love to see you up and adem.
RIP ROBBO
Robot hasent died
Ethan Lee
Robbo never emerged from the coma, and passed away on 31 July 2014, aged 44.
These were the kids that scribbled on the wall when then they were little and didn't get this ass beat LoL
watching this and seeing that Robbo was getting recognized in the art world made me so sad cos i new what was coming in the end
fuck the art world. you dont understand
@@Stoney-Jacksman
Do go on....!?!?
What was coming? A power washer?
Me too :( RIP the legend ROBBO
Blek le Rat 🐀 is the true legend. Bonsky stealing thief.
bonskey le biter
@Side Stepper if you don't know anything about the art then don't get involved. Blek had his rats STOLEN his redering style was stolen not just because its a rat.
@@prawngravy18 Blek dient invent stencils you plum. There was a huge movement of that in Paris in the 60s. Blek's work is boring as hell, and he caught. a free ride off banksy, who, despite what this shit documentary would have you think via carefully selected images that are superficially similar, is a million times more diverse and creative.
@@ukbloke28 hey Banksy how you doing?
@@AliFareedMC Run to the daily mail and tell them you've found me like all the other dimwits.
can someone please make a re-edit with some hiphop, kinda sick of the saving private ryan soundtrack
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⚰ especially towards the end!
I didn't notice that, but yeah! 😂🤣
Banksy broke the graffiti rule.
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Team Robbo for the win.
This is actually a very well executed war. Lots of very good points on both sides. RIP Robbo, I'm a fan of you and Banksy.
If you like Banksy then I've got some great "art" for sale that my 6 year old niece made in her coloring book, she was even able to color inside the lines without using a stencil #TeamRobbo
This is essentially the same thing as Rothko vs. Pollock but it's with street art. It's a really great deep dive into what made both artists great. It's just unfortunate they can't see the greatness in each other because of how devoted to their techniques they are.
the Camden Robbo mural was painted over with a black and white depiction of the original with the additions of a crown and a can of spray paint with a hazard symbol of a flame above it. It was done by Banksy as "a tribute to him and as an effort to end the feud in a sense of lighting a candle for Robbo who was still in comatose condition"
Make art not war
These guys make "artwar" lol.
That is the exact thing uncle Iroh from avatar the last airbender would have said
Superb - really enjoyed this. Respect to Robbo. Sad to hear he passed just as he was coming into his time!
I can see from both sides. Robbo didn't need to put Banksy on blast, even if it was true. Because at the end of the day they both know what happened. But on the same ticket Banksy didn't have to do that to his piece. He could've dissed him in another way. But with that being said I understand why Banksy went back and showed his respects. I mean after beefing for that long you gain a certain respect or maybe even a liking to each other. It's like batman and joker. They needed each other. Robbo went to the fullest extent and bombed internationally and was widely respected. Every graff artist strides for that. But also Banksy even though he was doing stencils got to the point where his city went as far as to preserve his art. That is also something I would personally love. Because graff is temporary. Just a major fact in graff. Your work will either get buffed or get ragged on by another graff artist. And if you can get paid for what you love to do then aye. Do your damned thing. Regardless I feel as the graff community we needed them both. Respect to Banksy and r.i.p robbo. You both are legends and im super glad to have witnessed the two of you, even if it was beef.
I agree with most of what you say, but I find it funny when people say that stencils are cheating, or aren't as hard. Stencils and freehand graffiti are just two closely related artforms, and only very talented artists do either one well. I think both are true art. Just as classical music and rock and roll are two related artforms. Some people only acknowledge one or the other, some claim that Rock isn't true art, but it's easy to see that both are valid forms of art, that can be beautiful and moving when performed by virtuosos. RIP Robbo
Robbo shouldn't come of like that . He's not entitled . He got pissed why ? Cuz Banksy didn't know him ?. Wtf ?. That's stupid . But different style
44:13 this shot is amazing ahaha, cops walking by Robbo standing next to a tag of his own and the piece where Robbo and Banksy are beefing about. Beautiful. King Robbo!!
The irony of a guy saying "graffiti is all about knicking paint, destruction and free hand painting" and can't take it when it's one of his pieces being destroyed.
It's an unspoken graffiti rule. You just don't do that..
