Wendy Hurrell

Reporter： “No Ball Games” is one of Banksys most famous pieces of street art， but work began this week to remove it from the wall its been on for at least four years. Today， at the 1）junction of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane， behind the boards， the last bit was being cut away.

The Sincura Group， tasked with the sale of this Banksy says that the building work was damaging the art， that it was being defaced anyway， and that the CCTV camera pole was spoiling its view. It also said that it wasnt being enjoyed where it was.

This isnt the first time the Sincura Group has taken a Banksy off London streets. This one， “Slave Labour，”was removed from Wood Green in February. It later sold for a reported three quarters of a million Pounds.

Richard Howard-Griffin （Director of Street Art London）： What youre seeing here is quite a kind of 2）crass 3）profiteering on behalf of the people here actually removing this mural. Even though theyre cloaking it in these kind [sic] of altruistic motives， its quite easy to see through that. The question of who owns it is probably best answered by the artist， and I dont think hes going to comment. The whole purpose of doing stuff on the street is so it can be appreciated by the general public and not put in a rich persons house as some kind of biggame trophy.

Reporter： The Sincura Group was not available for comment today， and they wont say who approached them to manage the sale. However， on their website they say the mural will be restored and auctioned off with the profits going to a north London Charity. But， for Tottenham locals， it leaves behind a very ordinary wall， today behind boardings. And for the rest of us， perhaps the question， which Banksy will be next.

記者：《無(wú)球游戲》是班克斯最為著名的街頭涂鴉之一，它即將與它待了四年的墻告別，移除工作這周已經(jīng)開(kāi)始。今天，在托特納姆大路與菲利普小巷交界處，在這些木板后面，這幅作品的最后一塊也要被移走了。

負(fù)責(zé)這幅涂鴉銷(xiāo)售工作的Sincura集團(tuán)表示，建筑施工已經(jīng)損壞了這幅涂鴉，況且它在此前已經(jīng)有所損壞了，旁邊的閉路監(jiān)控電線桿也讓這幅作品大打折扣。這幅作品待在原地已經(jīng)不能讓人們好好地去欣賞它了。

這已經(jīng)不是Sincura集團(tuán)第一次把班克斯的涂鴉作品“搬離”倫敦的街道了。這幅名為《被奴役的童工》，在二月的時(shí)候被從伍德格林區(qū)移走。據(jù)說(shuō)之后成交價(jià)達(dá)到了七十多萬(wàn)英鎊。

理查·霍華德-格里芬（倫敦街頭藝術(shù)組織的負(fù)責(zé)人）：你現(xiàn)在看到的一切可以說(shuō)是打著代表民眾利益的幌子移走涂鴉而牟取暴利的行為。盡管他們用這種利他動(dòng)機(jī)來(lái)做偽裝，但還是很容易看清他們移除涂鴉的真正目的。這些涂鴉到底屬于誰(shuí)，最有發(fā)言權(quán)的當(dāng)然是畫(huà)家本人，不過(guò)我認(rèn)為他不會(huì)就此發(fā)表評(píng)論。街頭涂鴉藝術(shù)的目的就是為了讓公眾能夠欣賞這些作品，而不是擺在某個(gè)富人家里，作為炫耀的資本。