Banksy's self-shredded painting is now a new piece called love is in the trash

It turns out that Sotheby's was actually Banksy's twice. Last week, the anonymous street artist made the headlines after its creation, Girl with balloon it's destroyed via shredder shortly after the sale for $ 1.4 million. But it was only the first case of Banksy & # 39; ing. Sotheby's and Banksy revealed Thursday that the new work had been created a few seconds after its passage in the shredder.

The new job is now called Love is in the trash. According to a Sotheby's ad released Thursday, it has a certificate of "authentication body" of the artist, "Pest Control".

The buyer – whom Sotheby's has described as a "European collector and a long-time customer of Sotheby's" – is also well finished: she is now the proud owner of Love is in the trash.

"When the hammer fell last week and the work was shredded, I was shocked at first, but I gradually started to realize that I would end up with my own piece of paper. art history, "she said, according to Sotheby's.

Despite rumors to the contrary, the former Banksy gallerist, Steve Lazarides, said it was Banksy, not a collaboration with Sotheby's. "I worked for him for 12 years. The idea that he collaborates with an institution to achieve a cascade is the total antithesis of his philosophy, "he said, according to Sotheby's.

Meanwhile, Sotheby's "observed" that Banksy's act was part of a rich tradition of artists destroying their work.

"Rauschenberg erased Kooning's drawing; Gustav Metzger and Jean Tinguely were the pioneers of self-destructive art; Michael Landy shredded all his belongings; and what about Banksy and his corrupt oils? ", said Alex Branczik of Sotheby's.

Banksy's only comment was a videoon Instagram, it shows the secretly built shredder four years ago, as well as the actual moment of destruction. The applause and the applause of the crowd are transformed into panting and panting under the dismayed gaze. Banksy subtitled it with a quote from Picasso that said: "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge."

Friday, Rolling stone announced that four more Banksy coins would be auctioned in November.