I am from San Diego, I painted in the late 80's early 90's...Back then if you used "stencils" or "tape" you were considered a "toy".I understand times have changed and so has technology.I respect Banksy's work he has talent and he is very creative.Very good documentary!!! Rest easy Robo....now you can paint the real heavens
6 years later, I come back to this documentary and this comment is one of those that are very warming..
If you like Banksy then I've got some great "art" for sale that my 6 year old niece made in her coloring book, she was even able to color inside the lines without using a stencil #TeamRobbo
@@xp8969 I bet her stuff is better than Monet as well.
So this was essentially, "Fuck you Banksy, your works are unoriginal and easy to make and you're an evil person. But King Robbo and the "actual" graffiti artists are above you in everyway because their style involves them plastering their name everywhere humanly imagineable with no meaning behind it." The documentary.
That's what it came off as. I enjoyed seeing Robbo's work, I enjoyed learning about Blek, I think they have really interesting pieces.
I still think Banksy has some of the most thought provoking pieces up in some of the neatest places around. I think he's great. Blek had up really interesting portraits in areas that were beautiful, but they weren't necessarily statements in themselves. I think Robbo's signatures were really interesting. I think Banksy makes some awesome, interesting looking, statements wherever he sees fit.
They're all cool. RIP Robbo, and I'm glad Banksy restored your original piece under the bridge.
Morty The thing is, the complaint is, that a piece of art, which was already heavily vandalized to the extent that saying it was "still there" is ludicrous, was incorporated, without the permission of an artist who had dropped off the map from any outside perspective, is wrong. But, Blek using Maria and Child, was okay? And Blek, someone who was an art student, who should see the history, talks about the idea of originality and style, but misses the fact that art is made up of movements, like Seurat and Signac pioneering pointillism, only for that cheep hack Van Gogh to go and paint a self portrait in the style. Or like dismissing Van Meegeren as a total looser, despite being such a good forger, that he was put on trial for selling cultural artifacts to the Nazis, only to be acquitted of that charge, by having it demonstrated that he forged, to extraordinarily high quality, the Vermeers he'd sold. Such high quality, that his was considered the finest Vermeer in the world by some.
Banish uses shitty stencils
"Of all the walls in London." Way I see that wall. That is something special. A place where both artists could express themselves in a for/against/neither statements.
When on Earth will the Tate or MOMA just start sending CEX trains across the Americas with a portable gallery on the sides? Beats staring at iron gates for 20 minutes waiting for them trains to pass
RIP King Robbo.
Hahahaha robbo's more legit than banksy now. The hypocrisy lol
Robbo was a big dude, wouldn’t want him giving me a slap!
R.I.P
Wow what a ARTIST Wow WHAT A STORY, R.I.P Robbo. Would Be A GREAT Movie. MAD.
THEY DIDN´T SHOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN THE WAR BETWEEN THEM BOTH!!! In the end, Banksy has restored the graffiti of robbo to show him respect after all.
they showed it in the end
@@CMDXuXa141 In the movie I didn't see the one where Banksy repainted a monochrome version of the original 1985 Robbo, with a spray can candle. He did this while Robbo was laying in the hospital in a coma. I thought that was really respectful..
rip robbo may you spray all the walls in the afterlive or whatever
Amen 🙏
Yeah one guy writes his name, one guy makes statements.
They're both very talented, but only one of them is really capturing the essence of this type of art. And I'm sorry to all of the people who like to go write their name on stuff, it's not robbo.
If I ever meet Banksy I will give him a second slap he won't forget. Team Robbo!! The whole point of graffiti was to go against the system not become apart of it!
real writers never give up! They just take breaks....
43:08 Love the security guard eyeing up Robbo like "who is this absolute huge nutter in the balaclava, fuck telling him to go anywhere" - RIP Robbo 😎❤️✌️
A three year coma from a fall, damn. RIP King Robbo.
Took out banksy with that last portrait no b.s. free hand to dope team robbo
Can't believe it's been almost 10 years since Robbo's death. REST IN PEACE ROBBO
So apparently graffiti is only OK if rich wankers want to pose next to it...
