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A squidoote (tribute) to Banksy
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Introduction
Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. He is believed to be a native of Yate, South Gloucestershire, near Bristol and to have been born in 1974,Real name: Robert Banks, 33 years old in 2007 (BBC) but there is substantial public uncertainty about his identity and personal and biographical details.Collins, Lauren, "Banksy Was Here: the invisible man of graffiti art, The New Yorker, May 14, 2007 According to Tristan Manco, Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier engineer, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s."Tristan Manco, Stencil Graffiti, London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, p.74 His artworks are often-satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics. His street art, which combines graffiti writing with a distinctive stencilling technique, is similar to Blek le Rat, who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris and members of the anarcho-punk band Crass who maintained a graffiti stencil campaign on the London Tube System in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His art has appeared in cities around the world.[http://weburbanist.com/2007/07/19/the-banksy-paradox-unofficial-guide-to-the-worlds-most-infamous-urban-guerilla-street-artist "The Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides to the World's Most Infamous Street Artist], July 19, 2007 Banksy's work was born out of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.
Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti or mount exhibitions of screenprints in commercial galleries.[http://www.banksy.co.uk/cuttings/star.html Banksy's website Q&A]
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ielegend
I only recently became aware of Banksy's work and I can't help but admire it. Thanks for a sweet lens. Posted June 26, 2008 |
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tdove
Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory! Posted June 05, 2008 |
