banksy

Bansky is an extremely well known English graffiti artist, political activists, film director painter. one of the reasons Banksy has become notorious is because his identity has not been proven, however he is believed to be a man named robin gunningham, a former public school boy at Bristol cathedral choir school.

when Banksy does his work he does his satirical street  art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stenciling technique. his works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. banksy always displys his work in places which are very visible such as walls or physical self-made prop objects. he also does not sell any photographs or reproductions of his works. howeve art auctioneers have known to try to attempt to sell his work and leave the problem of removal of the art work to the winning bidder.

Banksy first started his graffiti career as a free hand graffiti artist fro a crew named "drybreadz crew" (DBZ) and was inspired by larger Bristol underground scene with nick walker, inkie, and 3D, by 2000 he started to use stencilling after realising that it took alot quicker. Banskys first well known wall mural was "the mild mild west" painted in 1997 to cover advertising of a former solicitors office on stokes croft avenue, Bristol in which show a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at three riot
police officers. he often uses images combined with slogans with an anti war, capitalist or anti establishment in mind Bansky is also famously known for the uses of rats, apes, policemen, soldiers, children and the elderly