Tory wankers
All that robbo does is tag his name. Banksy actually has meaning behind his artwork.
people should really respect both banksy and robbo, because they are both brilliant artist's
I love how Robbo finishes and talks to the dude and he’s a fan of him after he explains what happened with him and banksy lol
Funny how ROBBO it’s wearing a mask of football team of Spain, Mallorca club, amazing video and amazing artist, R.I.P. ROBBO
Wouldn't it be amazing if Le Rat is Banksy
banksy is from massive attack
"well ya won't forget me now, will ya?" LMAO
RIP Robbo 🫡
In Melbourne we celebrate street art (including writing), we have a lot of places in the CBD where you can paint legally, artists travel all around the world to paint here. This is pretty interesting to watch.
Maddi Holmes Well, You guys have Sofles, one of the greatest graffiti writers in the world right now.
Everyone seems to be leaving out the bit where Banksy showed what the original Robbo had looked like before he painted it. A ton of other people had tagged over it before him. No one seems to care about that. And to the issue of him ripping off Blek, well it does look pretty convincing. However, as Picasso famously said, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."
Yeah Banksy left almost all of the original 1985 Robbo. Robbo painted over much more of the original than Banksy. And Robbo had every right to do that, but the real disrespect was perpetrated by a dozen other taggers who got there before Banksy.
Did Robbo stencil in the part where he where's the night vision camera?
23:26
Yes alot of it.
idiots he did it as satire of that kind of wall . dont you see in front he made a big bomb
@@teeceedee "idiots" hahahah
guillaume masset so what is he then? Daniel ain’t wrong dickhead.
Wow, wow, wow. Stunned by the way this finished. Lost any and all respect for Banksy, who sounds like quite a nasty piece of work. RIP Robbo, a truly talented artist (unlike some)
Little prat. Just as robbo was about to have his art exhibition he’s obviously murdered by that cunt.
29:23 “I dunno who banksy is mate” 😂 I like how he brought that insult back
But robbo robocop got butthurt cuz Banksy didn't know him lol 🤣🤣🤣
Two quick things Robbo clearly won the war and imagine how big he would be today! RIP KING!
80% robbo 20 Banksy%
There wouldn't be a Banksy without Robbo.
Robbo he have the right Arguments! His 1st and oldest Pice in London is History and that never don't crossed or colloured it out!
I hope u know what i meen!
Peace to ROBBIE, he's a legend in England and somewhere else! ❤❤❤❤
Writing and street are different entitites.
Different rules apply. The media keeps on trying to blend the two together. Give it up, real writers will always be around. Believe that.
@Nipha Ahtlantashah sure you do tough guy. Hahahahahaha....
Fascinating documentary made even more fascinating by all the fascinating comments....
This is by far the most subjecktive documentary i've ever seen. This has nothing to do about the Graffiti war, this is just Robo Propaganda, they only interview artists who side with Robo. Sorry for bad english
Freehand is real art to be honest
The Banksy piece edited to fishing for street cred was dope as fuck
damn i nearly teared with that ending
Damn Banksy straight denies he was influenced by Blek. Shame. That quote he dropped in the newspaper came off very ingenuine.
tincan tincan most of u toys cant conpose a piece u think little bubble letters mean something
It's a shame King Robbo never got to see the tributes in his honor. RIP Robbo.
Banksy and king robbo are the same person the graffitti war was one sided he had loads of smart ways of building his name banksys a clever guy
@@nocontent3590 it really makes me think that Banksy is actually a Collective of Artists
I kept getting more and more pissed off the more that they said "stencils aren't real graffiti" it takes more work to make a stencil than it does to free hand, but it looks so much better! Jesus christ some people are so dense.
Emma Anderson True it does take time and it is very hard to do stencil art, but it takes half the time to paint something on the wall when you have a bag full of stencils then it is to freehand that same piece of art. Graffiti is showing what creativity and talent you really have cause there is no erasing the mistakes you have done, you go to a wall and you pull something out of your ass. With stencils you have all the time in the world to correct your mistakes before you cut them out. Its basically like comparing freehand to tracing something.
Ammy Marsh believe me, it’s WAY harder to freehand, since you have to learn can control, color theory, letter and name weight, whereas with stencils, if you do letters, you can print them out, and just use black or red.
Is robbo dead?
He died in 2014