Thursday, 27 July 2017

This Banksy image has been voted the UK's most iconic

Gianluca Mezzofiore

Gianluca Mezzofiore is Mashable UK's Real-Time News Reporter .


One of the most iconic images of our time has sealed its status by being voted the UK's favourite artwork by 2,000 people. 
Banky's mural of a girl releasing a heart-shaped balloon topped a shortlist of 20 works of art compiled by arts editors and writers, according to The Frame National Art Audit.
The image, which was painted on a wall in Shoreditch, East London, in 2002, has beaten John Constable's "The Hay Wain" and Jack Vettriano's "Singing Butler." 
Rounding out the top five: "The Fighting Temeraire," by JMW Turner, and Antony Gormley's The Angel of the North sculpture.
Here's the full list: 
  1. Banksy; "Balloon Girl"
  2. John Constable; "The Hay Wain"
  3. Jack Vettriano; "The Singing Butler"
  4. JMW Turner; "The Fighting Temeraire"
  5. Antony Gormley; The Angel of the North
  6. L S Lowry; "Going to the Match"
  7. John William Waterhouse; "The Lady of Shalott"
  8. Peter Blake; Sgt. Pepper album cover
  9. Hipgnosis and George Hardie; Dark Side of the Moon album cover
  10. George Stubbs; "Mares and Foals"
  11. Thomas Gainsborough; "Mr. and Mrs. Andrews"
  12. John Everett Millais; "Ophelia"
  13. Andy Goldsworthy; "Balanced Rock Misty"
  14. David Hockney; "A Bigger Splash"
  15. Bridget Riley; "Movement in Squares"
  16. Anish Kapoor; "ArcelorMittal Orbit"
  17. Stik; "A Couple Hold Hands in the Street"
  18. Maggi Hambling; "Scallop"
  19. Henry Moore; Reclining Figure
  20. Jamie Reid; Never Mind the Bollocks album cover
  21. http://mashable.com/2017/07/26/banksy-balloon-girl-uk-favourite-artwork/?utm_cid=hp-r-3#bNlsW7VvqsqA

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