Banksy is a graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter based in England. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artisitc works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities
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One of the most known graffiti artist, Banksy, has been “tagging” his art all around the world for the past 22 years. His graffiti art is usually done with stencils, but has also built physical prop pieces. Even with the government labeling graffiti as vandalism, Banksy purposely displays his art
Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary that explores the inside story of street art. A French shop keeper turned hopeful film-maker ventures out to capture some of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists in action. His main goal is to find Banksy (an alias name), an artist
Banksy art is very symbolic. It is making a statement in a very creative way but it is seen as graffiti. In this site there are many different works that Banksy did but I’m going to focus on the one with the man cancelling where it says, “Follow your dreams.”
There an ongoing debate around graffiti: is it a way to express yourself; is it art? Or, is it merely a criminal activity, an outward expression of social disorganisation and vandalism in an area? Is it the meaningless activity of “criminal people” that causes councils and government millions in cleanup
Bansky, a well know graffiti artist and political activist based out of England has always been most acknowledged for is art which challenges government. He does not attempt to sell any of his art work, he simply longs to send a message to those who choose to listen. Should this